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Linda Crill is a sought-after executive, consultant, and speaker who has worked with Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, and Marriott International Inc., as well as many other Fortune 100 companies, universities, nonprofits, and government departments and agencies. Crill lectures and writes on how to manage afficher plus change and reinvent yourself, your life, and your business. She is the mother of three grown women, and she lives in the Washington, DC, area and travels regularly to Philadelphia, New York, Toronto, and San Diego. afficher moins

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Crill, Linda
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Crill, Linda S.
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One of Linda’s favorite quotes is: The only rule is that there are no rules. “It amazes me how whenever I announce that I definitely won’t do something, a new situation presents itself requiring me to do just that.”  
Linda Crill is a reinvention author, speaker, trainer… and biker (yes, as in Harleys). She has an unusual story of reinvention where she trades her corporate suits for motorcycle leathers in a moment of rebellion on a quest to answer “What Now?” She writes in a funny, irreverent tone we can all relate to as we look to find new meaning when life throws us the unexpected and undeserved. 
Since childhood, Linda has been a consummate reinventor. She has relocated to sixteen states, lived abroad in German and managed a career of hyper-­‐leaps to transform from public servant to nonprofit manager to Fortune 100 executive to successful business owner to newly published author. She has learned how to shift gears quickly, manage chaos gracefully and face change with resilience and a smile – all in pursuit of love and career. 
After 30 years of helping corporate leaders manage change and spark innovation, Linda found herself facing her toughest obstacle yet. As a recent widow followed by a bout with breast cancer, she yearned for rediscovery to find passion again and a new path forward. She was tired of feeling miserable. Breaking from traditional mourning to chasing the unknown, she decided to do what she never thought possible – committing to a 2,500-­‐mile-motorcycle road trip with only 30 days to learn to ride. It was the catalyst she needed to find answers to “What Now? and reclaim a zest for life, work and play. 
For Linda, being miserable is not an option. She hopes her story inspires others to feel the same way – finding the resilience to erase old boundaries and open doors labeled “not me” in the discovery of answers to “What Now?”

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Cette critique a été écrite dans le cadre des Critiques en avant-première de LibraryThing.
I got this as a free ARC from this site and I was pleasantly surprised. Linda Crill decides to change her life by taking a 10 day motorcycle trip. Problem is, she has no riding experience. She is committed though, learning how to ride, taking the test, buying the gear and it pays off. Her trip's ups and downs are a pleasure to read, and it's great to see how upsetting your routine can open your eyes to your future and your life. I'm fairly young and may not be the right audience for this book but I really enjoyed the inspirational and travel aspects of the book.… (plus d'informations)
 
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daydreamsrainydays | 13 autres critiques | Aug 18, 2013 |
Linda Crill is a widow following the advice put out to her as to how to go on, what to do next. Unhappy, she decides to completely change directions with her life. She puts aside a high paced career for life on a motorcycle. She commits to a 2500 mile journey, having only 30 days to plan it. She then takes classes to learn how to tame the 800+ pound machine.

Unsure of what she is doing, she chooses to go for it and makes the journey. From Canada through California, Linda takes every blind curve bravely facing the unknown in search of answers for herself and her future.

Her book is not only her travelogue, but also motor cycle history and facts. She writes with heart, humour and courage. This is a very enjoyable book for those who wonder what may beyond that “blind curve”, and those who may seek it.
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nightprose | 13 autres critiques | Jul 5, 2013 |
Cette critique a été écrite dans le cadre des Critiques en avant-première de LibraryThing.
Reviewed for the Early Reviewer progam, in exchange for a free advanced ready copy: A 57 year old woman loses her husband to cancer and needs to rediscover herself, so, she decides to learn how to ride a motorcycle and join a 10 day trip from Vancouver B.C. to California and back.

The author worked as a consultant and her book reads like she is addressing a seminar of women, of a certain age. As I love the scenery of Washington, Oregon, and California, especially down on Highway 101 along the pacific coast, I enjoyed the book. But I sure found myself skipping sentences and sometimes even paragraphs. I did empathize with her grief over losing her husband and know that grief can be debilitating for a long time, but she seems to have not felt the need to describe it deeply. I do not doubt she grieved, it seems like it was a good marriage; however it read like a magazine article.

OK. Enough. If you enjoy learning a challenging new skill, and like to go sight seeing, you may enjoy this book. I wish the author well.
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maggie1944 | 13 autres critiques | Jun 29, 2013 |
Cette critique a été écrite dans le cadre des Critiques en avant-première de LibraryThing.
"One woman's unusual journey to reinvent herself" Very good, easy to read book about someone who has been widowed for almost two years when she decides to take a bold step. She plans for a two week motorcycle trip with friends. Having never ridden a motorcycle she signs up for a motorcycle class and does a fantastic job only to fail the final road test by making one simple mistake. Her account of all the practice sessions she did in order to retake the road test was really humorous!
Sharing both her successes and her failures makes the book so enjoyable. Her description of the many steps involved in riding made me appreciate all of the riders I see on the road.
It did bother me that once when she cut back in front of a car too soon she and her friend were alarmed because, "she could have been killed". Hopefully, she also considered that she could have killed someone else.
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justella | 13 autres critiques | Jun 25, 2013 |

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