Anthea C Stratigos - Magic in the Mundane: Making Lifes Ordinary Extraordinary

A beautiful, simply remarkable read on every dimension. Anthea powerfully combines personal storytelling with actionable, concise guidance relevant to any person at any stage of life. Her voice is authentic, her insights are real, and the book is one I will share with my family and colleagues and will return to across every phase of my own career and life journey.

Mike Lewis, author of When to Jump: If the Job You Have Isnt the Life you Want

I wish I could have read this book when I was thirty years old. There is no question it would have really helped me on my journey.

Sharon Rowlands, CEO of Web.com

Antheas book is filled with easily digestible bite-sized nuggets of lifes simple lessonsbut dont be fooled, her messages are transformative, deeply nourishing, and long-lasting. A great read for every gender and every generation!

Karyn Schoenbart, CEO of NPD Group

Magic in the Mundane is an important book on how to slow down and celebratewhat you love in order to live better.

David Meerman Scott, business-growth strategist and international best-selling author of New Rules of Marketing & PR and Fanocracy

Life is all about attitude, and this book is a perfect example of how attitude shapes each persons performance and happiness. Anthea has a perspective that is well rounded and formed by life experiences in a most positive way.

Wilma Jordan, founder and CEO of JEGI

Anthea captures the zeitgeist of the world today and has written a beautiful book that touches on every important aspect of womens lives. It is honest, straightforward, and wickedly smart. Her observances are exactly right, and there is learning on every page. I look forward to more writing from Anthea.

Cathie Black, former president of Hearst Magazines

Magic in the Mundane is a master class for all who desire to live more deliberately and rediscover what is essential (but often elusive).

Jack Abuhoff, CEO of Innodata Inc.

A guide to living a fulfilling life for all the right reasons.

Scott Parazynski, MD, founder and CEO of Fluidity Technologies, astronaut, Mt. Everest climber, pilot, inventor, author, keynote speaker

Reading the book is like taking a lesson in how to lead your best life, written by a woman who is, by example, leading a beautiful life.

Carin Warner, founder of Warner Communications

Anthea delivers a gift of knowledge, tactical steps, and frankly a different take on the stress of our day-to-day.

Ben Sampson, cofounder and CEO of WeHero

Follow Anthea Stratigos through the unvarnished vignettes of her Magic in the Mundane, and the result inevitably will be a higher degree of wisdomfor the here and now, and for the ages.

Robert Merry, author and former CEO of Congressional Quarterly Inc.

[Magic in the Mundane] is a wonderfully inspiring read filled with life lessons about the powers of curiosity, creativity, and fundamentally trusting the universe. I need my family and colleagues to read this too!

Jessica Zoob, CEO of Morgan Stanley Fund Services

Magic in the Mundane is so full of life, wisdom, and great advice. A real treasure.

Anne Busquet, founder of AMB Advisors

Magic in the Mundane is an awesome must-read book by the most amazing woman I know. It is an autobiographical memoir, a self-help wellness book, a mentoring/coaching book, and a very personal look (with pictures from her grandson!) at what it takes to be successful in todays tough business environment.

Katina Strauch, editor at Against the Grain, convener of the Charleston Library Conference

A thoughtfully inspiring book and easy read, outlining the guiding principles that have allowed Anthea to excel in all aspects of lifeas an individual, a mother, a friend, and an executivewhile maintaining an intoxicating serenity and pure joy for life.

David DeWolf, president and CEO of 3Pillar Global

For anyone working on a better version of themselves, Magic in the Mundane is packed with thriving tips to bring out our best selves. Anthea guides us through intuitive life lessons, illustrating the power of our choices.

Lara Boro, CEO

Magic in the Mundane is chock full of life lessons and life directionseveryday strategies for living a purposeful and fulfilling life in our always-changing world. Its a gem!

Gabrielle L. Kurlander, president and CEO of All Stars Project Inc.

A joyful narration of life through the lens of emphasizing meaningful connections and simplifying your actions. I shared much of it with my children as good advice to navigate life.

Lisa Dallmer, mother of two boys

Read this book. While most of us are waiting for something big to change our lives, Anthea shares how daily happeningsfamily, career, and even playtimeare the most influential in creating the blueprint for a well-designed life.

Emily Pilk, special events planner

Its a breath of fresh air and should be required reading for everyone needing to slow down to speed up.

Leigh Watson Healy, chief analyst emeritus at Outsell Inc., founder of Cornhouse Creek LLC

Anthea Stratigos speaks from the heart, allows herself to be vulnerable, and in doing so enables all of us to learn from her experience. Her stories teach us to think a bit harder about how we manage lifes day-to-day (the mundane) to find real magic in our lives!

Clare Hart, CEO of Williams Lea

Text copyright 2019 Anthea C. Stratigos
Illustrations copyright 2019 Grant August Walston

All rights reserved.

No part of this book may be reproduced, or stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without express written permission of the publisher.

Published by ExtraZeros, LLC, Hillsborough, CA
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Edited and designed by Girl Friday Productions
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Cover design: Anna Curtis
Interior illustrations: Grant August Walston

ISBN (hard cover): 978-1-7334604-2-2
ISBN (paperback): 978-1-7334604-0-8
ISBN (deluxe): 978-1-7334604-3-9
ISBN (ebook): 978-1-7334604-1-5
LCCN: 2019919194

First edition

Dedicated to those who came before me and paved the way, and to those who come after and inherit a world that needs more harmony.

What is a book without pictures?
Whats Christmas without presents?

Grant August Walston, age seven, August 4, 2016

W omen get pushed and pulled in many ways. Were caregivers, life-makers, and collaborators. Each day we are inundated with messages about how to work, how to look, how to parent, how to marry, and how to be, in any of our 1,001 roles. We can be especially hard on each other and on ourselves. We waste our energy on things that are not our business.

As we juggle it all, we sometimes lose sight of the miracle and magic in the mundanelittle life principles, what I call thriving tips, that keep us on course and add up to a well-lived life. Ive come to rely on my thriving tips, each built by creating and finding a little miracle in lifes everyday mundane. They keep me sane and help my life flow better on the days I feel like Im losing it. We can cope and live in harmony in a world increasingly riddled with sound bites and the constant message that we must hurry, hurry, do, do.