Kimberly S. Reed, MEd, CDP says the past year has tested all of our relationships—and now is a good time to reset
Philadelphia—With COVID-19 in the rearview mirror, author Kimberly S. Reed offers five important tips on how you can manage your relationships to live a more rewarding and happy life.
Kimberly S. Reed, author of the top-selling, Optimists ALWAYS Win!: Unlocking the Power to Reach Life’s C-Suite (HCI, 2021), knows that the past year has raised all sorts of havoc. Many people have spent more time with their family, partners, friends and by themselves than anyone could have expected. What we’ve all learned, she says, is that we’ve there are relationships that have become invaluable—and others that are dragging us down.
“I don’t bill myself as a romance expert,” says Reed, MEd, CDP, is an award-winning diversity, equality and inclusion expert, international speaker and corporate trainer. “But I have had several loving relationships where I have learned that relationships are a series of investments, deposits and withdrawals.”
In Reed’s book, she offers 10 “discouragement eliminators,” including No. 7: “Give What You Require,” where she offer five tips Reed to help you manage your relationships.
1. Evaluate your connections: Remember, Reed says, your relationships are your currency. Are they offering you a return on your investment?
2. Deposit before you withdraw: If you want something out of your relationship, Reed advises, you have to be willing to put something into it.
3. Nurture the relationship you have with yourself: You can’t give what you don’t have. You need to dig deep to build up your self-esteem.
4. Know when to stop depositing: There comes a point when you have to tell yourself it’s time to move on. Do it. Don’t waste time. It will be better for you and the person in which you’re involved. You don’t need to explain yourself.
5. Monitor your emotional bank account: It boils down to this, Reed says. The love and positivity you receive are dependent on the love and positivity you put out into the world.
Reed’s new book, offers refreshing, heartfelt and inspirational stories, advice and tools to help you not just confront life’s worst moments, but learn how to embolden your inner strength to stand tall, hold your head up and power your way through life with grace, confidence and resilience. Drawing from her own experiences, Reed shares the heart wrenching story of her heroic battle with breast cancer and her mother’s terminal illness. Using a tough-love and empathetic tone, Reed shows readers that it’s possible to rise above pessimism and hopelessness when faced with hardship.
All book royalties are being donated to the American Cancer Society AstraZeneca Hope Lodge in Philadelphia and to a premier Academic Research Institution for Integrated Breast Cancer Fund and Patient Care. You can preorder the book today on Amazon.com
Reed is an award-winning diversity, equality and inclusion expert, international speaker and corporate trainer. As founder of the Reed Development Group, LLC, she has developed a distinguished reputation as having one of the most distinct and powerful voices on the lecture circuit, engaging audiences on topics ranging from diversity and inclusion and talent innovation, organizational leadership, intrapreneurship, entrepreneurial leadership, and personal and professional development.
Reed earned her B.A. in Political Science with a concentration in International Relations and Public Administration from Westchester University. Kimberly also received her certification in Global Organizational Leadership, Human Resource Management, Fox School of Business. She also earned her Masters of Education, Adult Organizational Development and Public Policy, and received certifications in Training and Development and Communication and Conflict from Temple University. She has also been a senior partner and advisor for one of the world’s leading CEO branding companies, The Ascendant Group.
Optimists ALWAYS Win!: Unlocking the Power to Reach Life’s C-Suite
Publisher: HCI Books
Release Date: January 12, 2021
ISBN-10: 0757321054
ISBN-13: 978-0757321054
Available from Amazon.com