"I was hooked by the age of 6."So begins the memoir of a girl whose
17-year-old parents dropped ice cubes down her diapers to make her
dance, whose bare-chested grandmother gave her singing lessons,
whose brother tried to get rid of her with a strategically dropped
boulder, and who moved so many times she barely got desk
assignments at school, let alone had time to make any friends.The
on-going, outrageous dysfunction, and denial in her life was enough
to turn anyone into an addict. Nationally recognized university
professor and internationally renowned speaker Ronda Beaman
confesses her drug of choice was earning Girl Scout badges. Lots of
them. And she never quite kicked the habit.LITTLE MISS MERIT BADGE
takes readers through oddball adventures Beaman had earning her
many badges as she explores the nature of resilience and the
accomplishment addiction many young girls develop to compensate for
growing up in a challenging environment.ABOUT THE AUTHORFormer Girl
Scout, Dr. Ronda Beaman was the first recipient of the National
Education Association's "Excellence in the Academy: Art of
Teaching" award, as well as mother of USA Today's Most Creative
Family, and is a faculty resource for the Young Presidents'
Organization (YPO) University. A highly regarded speaker, she also
directs leadership studies at California Polytechnic University and
is Chief Creative Officer at PEAK Learning, Inc. She is a national
thought leader for The American Health Network and her work has
been featured on major media including USA Today, CBS, NBC and Fox.
Dr. Ronda Beaman is available to speak at troop meetings, book
clubs and readings, writing seminars, find her at
LittleMissMeritBadge.com.REVIEWS..".a warm and wise account of what
it takes to build a life of merit and then pay it forward." --
Catherine Ryan Hyde, Author of PAY IT FORWARD and 16 other
novels..".proves you can have the best of everything, even in the
worst of circumstances, if you are willing to work at it." --
Barbara Hannah Grufferman, Author, THE BEST OF EVERYTHING AFTER 50
..".beckons you to look at life and learning in a whole new way and
by the end makes you better at both." -- Nanci Bell, M.A.,
Co-founder of Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes "Funny, poignant
and meaningful." -- Jerry Scott, Co-creator, internationally
syndicated comic strips..".a journey of resilience, hard work and
hope that can reawaken our own exceptional selves." -- Dr. Paul G.
Stoltz, Bestselling Author, ADVERSITY QUOTIENT
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