The Survival Guide

Brenda has a way of bringing to life the struggles we all experience in our daily life as well as our profession. She assigned words, phrases and emotions to the way we feel, then offers solutions to assist in the personal growth we long for. Amazing read !! One that you’ll take off the shelf again and again!

The Public Servants Survival Guide applies to all of us. I am not in Public Service, however I still learned quite a bit about achieving balance within a difficult professional schedule. Great development lessons for both worlds, personal and professional.

Warm, humorous and heart-felt! Brenda Viola is a public servant who “has been there”! I enjoyed her personal anecdotes and sound advice to the field. Great restorative after a hard day and thoughtful gift of appreciation.

The Things that Go Wrong Make the Best Stories” – no truer words have been written about life in the public sector. But the great thing about this book is that it applies to so many others, including those that volunteer their time, work in health care, child care, the service industries like waitresses, cashiers, even your dry cleaner. Brenda Viola helps heal your spirit around what you spend your life doing, embrace your flaws (she says you’re “FLAWSOME”), and leaves you with a renewed sense of purpose in your work, whatever that may be. A great, fast read that will have you returning time and again for the many hidden gems of wisdom found in its pages.