Continuing with my summer book list; it’s about an extraordinary woman! Mika Brzezinski! I have a few favorite morning shows and MSNBC’s Morning Joe is one of them, because of this lady!
There’s nothing like being up early in the morning at 5 AM and seeing this beautiful woman, ready and able! The chemistry between her and her co-host Joe Scarborough is amusing; but yet wonderful to see the respect that they have for one another!
For those tough questions that have to be asked or perhaps when Mika is not satisfied with the answer provided – I can always count on her to say exactly what I would say; she’s on it! Or even those times when perhaps she makes me take a few minutes to let it marinate what was said among the round table of guests; ends up transcending to some valid points!
All Things at Once by Mika Brzezinski
She made it very simple, I read her first memoir! Who best to tell…. than her!
While sitting on my balcony, with a beautiful summer breeze – I’d finished the last chapter of her book called All Things at Once <very honest and vivid!)> So vivid, at times I could actually be put right in the scenes she was foretelling of her life. Her life of humble beginnings and how we sometimes want to separate the things that we do – as if we do it separately. But in all actuality we do it all the same time!
Although being the daughter of former national security adviser, Zbigniew Brzezinski can open a few doors for you; it was up to Mika to make sure she held her own ground.
We always hear, that you can have it all and then you come to realize; having it all sometimes is not what it seems. There is a juggling act and since there is only one of you, something or someone is going to be disappointed! It might be even you, most of the time.
Mika explained how her life involves so many roles and the challenges. A wife, a mother and person who gives it all in her job. In many instances, questioning your decisions and often more that not feeling guilty; remembering all that glitters is not gold. There are so many lessons in this book, where she says it has shaped her into the woman that she is today.
“I may have been woefully unprepared for that assignment, but my biggest mistake was taking it on at all. Ultimately, that was the greatest lesson: be honest. It doesn’t matter what kind of work you do, or what level you’re at. Know your limitations. Know that it is okay to tell your bosses when you are over your head…they don’t teach you this type of thing in college. It’s a trial by fire sort of lesson: the only way to get it right is to get it wrong first.”
As you read this book, there will be excerpts that you can relate to and have you thinking; everyone has their challenges. It is so wonderful to get know the woman up early in the morning like I am!
Mika Brzezinski
As long as Mika keeps writing; I am interested in what she has to say; as well as listening to her in the morning! Two more books to go and with my wish list; to attend one of her “Know Your Value” women conferences for 2016!
Bravo Mika… Thank You!
Letia 🙂
In 2011, Mika Brzezinski also published another book named Knowing Your Value: Women, Money and Getting What You’re Worth (Weinstein Books 2011). Also told as her personal story, the book discussed women and financial negotiations. It included tips for negotiating salaries and compensation packages. Made the New York Times Best Selling Author list!
Then a followup came in 2013, with Obsessed: America’s Food Addiction – and My Own by Mika Brzezinski another life chapter which she shares, her evolving relationship with food. Being always honest discusses her unhealthy food obsession, battles with bulimia, binge eating and lifelong struggle to be “model thin”. Besides given a larger perspective on our obsession with food; taking on food manufacturers, advertisers, the media and the government. MorningMika for Twitter
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