Table of Contents
You Are a True Warrior 12
You Have a Lot Going for You 14
Yeah…You're Awesome! 17
One, Two, Three…Yoio! 20
Easy Enough? 22
What You're Up Against 25
8 Badass Trailblazers in Entertainment (1900-1969) 26
What Are You Doing Well? 30
What You're Up Against 34
9 Badass Trailblazers in Politics and Law (1930-1979) 35
What Have You Done Well in the Past? 38
What You're Up Against 40
9 Badass Trailblazers in STEM 42
Some Introspection 44
Change the Point of View 47
Think About It 49
Reverse the Tread 51
What You're Up Against 53
10 Badass Trailblazers in Sports 54
When It Rains, It Pours: Other Strategies to Discover Your Talents 58
What You're Up Against 60
5 Badass Trailblazers in Spirituality 61
More of These Strategies 63
What You're Up Against 65
7 Badass Trailblazers on the Road and in the Air 66
Wonder. Ask. About Big Things. About Little Things. 68
What You're Up Against 70
8 (More) Badass Trailblazers in Entertainment (1970-1989) 71
Do Away with Fear 73
10 Tips for Overcoming Fear 78
What You're Up Against 81
Think About It! 82
9 (More) Badass Trailblazers in Politics and Law(1980-2009) 83
What You Could Do Next 85
Project Yourself in the Future 87
What You're Up Against 90
6 (More) Badass Trailblazers in Entertainment (1990-2009) 91
Keep an Open Mind 93
Create Your Own Experience 96
Think About It 98
What You're Up Against 100
30 Days of Purpose 101
5 Badass Trailblazers in Literature 105
Go Be Brilliant! 107
What You're Up Against 109
7 Badass Trailblazers in Education 110
Embrace Your Imperfection 112
What You're Up Against 117
7 Badass Trailblazers in the Military and Government Services 119
Use Your Mistakes to Grow and Flourish 121
Narcissist Much? 123
Think About It: Where Are You Now? 125
What You're Up Against 128
4 Badass Trailblazer Activists 130
You Rock on a Phenomenal Level 131
How to Embrace Your Imperfection 133
What You're Up Against 138
3 (More) Badass Trailblazers in Entertainment (2000-Now) 140
The Badass Black Girl's Movie List 141
Come as You Are 142
Focus Your Attention 143
What You're Up Against 146
Reasons to Love Being a Black Girl 147
The Beauty of Just Being You 150
An Exercise in Self-Acceptance 151
What You're Up Against 155
15 Upbeat Songs for Blue Days 157
6 (More) Badass Black Women in STEM 158
Focus on the Positive 159
What You're Up Against 166
The Badass Black Girl Playlist 167
6 (More) Badass Trailblazers in Politics and Law (2010-NOW) 171
Think About It 172
Do Not Underestimate Your Ability to Bounce Back 174
What You're Up Against 177
3 Badass Trailblazers in Business 180
How to Bounce Back 182
Turn Your Setbacks into Success 185
What Are You Up Against? 190
Think About It: Are You Too Woke? 191
Practice Gratitude 193
30 Days of Gratitude 201
Life Is Pretty Badass 204
About the Author 205