Lead with Tegan

05/11/2025

“If you could rewind your life to the very beginning and then press play, would everything turn out the same?” - Brian Klaas
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Join our Virtual Book Club and you’ll receive six awesome book recommendations a year! Our current Read with Tegan Book Club selection for May/June is Brian Klaas’ book Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters. Have you read the book yet? If not, pick up the book now and join us for an interesting discussion. Check out the link in the bio to join!
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“Drawing on social science, chaos theory, history, evolutionary biology, and philosophy, Klaas provides a brilliantly fresh look at why things happen—all while providing mind-bending lessons on how we can live smarter, be happier, and lead more fulfilling lives.” As always, we read these books with open minds and open hearts to encourage spirited and non-confrontational dialogue. As we read this book, I challenge you to open yourself up to an alternative point of view. What does it bring up for you? Does everything we do really matter? What does actually matter? Let’s talk about it! I’m just a message away and would love to join you on your journey!
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04/01/2025

Hey Book Lovers! Did you know that next week is National Library Week? Take the time to check out a book or sign up for a free library card at your local library. You can always stop by the Morehead City Library for book recommendations! Happy reading!!

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Haven't checked out the Morehead City Library lately? We hope you're drawn here during National Library Week, between April 6th-12th, 2025! We're more than j...

03/12/2025

🛑 STOP! Go see My Dead Friend Zoe! 🎬 Limited screening in select cities nationwide. Yep, I laughed and cried my eyes out! There’s still time for you to catch it and to send a veteran to see it, too!

Starring Sonequa Martin-Green, Natalie Morales, Ed Harris, and Morgan Freeman, this dark comedy drama follows a veteran’s journey of friendship, loss, and healing. Executive produced by Travis Kelce and directed by U.S. Army combat veteran Kyle Hausmann-Stokes, this film is making waves nationwide.

https://www.mydeadfriendzoemovie.com

PAY IT FORWARD: Help veterans and others see this film. The Bob Woodruff Foundation will collect and distribute 100% of funds contributed to MY DEAD FRIEND ZOE towards movie tickets via Fandango, community screenings, and supporting veteran nonprofits.

03/11/2025

“As Amelia Earhart once said: “The most difficult thing is the decision to act.” Though we may not have all the information at hand, we can choose movement instead of stagnation, exploration instead of paralysis. And when we do, the sky is just the beginning. This is the promise of an experimental mindset.” - Anne-Laure Le Cunff
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Join our Virtual Book Club and you’ll receive six awesome book recommendations a year! Our current Read with Tegan Book Club selection for March/April is Anne-Laure Le Cunff’s book Tiny Experiments: How to Live Freely in a Goal-Obsessed World. Have you read the book yet? If not, pick up the book now and join us for an interesting discussion. Check out the link in the bio to join the club!
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Life isn’t linear, and yet we constantly try to mold it around linear goals: four-year college degrees, ten-year career plans, thirty-year mortgages. What if instead we approached life as a giant playground for experimentation? Where would you begin? Let’s talk about it! I’m just a message away and would love to join you on your journey!
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03/05/2025

ICYMI - The Kirstie Ennis Foundation offered me an extraordinary opportunity to participate in their Snowboarding Clinic in February. I joined four other amazing female veterans in Glenwood Springs, Colorado for the week. Not only did we get to spend time with the amazing herself, we received one-on-one guidance on the mountain with patient instructors at Ski Sunlight AND we were provided all the gear we needed to hit the slopes again!

I am grateful to and .photo for making the experience special. Even after I stacked it in spectacular fashion on Day 2, we managed to have the best time together! I look forward to returning as a TKEF Alumna Volunteer next year with & !!

If you are interested in applying for a TKEF event or donating to support this organization, please visit The Kirstie Ennis Foundation website https://kirstieennisfoundation.com.

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03/04/2025

“Twenty-five years is a long time. Think about how different you are today than you were a quarter-century ago. Our opinions change. Our tastes change. We care more about some things and less about others.” - Malcolm Gladwell
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Join our Virtual Book Club and you’ll receive six awesome book recommendations a year! ICYMI: Our current Read with Tegan Book Club selection for January/February was Malcolm Gladwell’s book Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering. Have you read the book yet? Check out the link in the bio to join the club!
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More than two decades after The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell is back with a new perspective for the modern age. With his captivating blend of storytelling and social science, Gladwell calls attention to contagious phenomena and what he identifies as an alarming new form of social engineering in this thoroughly researched and skillfully written follow-up to its groundbreaking predecessor. As you read this book, I challenge you to consider how much your own thought processes have changed in the last twenty years. Are there assumptions that you made previously based on your limited experience? How have your perspectives changed? Let’s talk about it! I’m just a message away and would love to join you on your journey!
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11/25/2024

“Kindness is the greatest wealth of all. Small acts of kindness last longer than a lifetime. This lesson, that kindness and generosity and faith in your fellow man are more important than money, is the first and greatest lesson my father ever taught me.” - Eddie Jaku
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Join our Virtual Book Club and you’ll receive six awesome book recommendations a year! ICYMI, our final Read with Tegan Book Club selection for 2024 is Eddie Jaku’s inspirational story The Happiest Man on Earth - The Beautiful Life of an Auschwitz Survivor. Have you read his book or heard his TED Talk? If not, pick up his book now and join us for an interesting discussion. Check out the link in the bio to join!
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Against unbelievable odds, Eddie found the will to survive in extraordinary circumstances. Overwhelming grateful, he made a promise: he would smile every day in thanks for the precious gift he was given and to honor the six million Jews murdered by Hi**er. At the time this book was published at 100 years of age, despite all he suffered, Eddie called himself the “happiest man on earth.” In his remarkable memoir, this born storyteller shares his wisdom and reflects on how he has led his best possible life, talking warmly and openly about the power of gratitude, tolerance, and kindness. Life can be beautiful if you make it beautiful. As we read this book, I challenge you to reflect upon the blessings in your life. How are you displaying these qualities on a daily basis? Let’s talk about it! I’m just a message away and would love to join you on your journey!
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09/20/2024

“Could it be my chance to change things for the better, even if only a tiny bit? Maybe I could be a role model for people. Show them that even if a bomb rips apart your life, you get up, you dust yourself off, and you carry on.” - Yusra Mardini
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Join our Virtual Book Club and you’ll receive six awesome book recommendations a year! Our current Read with Tegan Book Club selection for September/October is Syrian Refugee Olympian Yusra Mardini’s book Butterfly: From Refugee to Olympian - My Story of Rescue, Hope, and Triumph. Have you read her book or seen the film based on her story? If not, pick up her book now and join us for an interesting discussion. Check out the link in the bio to join!
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Butterfly is the inspiring story of how one woman saved fellow refugees from drowning, became an Olympic swimmer, and now works with the UN as a Goodwill Ambassador. Mardini’s story is a reminder that refugees, chased from their homes by devastating war, are ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances capable of reaching extraordinary heights with the support of other caring ordinary people. As we read this book, I challenge you to consider how you are navigating life’s challenges and how you are supporting others. What can we learn from one another as we struggle to overcome adversity, doubt, and discover ways to motivate ourselves to reach our goals? Let’s talk about it! I’m just a message away and would love to join you on your journey!
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07/26/2024

“Things don’t often happen in our lives like we have hoped. When we encounter unfavorable outcomes, we often experience difficult emotions. If this is happening to you right now, no matter how overwhelming and terrifying it is, I want you to know that you can weather the storm. You are stronger than you feel right now and wiser than you believe.” - Haemin Sunim
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Join our Virtual Book Club and you’ll receive six awesome book recommendations a year! Our current Read with Tegan Book Club selection for July/August is Zen Buddhist teacher Haemin Sunim’s new book When Things Don't Go Your Way: Zen Wisdom for Difficult Times. Have you read it yet? If not, pick it up soon and join us for an interesting discussion. Check out the link in the bio to join!
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Just like in his popular book, The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down: How to Be Calm in a Busy World, Haemin Sunim invites us to reflect on our power to positively interact with the world around us. One of the most rewarding aspects of discussing books of this nature is sharing the unique experiences and perspectives that others bring to the conversation. As we read this book, I challenge you to consider how you are navigating life's challenges with resilience and grace. What can we learn from one another as we struggle to overcome loss, unexpected challenges, and setbacks? Let’s talk about it! I’m just a message away and would love to join you on your journey!
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05/16/2024

Proud to announce that I earned my Professional Certified Coach (PCC) credential today from the International Coaching Federation. What a great way to celebrate !!

05/10/2024

“It’s important for you to recognize that you have a responsibility to give back. To help others. To send the ladder back down and lift the next group up. To pay it forward. To be useful.”
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Join our Virtual Book Club and you’ll receive six awesome book recommendations a year! Our current Read with Tegan Book Club selection for May/June is Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life. Have you read it yet? If not, pick it up soon and join us for an interesting discussion. Check out this link in the bio to join!
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Even high-achievers can struggle with staying true to their purpose and usefulness in their professional and personal lives. This book presents an interesting perspective from a person who has reinvented himself many times after failures and great successes. How are you reinventing yourself and learning from your life lessons? Let’s talk about it! I’m just a message away and would love to join you on your journey!
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