Amy S. Hilliard - Pivot for Success

1 Cover

2 Title Page AMY S. HILLIARD

3 Copyright

4 Dedication

5 Introduction Entrepreneurship Is in My DNA

6 Part I: Hone Your Vision 1 Finding Your Purpose Finding Your Purpose Can Serve Others and Move Mountains Align Your Purpose with Your Values and What You Enjoy 2 Believing in Possibilities Possibilities Abound for Those with Entrepreneurial Mindsets If That Possibility Keeps Knocking at You, Believe It Believing Is Everything, but Be Specific Notes 3 Defining Your Priorities Priorities Can Shift Opportunities Shift Priorities Also Hold on to Your Core Values as Priorities Evolve 4 Envisioning Prosperity Know What Your Enough Is Have the Right Intentions for Prosperity Notes

7 Part II: Shift Your Energy 5 Getting Prepared Getting Prepared Gives You a Framework Getting Prepared Is a Mindset Notes 6 Having Patience Patience Can Unlock the Door to Dreams Patience Is an Intermission Between Acts Notes 7 Seeking Positivity Choose Where People and Thoughts Sit in Your Life Your Mind Can Move Mountains—One Way or the Other Note

8 Part III: Make Your Move 8 Honoring Your Passion Passions Can Evolve and Stand Strong with Effort Be Patient with Your Passion The Power of Passion Note 9 Maintaining Perseverance Bounce‐backability: The Harder the Fall, the Higher the Rise Maintaining Perseverance: Protecting What You Create The Courage to Accept and to Change Knowing “When” Synergies Pay Off 10 Managing Perceptions How You Present Yourself Impacts Your Potential for Success Don't Advertise What You Don't Have—But Leverage What You Do Put Your O.A.R. in the Water Note

9 Epilogue: Pivot for Success I Won a Lot by Losing Everything Hone Your Vision, Shift Your Energy, and Make Your Move

10 Acknowledgments

11 About the Author

12 Index

13 End User License Agreement

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“Historically, the principles of rigid resolve and fierce intractability have been baked into the nation's DNA. Now comes Amy Hilliard with Pivot for Success , in which she draws on her own character‐building personal and career experiences to convincingly reinforce the counterargument that, in today's fickle and fast‐moving environment, the inability or unwillingness to pivot can easily lead to unfortunate and unfixable results. This book is based on the most solid kind of research: the kind derived from the real‐life story of a highly accomplished, keen observer of human behavior. It says that we must all learn to dodge the curve balls that fate will invariably throw at us, and that life is not going to adjust itself to custom fit our master plan. This book supplants the sin of certitude with the positive power of pivotability.”

—Tom Burrell,Founder, Burrell Communications

“In Pivot for Success, Amy Hilliard provides a step‐by‐step guide of how to not only survive but thrive in corporate America. From defining priorities to having patience (my personal favorite!) she does a masterful job of sharing the lessons learned throughout her storied career.”

—Mellody Hobson,Co‐CEO and President of Ariel Investments

“With bracing candor and boundless wit, Amy Hilliard's Pivot for Success offers inspiring stories of invention and reinvention drawn from her own remarkable life and career and provides concrete guidance about how to create a life of purpose and fulfillment by transforming difficulty into opportunity.”

—Phylicia Rashad,Actor/Director/Producer

“I love this book! Amy is one of the country's great thought leaders. She is also an excellent businesswoman with an abundance of diverse experiences. This book successfully melds those two attributes, thought leadership and realistic experiences, with the result being a pragmatic tool for success.”

—Steven Rogers,Harvard Business School, Senior Lecturer (Retired)

“Powerful, clear, dynamic, and impactful—these are just some of the reasons that make this book so important. It is based on true experiences and fortified with the knowledge gained from the life experiences, and it helps the many people Amy has mentored.

I have seen her apply each of the 10 Pivot Points and obtain extremely successful results over and over. I have literally followed Amy for years. As her sister, I assure you each chapter will give you a place to identify yourself and use and gain effective ways to steer your career and life in the direction of your dreams.”

—Gloria Mayfield Banks,#1 Worldwide Elite Executive National Sales Director—Mary Kay, Inc.; International Success Strategist, CEO, Gloria Mayfield Banks, Inc.

“I've known Amy for 30+ years and witnessed her marketing acumen and brilliance firsthand at the Pillsbury Company. As much as I thought I knew about her journey, I learned so much more by reading her honest, no‐holds‐barred account of successfully overcoming adversity. For all who clamor for the keys to living richly, envision prosperity and dig in for a revealing read.”

—Jerri DeVard,C‐Suite Executive and Corporate Board Director

“Whether we know it or not, we're all about to pivot—out of a year that has changed our lives and our world, forever. Whatever you're facing, with Amy Hilliard's Pivot for Success , you got this!”