In PokerWoman, you’ll find many examples, methods and scenarios in which poker strategies can enable you to achieve your goals...Set the bar high and reach for that 'gold' bracelet!
- Kathy Liebert,
Top Woman Tournament Poker Player
New Rochelle, NY (PRWEB) November 16, 2009
With her new book PokerWoman: How to win at Love, Life, and Business using the Principles of POKER, Ellen Leikind, is here to tell women to stop betting like a girl and play to win.
That's the message Leikind has in her new book. She shows women how to apply winning poker strategies to love, life and business – even if they've never played a hand of cards. Poker isn’t just a card game: It’s a metaphor for life “As I often tell women. You’ve been playing poker your whole life whether you know it or not,” Leikind said.
A successful marketing executive who spent 15 years in the corporate world working for several Fortune 500 companies, Leikind decided to take a hiatus from her career and rediscovered poker, a game she had learned as a teenager. It was at that time she first made the connections explored in her book. “The more I played poker, the more I saw the similarities between the card game and the larger ‘game’ of business and personal fulfillment,” Leikind said.
That experience inspired Leikind to found POKERprimaDIVAS® (http://www.pokerdivas.com), a company that provides corporate programs and entertainment to teach women to use the principles acquired at the poker table to enhance their business skills.
PokerWoman expands on that mission. It is not a “how to play” book, but rather uses poker as a metaphor to show women how to get what they want at work and in their personal lives. Concepts such as picking up on signals, knowing when to raise the stakes and be aggressive, and how to assess risk are all illustrated using personal stories from successful women.
Because her message is really about empowerment, Leikind has attracted support from poker players and advice experts alike. “Poker strategies can enable you to achieve your goals—in your career or in your personal life,” says Kathy Liebert, a top poker tournament player. “Find your strengths and capitalize on them. Recognize your weaknesses and learn from them. This book will furnish you with the tools to do both.”
“These are lessons to share with your girlfriends, your sisters and your daughters,” adds Melissa Meyers, editor-in-chief of AskMelissa.com.
“Forget golf! For women, the new way to the boardroom is Texas Hold ‘Em.” said Jane Bryant Quinn, author, Smart and Simple Financial Strategies for Busy People. The skills you learn at the poker table—strategy, bluffing, risk evaluation and maintaining that good old poker face—make you a better executive.
Poker has traditionally been dominated by men, but Leikind says they play the game very differently. Leikind encourages women to use poker strategies to overcome their fears and doubts, figure out what they want in life and claim their rightful seat at the table.
A 224-page hardcover book, PokerWoman: How to Win at Love, Life, and Business using the Principles of Poker is available for $24.00 US at http://www.liebertpub.com/poker and on Amazon.com. The book is published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. a privately held integrated media company. A complete list of the firm’s 60 journals, books and newsmagazines is available at http://www.liebertpub.com.
Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. 140 Huguenot Street, New Rochelle, NY 10801 (914) 740-2100
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