Piece a Cake: Sweet Inspiration and Life Lessons to Enrich Your Life and the Lives of Others — a Creative Path to a Better You

By Euneata Payne MA

At last, a personal guide to sweeten your life and inspire you to become a Better You.

 

Piece a Cake offers you the opportunity to gain priceless life lessons that will help you transform your life. You will learn new ways to:

 

•Build your self-confidence and communication skills

•Develop a higher purpose for your life

•Overcome challenges

•Achieve prominent levels of personal and professional success

 

The author takes you on a creative path that you will never forget. Piece a Cake will inspire you to tap into your personal power and take giant steps leading to a better life for you and the people you honor and love. The journey will be sweet and satisfying just like a piece of your favorite cake.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Apr 27, 2009
• ISBN: 9781467858557

Euneata Payne MA

Euneata Payne, Professional Training Consultant received her MA from the McGregor School of Antioch University. Training adults since 1978, Euneata helps people and organizations leverage their interpersonal strengths, strategies, and skills to achieve results. As a dedicated professional, Euneata has played a key role in human resource (HR) training and development for over 21 years. She started her HR career as Training Director for a division of Bristol Myers Corporation. She has earned her reputation as an excellent trainer who delivers incredible results for her clients as a workshop facilitator, consultant, and conference speaker. Euneata works with leaders and teams and provides customized training programs in the areas of interpersonal communications, leadership, team building, customer service, and performance management. She has been successful in helping adults make lasting behavior changes and take responsibility for their own attitude and successes. She is a member of the American Society for Training and Development, The Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce, and the National Speakers Association. She has served in key leadership roles by heading committees, serving on various boards and volunteering for various civic, business and community interests. Ms. Payne is the author of Train-Fit, a self-directed, high performance learning tool designed to help employees improve and accelerate their learning. Train-Fit teaches learners how to take more responsibility for learning and promotes practical transfer of training to the job. Euneata has a passion for music, the arts, and live theater. She also enjoys traveling and meeting people of various cultures. She resides with her partner, Evis Lee Payne in Columbus, Ohio.

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© 2009 Euneata Payne, MA. All rights reserved.

No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

First published by AuthorHouse 5/14/2009

ISBN: 978-1-4389-6823-0 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4678-5855-7 (ebk)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2009902978

Printed in the United States of America

Bloomington, Indiana

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Recipe Directions

Survival Gear

Part 1

Part 2

Lesson I: Personal Transition

Lesson II: Loud Whispers

Lesson III: Nourish Your Brainpower

Lesson IV: Treasure Sweet Moments

Lesson V: See Yourself Through Someone Else’s Eyes

Lesson VI: Find a Safe Place

Lesson VII: Prayers Can Make a Difference

Lesson VIII: Claim Your Heart’s Desire

Lesson IX: Save Your Love

Lesson X: Design Your Virtues

Lesson XI: Become an Expert

Lesson XII: You Can Live Forever

Lesson XIII: Nobody Ever Told Me

Lesson XIV: Do Nothing

Lesson XV: You’ve Got a Mission

Lesson XVI: Chart your Own Course

Lesson XVII: Flashlight

Lesson: XVIII: You Gotta Have BIG HOPE

Lesson XIX: Remember?

Lesson XX: Who Was That Masked Man?

Lesson XXI: Dreams Do Come True

Lesson XXII: How to Make Your Cake Rise to the Challenge

Lesson XXIII: A Little Icing on Your Cake

Your Personal Strategy Worksheet

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About the Author

I dedicate this work to my aunt, Queen Esther Willis.

You are one of the few people in my life who loved me with the absolute absence of betrayal. I am grateful for your unconditional love and appreciate how it has shaped my existence here on earth.

Your unconditional gift of love has enriched my purpose in life. And I resolve to give this same unconditional gift to the special people in my life.

I miss you more than ever.

Acknowledgments

Special thanks to my Writer’s Roundtable group for their ongoing support—and special appreciation goes out the group’s dedicated instructors, Shannon Jackson, Pat Snyder, Nita Sweeney, and Michael L. Wilson, who kept me writing. Thanks, guys, for forcing me to dig deep in order to reach and liberate those untouched places in the heart—even when I did not feel like it.

To my spouse, Evis Lee Payne: No words can express how much I appreciate your gift of timeless faith and confidence. You have undoubtedly held me up with your courage and belief in my ability to accomplish this labor of love. Thank you—you’re the greatest.

To my beloved family and friends: You have given me a great gift of ongoing support, love, and friendship. I sincerely appreciate every single one of you.

Piece a Cake

Especially for You

Sweet inspirations and priceless lessons that will renew your life

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Piece a Cake

At last, a personal guide

to sweeten your life

and inspire you to

become a Better You

Euneata Payne, MA

Introduction

Cake Highlights

Do you believe that this book will supply you with a quick lesson on how to make your life easier and problem free? I hope not.

I don’t believe that a problem-free life exists for anyone. And even if it were possible, I’d be the last person to sign up for the course. You see, I don’t get too excited about lessons that are touted as free and easy. And if I took that lesson, I’d be fully absorbed in waiting for the other shoe to drop—if you know what I mean.

But I do get excited about working hard to improve the quality of your life and the lives of others. And I’m really big on making life sweeter—I believe it’s the best way to inhabit and flourish on this planet. So here’s an opportunity for you to ignite your motivation and—

• Sweeten your life

• Build your self-confidence

• Further your career

• Achieve higher levels of personal success

• Overcome challenges and help others do the same

In order to accomplish this, you must subscribe to my special recipe and use it as your guide to living. If you follow the recipe, your life will be transformed.

You will also need to commit to a self-directed plan to keep you on track. This plan represents an important part of the journey. It will help you meet the daily challenges that you will encounter and will inspire you to take action.

There is, of course, a price to pay. This endeavor will take time, effort, and dedication. But I am confident that you can meet the challenge.

Cake

Cake is sometimes sweet, sometimes tart. Some are warm, some are cold, and some are best eaten at room temperature. There are many delicious flavors—chocolate, rum cake, strawberry, lemon. I won’t try to name them all.

We all have our favorite, and that’s what makes the world go round.

What is it about cake that draws us in and sometimes forces us to rationalize away the calories or even blow our diet plans? Is it that feeling of satisfaction we get from devouring it with a glass of milk or a cup of coffee or tea? Whatever it is, it’s had a hold on me ever since I could put a fork into my mouth.

My favorite is pound cake, because it is rich but not too sweet, which describes a large part of my life.

I decided to title this, my second book, Piece a Cake. There are a few good reasons for that. First, I want you to look at life differently, and I want you to find the sweetness in all situations. If you can do this, you will find that your life will become more enriching, more fun, and just downright more satisfying—just like a piece of your favorite cake.

Take a bite and fill your soul with sweet inspiration and life lessons designed to enrich your life’s journey

Some of the best cakes

got their start with a great recipe–

I have not made an exception.

Recipe Directions

Do you often wonder where people derive their energy, their easy smile, the lift in their walk, and the twinkle in their eye? Sometimes these qualities come across in subtle ways, displayed with a warm and