A Review of Justina Chen's The Art of Inspiration by Jeff Bailey

The Art of Inspiration, Lead Your Best Story by Justina Chen, was a revelation. I had intended to read it in spare moments over a couple of weeks. I read in spare moments in one day. The next day, I read it again with my various bios and profile pages laid out in front of me. The message in The Art of Inspiration, Lead Your Best Story was so obvious, after I read the book. In her professional past, Justina Chen packaged the ‘brand’ of major corporations to maximum the consumer appeal for the ‘brand.’ In The Art of Inspiration, Lead Your Best Story, Ms. Chen described, in detail, how to apply that corporate insight to maximizing the reader’s bios and profiles. I have re-posted all of my bios and profile pages.

2016 Cavalcade of Authors

I had the pleasure of meeting Ms. Chen a few months ago, at the 2016 Cavalcade of Authors in Washington State. The Cavalcade is a Pacific Northwest regional event similar to The International Science and Engineering Fair. The difference is that The Cavalcade brought 1200 middle school and high school readers and aspiring authors together with more than twenty of their favorite authors for a day of lectures, workshops, signing events, and photo ops.

Justina Chen, Jeff Bailey , and Steve Sheinkin

Ms. Chen was a presenting author and I was a working host for author Steve Sheinkin, at the event. While I was a host for another author, my wife had the pleasure of meeting Ms. Chen at social gathering the evening before The Cavalcade opened. My wife and I were taken with how quickly we felt as though we knew Ms. Chen and identified with her story. I would have liked to have heard one of Ms. Chen’s presentations. Later in the event, I saw Ms. Chen interact with many of the teenage attendees. They all seemed to ‘know her’ immediately.

I would recommend The Art of Inspiration, Lead Your Best Story by Justina Chen as required reading for anyone who is writing a cover letter for either a college application or a resume. It will help those individuals to more effectively present their ‘brand.’

I rate The Art of Inspiration, Lead Your Best Story five plus stars because Justina Chen presents and develops such a needed message. She seemed so passionate about that message. I recommend that every teenager put Justina Chen on their required reading list. I’m looking forward, with anticipation, to her next book.

Jeff Bailey

Others books by Justina Chen: North of Beautiful, Blind Spot for Boys, and Return to Me.

Jeff Bailey’s latest release: The Defect.

Future releases by Jeff Bailey include I’m a Marine, The Chilcoat Project, and Wine Country.