Encouragement: How to Be and Find the Best

by Cathy Burnham Martin

“Encouragement… How to Be and Find the Best” delivers immediately usable, vital tools for living better, happier lives. To overcome discouragement. To “pay the positive forward” and help others to do the same. Encouragement is a huge success secret in making good living as easy as 1-2-3!

No Pollyanna perkiness here. Every day can’t be sunny and bright. Life brings storms. It comes packed with inevitable ups and downs. Huge disappointments and heartbreak. Unwanted solitude. Unending and overwhelming challenges. And yet, when we are better prepared, we can weather the woes with greater grace and courage.

Imagine having a personal arsenal of terrific tools to dissipate despair. Work out of misery more readily. Bounce back more quickly. Survive and thrive despite nay-sayers in our midst. Now you can rediscover the natural confidence, self-esteem, and poise with which we were born. You can achieve greater goals. You can genuinely feel better about yourself, your life, and your future.

If you’ve felt squelched now or in your past, get ready to come alive and thrive. You are going to gain a lot of personal and professional power here.

You will know:
• What traits and actions identify someone as an Encourager or Discourager
• How to create habits to be more of an Encourager and less of a Discourager
• Surprising ways to turn negatives into positives
• Super skill sets you can master that will never let you down
• Techniques to survive the Discouragers in Life
• Magical methods to unleash your inner Encourager
• Simple steps to be more encouraging for others
• Ways to tap into past encouragement
• Secrets to encourage your way to success
• The indisputable encouragement of humor

“Encouragement” delivers confidence and personal growth factors that go well beyond morale boosting. These are tools you can use immediately.

131 pages, Paperback

Published January 16, 2019

About the author

Cathy Burnham Martin’s eclectic career path wove through recruiting, communications, television broadcasting, management, and bank organizing. An active board member and community volunteer, she received Easter Seals’ David P. Goodwin Lifetime Commitment Award. This professional voiceover artist, journalist, corporate communications geek, and dedicated foodie earned numerous broadcasting awards as a television news anchor. She wrote, produced, and hosted dozens of groundbreaking documentaries, TV specials, and news reports, ranging from the Moscow Superpower Summit and the opening of the Berlin Wall to extensive coverage of New Hampshire’s First-in-the-Nation Presidential Primaries.

Some of her most challenging work includes news stories behind the Iron Curtain under the scrutiny of foreign military personnel touting loaded AK-47’s. While she met and interviewed Presidents and candidates, other interviews ranged from inventor Dean Kamen, best-selling authors Og Mandino and Richard Lederer, and Star Trek originator Gene Roddenberry to Popcorn icon Orville Redenbacher, Boston Pops conductor Arthur Fiedler, superstar New Orleans chef Paul Prudhomme, and filmmaker Ken Burns.

Among little-known facts about Cathy? She once sang with The Beach Boys and the marvelous Marvelettes, shared a dressing room with Ella Fitzgerald, and emceed for Tony Bennett. She also performed on stage with comedian Adam Sandler, actor Dan Lauria, and director Alek Keshishian.

Dubbed The Morale Booster, this 20-year professional member of the National Speakers Association
remains a business speaker, media coach, and member of the Actors Equity Association. Proud of her Eurasian heritage, Cathy Burnham Martin narrates her books and those of other authors. Audiobooks appear on such sites as Audible.com as well as Amazon and iTunes. In addition to fiction, nonfiction, and cookbooks, Cathy writes articles for the http://www.GoodLiving123.com blog.

Reviews

[Cathy Martin · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a timely, fast read that carries special significance now as so many people, both adults and our youth, are struggling with bullying and intolerance. "Encouragement" delivers supportive, positive tools we can use, plus plenty of humor. I personally love all the great quotes included, building up my Encouragement Inventory.

[Cair-Paravel De Loulay · Rating 4 out of 5]

A little ray of sunshine

I am not how I picked this book but I am glad I did. My morning was rather gloomy until I read this book. It offers encouragement as well as a fresh perspective. A neat little read at 132 pages. Short but sweet. Give it a try!

[Cathy Martin · Rating 5 out of 5]

So gratifying hear and read all the positive impact from readers! As the author, I like the way any reader can pick this book up and read any section in any order. Quick reads can be fun reads!