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USA TODAY BESTSELLER
LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER (#8 HARDCOVER NONFICTION)
You were taught to be “good.”
Polite. Agreeable. Grateful.
You did exactly what you were told—and it cost you your voice, your choices, and your life.
If you’ve been biting your tongue, over-apologizing, saying yes when you meant no, or following “rules” you never agreed to…The Permission Mission will help you trust your own voice and take your life back.
This isn’t your life. It’s the result of compliance.
You’ve walked away from conversations thinking, I wish I had said something? You’ve talked yourself out of the raise, the boundary, the opportunity, the dream—because a louder voice (yours or someone else’s) told you not to make waves?
The Permission Mission is your wake-up call and your roadmap if you’re tired of living a life that works for everyone but you. Dr. Cindy McGovern helps you identify the “backup singers” in your head (the old voices, expectations, unspoken rules, and borrowed beliefs that keep drowning out what you actually want). Then, she hands the microphone back to the only voice that matters: yours.
You’ll embark on your own personal permission mission, where the insights you gain actually become the momentum you need, even when you second-guess yourself. Because confidence isn’t something you’re born with. It’s something you build, one brave decision at a time.
On your journey, you’ll learn how to:
• Spot the invisible rules you’ve been living by—and break the ones holding you back.
• Clean out your emotional closet and ditch the old stories, rules, and doubts that are holding you back.
• Turn fear into forward motion by using imposter syndrome and self-doubt as your launchpad, not your limitations.
• Own your worth without shrinking, over-explaining, or self-editing.
• Say no without guilt, yes to what matters, and speak up where it counts.
• Get out of your head and out of your own way.
• Advocate for what you want—at home, at work, and in the conversations that shape your future (yes, even negotiation and “selling”).
• Give yourself permission instead of asking or waiting for it.
So, whether you’re just starting out, starting over, or simply sick of playing small, The Permission Mission gives you the strategy, support, and spark to finally go after what’s yours.
These pages won’t tell you who to be. They remind you who you already are. This book is your invitation to come back to yourself.
The only permission you need is your own.
ASIN: 164687241X
VSKU: BVV.164687241X.A
Condition: Acceptable
Author/Artist:McGovern, Dr. Cindy
Binding: Hardcover
Note: Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.
Condition Notes: The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing age related spots and browning . May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.
ASIN: 164687241X
VSKU: BVV.164687241X.A
Condition: Acceptable
Author/Artist:McGovern, Dr. Cindy
Binding: Hardcover
Note: Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.
Condition Notes: The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing age related spots and browning . May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.