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Kathi Foltyn: "Your enthusiasm is infectious! Steps to put thoughts into action--tools, humor breaks--keep you moving through the material. . . Real life examples."
Augusta Liotta-Capizzi: "This was an enjoyable and enlightening home study course. It was well written and kept my attention and most important my interest, unlike other home study courses I have taken!"
Dawn Kern: "This was a great course as it also touched on other areas of my life beyond professional."
Susan Condon: "It was thought provoking."
Janice Barton: "I really liked the humor."
Betty Holloway: "Inspired me to think outside the box and systematically achieve professional and personal goals. Very enjoyable too! I enjoyed your enthusiasm. Really enhanced my life."
Jennifer Galloway: "Was able to apply several techniques in my professional and personal life. Does make a difference."
Patricia Thielen: "It was to the point and easily followed. It included not only the principles that work, but addressed what behavior or thinking patterns that people often use to derail your progress. Including the interviews with nutrition professionals who have incorporated these skills into their way of life was inspirational and helpful."
Judy Breinich: "I enjoyed the humor breaks and the down to earth explanations of your various strategies. It makes sense; not a lot of mumbo-jumbo, and it is easy enough for one to follow and achieve success.
Amanda Nanks: "I found the study guide extremely helpful. It was exactly what I needed after having 2 children to get me thinking again about my career in dietetics. Thank you"
Veronica Fortunato: "This was unusually interesting and lively for a self--study program."
Diane White: "This course actually seemed like I was networking with people, gaining from their experiences."
Delana Higley, RD, CDE: "I love the positive approach and the emphasis on goal setting."
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Carolyn Price: "Interesting and enjoyable."
Gina Conti: "The organized style. The writing style: light and entertaining. Loved the Blues Buster humor breaks.
Lori Ragsdale: "I loved the blues buster breaks. They were great and made the reading more enjoyable."
Sheila Wooden: "Very interesting and insightful. I could not put it down. This course was fun and enjoyable to complete."
Sharvari Desai: "Enjoyed reading and understanding how to manage stress and balance your personal as well as professional life."
Toni Freney: "The whole CPE, hard to put down, I will keep and always refer back."
Marla Lipman: "Loved the relevant stories, reflections and especially the humor breaks. Course gave me a lot of challenges to work on."
C.S Keith: "I found the self study program to be inspiring and motivating. I will use it as a reference and reread sections as needed. I have already begun to share some of the information with my co workers- particularly the parts on having a positive outlook."
Venerine Farrell: "I liked the whole book- It has been very helpful in every aspect of my life, but I mainly like the chapter on making yourself happy."
Amelia Murphy Bell: "The Blues Buster Humor Breaks! Practical suggestions that work. Really made me feel better quickly!"
Donna J McNeill: "Fun to read, in-depth research to document data. Again, I laughed out loud at some of the stories while others made me feel warm and cozy. I learned a lot."
Theresa Hennig: "Hands on approach, easy to read"
Craig Hunt: "Positive attitude approach"
Erika J. Ringwald: "This was so easy to read. Very entertaining, actually."
Lisa Gray: "The bits of humor."
Lova Bea Harris: "You make it fun to learn something new."
Susan Scott: "Great suggestions I can use immediately."
Stephanie Stites: "I enjoyed the CD and listen to it periodically through the week. It is a great motivator."
Holly Buckland: "I really like the fact that you make it 'real;' you make fun of yourself, you find humor in every situation and you make every topic interesting. It was a pleasure to read this book."
Shannon Tolbert: "How to keep your audience tuned in was really helpful."
Karen Johnson: "The course was interesting reading, viable information. Interspersed with humor."
Courtney Goff: "It was a great course for me to apply to both my professional & personal life. The content was presented in such an inspirational & organized manner. Great reference to use in so many ways!
Cynthia van Buren: "As always, you sell the product by demonstrating the absolute success of the technique as applied to your own life. Thank you!"
Augusta Liotta-Capizza: "An enjoyable home study course. I especially liked the video tape and would recommend this course to other nutrition professionals. Thanks!"
Katherine Marra: "It was a great confidence builder. I have been extremely nervous about tackling my masters but I am going to focus on the good stuff and go for it and have lots of great days."
Margaret Hummel: "This course gave me some insights into myself and I have changed some of my behaviors as a result."
Celeste Frederick: "You make change (to being positive) feel very manageable with clear, simple steps to make change."
Anita M. Slacanin: "I loved the personal stories! Thank you for sharing and opening up to your readers."
Donna McNeill: "I was really into this program. I didn't want to put it down. I especially liked the author's personal examples showing his own vulnerability. I also enjoyed the humor and often laughed out loud at some of the lines."
Dean Mastromatteo: "As a slow reader, I usually spend many more hours on home study courses than credits received. This was a welcome exception. I like the engaging, entertaining, easy to read format."
Tamami Carne: "Easy to understand, to the point that I need to know."
Cheryl DeShazo: "Well organized so could read and complete in a timely manner."
Mary Walcott: "Excellent writing- crisp- every word counted. Entertaining and informative at the same time."
Stephanie Beplay: "Easy ideas to use such as the 3 minute rule."
Maria Ho: "Very concise writing style and entertaining. I liked that you included info on balancing your life and managing stress."
Jill Van Slooten: "Fun to read, very practical advice."
Robin Runion: "Fun, informative, practical to the point."
Kellie May: "Easy to read: I felt like you were talking directly to me."
Alexandra Welch: "The subject matter related to meeting management and correspondence can be very dry however you made it interesting and enjoyable. Thank you."
Delana Higley: "How to Manage Meetings and Correspondence More Effectively gave me tips to sharpen my skills when conducting presentations and communicating with busy co-workers."
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Tu_Ngoc Nguyen-Dang: "The appendices are very useful in practice."
Agapita Beninati: " . . . this program provided me so much information that I was not aware of before. Thank you."
Sister Agatha Simms: "Program well organized and informative. Explanation and chapters well organized."
Stephanie Valley: "The charts I can use in my practice."
Donna Carroll: "It was a great refresher course and great charts to use in the Dietary Dept."
Heidi Diona: "Easy to comprehend."
Cynthia Van Buren: "Always well written, concise, efficient, effective, and given the opportunity: a very workable and useable approach to successful implementation."
Judith Roberts: "Great resource."
Jo Dragoon- Morse: "The forms found in the appendix were excellent."
Barbara Farrar: "It was easy to use to train staff because it was written for the everyday, on the job, person in simple easy to understand words."
Kelly Pendleton: ". . . I like that previous food service directors wrote the book.
Margaret Adkins: "Easy to read, well formatted and organized. Great points on sanitation with guidelines to implement."
Judy Simpson: "It was made interesting: not boring."
Nancy Duncan: "The manual was very well written and made the information very clear and easy to understand."
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