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Next Generation Success
Dedicated to
Maureen Walkinshaw
Mentor · Educator · Mother Figure
In 2008 Maureen Walkinshaw sat across from me and refused to accept anything less than my best. She made me write my resume five times. And by the fifth time — it was drastically different.
It was drastically different because in the process she was teaching me about my identity. She gave me a voice, confidence in myself, and value for my work. She made me think I could do anything — just by pushing me to look inside myself and get to know me. Apart from who the world said I should be. Apart from what I was told I could not accomplish.
When the process started she was honest and told me I did not have a resume. I had a list of things I did at work. She encouraged me to write not just what I did but how it made the company better. She encouraged me to see the results I was bringing to the workplace.
Thirty days later I had a career opportunity that changed my life.
Twenty years later I am still talking about her. And now an entire generation will know her name.
This book is her legacy continuing.
Passed from Maureen to Daisy.
Passed from Daisy to them.
With gratitude · Daisy Rice
“Rome was not built in a day. But it was built by people who showed up every day and did the work.”
— Grandma Dee Dee, 2005
“The job market will pressure you. Employers will tempt you. Financial stress will rush you. Fear will tell you to take whatever is available right now. In those moments — come back to who you are.”
— Daisy Rice
This textbook is presented for educational and informational purposes only. It does not constitute professional, legal, or financial advice. The strategies described herein are intended as frameworks for reflection and action, not guarantees of outcome.