| Denver Business Leader Offers Grandmother's Wit As A Roadmap For Aspiring Young Women In New Book Release
Entrepreneur Shares Generational Wisdom in New Book Release, "If She Can Beat Me Rockin', She Can Have My Chair!"
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Denver, CO (BlackNews.com) -- Behind every successful African-American woman is a humble, praying grandmother whose words and experience helped chart the course. In her new book, If She Can Beat Me Rockin', She Can Have My Chair! Carla Ladd, prominent businesswoman and community leader, shares timeless wisdom from Goldie Imogene Treadwell, her grandmother and her family's first entrepreneur.
The book leaves no life lesson unturned, and offers a heartwarming tribute to the phenomenal women who helped to shape Ladd's success. It also offers advice from grandmothers around the world who lay firm foundations for generations to come.
"Often when people ask me what advice I would give to young women in pursuit of success, I find myself offering guidance that's rooted in the lessons that my grandmother taught me," said Ladd, founder of the DenverBlackPages.com and the Mountain Region Black Economic Summit. "I wrote this book as a testament to my grandmother's strength and wisdom, and to provide a pocket-sized guide for navigating life's challenges. It's also a reminder to women of all ages everywhere that we are equipped with the tools we need to triumph – we just need to remember to nurture all of the seeds that our mothers and grandmothers have planted in us."
If She Can Beat Me Rockin', She Can Have My Chair! chronicles Treadwell's life through vivid stories, illuminating anecdotes and memorable quotes. The book tackles family, relationships, business, love, money and religion with candidness and humor. While filled with a number of fresh insights and perspectives, for many readers the book will call to mind familiar experiences and sayings shared by their own parents, grandparents and mentors.
Among some of her grandmother's most poignant pearls of wisdom include:
* Be confident when speaking your mind, but keep an open mind to others' opinions.
* Self-praise is half scandal.
* God don't like ugly... and he ain't too fond of pretty either.
* A fool and his money soon part.
* Stop looking for a husband. The one God has for you will find you. Until he comes into your life, work on loving yourself.
* Experience is the best education.
In addition to the personal stories and life lessons shared in If She Can Beat Me Rockin', She Can Have My Chair!, Ladd also includes her grandmother's famous pumpkin cookie recipe, a recommended reading list and quotes from some of the nation's most notable and successful women, including television's Judge Glenda Hatchett.
"When we are fortunate enough to receive sound guidance and wise counsel from family members and mentors throughout our lives, it's imperative that we accept the challenge of keeping their legacy alive by sharing their wisdom with others," said Ladd. "It's my hope that this book inspires young women to reach higher, shine brighter and always respect and rely on the wisdom of the phenomenal women in their circle of influence."
For more information about Carla Ladd and her new book release, visit www.carlaladd.com. If She Can Beat Me Rockin', She Can Have My Chair! is now available on Amazon.com.
About Carla Ladd
Carla (Sain) Ladd is the founder of the DenverBlackPages.com and the Mountain Region Black Economic Summit, and the author of If She Can Beat Me Rockin', She Can Have My Chair! A respected businesswoman and community leader, Ladd has received numerous awards including the Colorado Black Chamber of Commerce's Clara Brown Award, the Colorado Black Women for Political Action's Community Service Award and the National Council of Negro Women's Business Award. She is currently a member of the Rising Star Missionary Baptist Church Deaconess Board and a State Board member of Big Brothers Big Sisters.
PRESS CONTACT:
Carla Ladd, Author
(720) 985-2318
cdladd@denverblackpages.com
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