title: I Didn't Place in the Talent Race, but --: A Woman's Guide to Recognizing Her Strengths
author:  Anya Bateman 
description: We are often more aware of what is in our closets or in our checking accounts than we are of our own talents. That is more than just sad, because our talents affect the very core of our lives. They affect our purpose, the directions we take, our confidence and how we feel about ourselves. When we are not aware of just what talents we have been blessed with, we may go through life feeling shortchanged or left out because we think everybody else has received so much more. And that's just not true. In I Didn't Place In The Talent Race Anya Bateman describes the barriers in our thinking that limit our ability to see our own talents. She explains why and how to overcome those hurdles, identify our talents, gifts and strengths, and see ourselves as the winners we really are.
zlib_text: Also available from Sidney Bell
  and Carina Press
  Bad Judgment
  T he W
  oodbury B oys
  Loose Cannon
  Hard Line
  Rough Trade
  Also available from Sidney Bell
  Your Mileage May V ary
  
  T h is I s N ot  t h e E nd
  S idney B ell
  
  For Sasha, who deserved a dedication long before now, and who
  loved Anya even when I was convinced no one else would.
  
  C ontents
  Part One
  Part Two
  Part Three
  Acknowledgments
  About the Author
  Excerpt from Forgiven by Garrett Leigh
  
  Part One
  Anya
  “Why haven’t you ever fucked Cal?” Anya asks her husband one
  afternoon in the kitchen, musing aloud around a mouthful of
  undressed spinach salad. She’s trying to shuck the last of the post-
  baby weight now that PJ’s been mostly weaned. She doesn’t have to
  be as rigorous about her diet anymore—one of the best benefits of
  being behind the camera instead of in front of it these days—but
  fashion can be a shallow industry regardless of where you’re
  standing. Being a woman is a ridiculous endeavor sometimes.
  Zac, trying to coerce PJ into 