TED Community » Frances Schagen

Location:: Canada, Kentville
Current organization:: HUB Kentville
Past organizations:: Crystal Clear Money Management for Small Business, Your Effortless Business
Gender:: Female
Areas of expertise:: small business

I am:: Brainstormer, Business leader, Concerned citizen, Connector, Entrepreneur, Environmentalist, Idea generator, Parent, Social entrepreneur
My website links:: HUB Kentville, Crystal Clear Money Management blog, Your Effortless Business
TED conferences attended:: TEDGlobal 2009

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A comment on Conversation: What's the overlooked gem, the book I haven't read that I must?

Feb 24 2011: The Dune series by Frank Herbert. I read it many times over. One of the themes is overcoming fear and building personal capacity to take on challenges. The main theme is about power and control and the tools used to get them. It made me see the world with new eyes and to see the really big over riding reasons for the way things are. And I'm still an optimist!

The Earth's Children series by Jean M Auel - Clan of the Cavebear, Valley of the Horses, Mammoth Hunters, Plains of Passage and Shelters of Stone. Everything I 'know' about 30,000 years ago I learned here. This series taught me to identify with other people. We all have the same feelings, motivations, desires and fears. I read this every time I need a big dose of woman power.