How The Tin Man Found His Brain
Frank Baum’s series of OZ books included a wonderful Tin Man many of us have come to know and love as in, “The Wizard of Oz.” He, and indeed all of the four main characters, were in search of something they felt lacking within themselves: a brain; a heart; courage; a feeling of home. As it turns out, they all found that they already possessed the very thing they were questing after, a heart, a brain, courage and a home.
The Tin Man was a sensitive soul, and would indeed start to rust whenever he became emotionally affected, because he would often begin to cry. Yet he was always pursuing the one thing that was most important to him, and which he believed would make him whole, a heart.
Don’t we often do the same thing? Seek outside of ourselves what we already possess? The Tin Man is not the only character we will run into within the essays and commentaries found in this book, but others, real and imagined as well. If not on a specific quest, they are nonetheless also seeking in some ways to find resources within themselves.
With a superb storytelling approach, Danute Debney Shaw walks the Tin Man through self-discovery, leading us to a new paradigm for thought and process development in our personal and professional worlds: building courage, confidence, competence and resilience along the way.
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“How The Tin Man Found His Brain”
Erudite, eloquent, inherently engaging, inspired and inspiring, “How the Tin Man Found His Brain: One Attorney’s Path for Perceptual Development” is a unique, life changing, life enhancing, and unreservedly recommended addition to personal, professional, community, college, and university library Self-Help/Self-Improvement collections.– Midwest Book Review, April 2021
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⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “How The Tin Man Found His Brain” is a very readable and relatable book. Ms. Debney Shaw has a comfortable writing style that one will find refreshing and engaging. Her real life anecdotes and experiences enhance her common sense approach to decision strategy.
– San Francisco Reader, November 2, 2022
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Recent Book Signing & Speaking Events
Charleston/Mount Pleasant, SC “Meet the Author” book signing, and Barnes & Noble promotional signing
International Picture Gallery of Promotional Book Signings & Author Events
United States Picture Gallery of Promotional Book Signings & Meet the Author (MTA) Events at the Following Locations:
Washington, D.C. Georgetown: Georgetown Club, Just Paper and Tea, The Lantern Rare and Used Books – Bryn Mawr Bookstore
Salt Lake City, Utah, Barnes & Noble
Las Vegas, Nevada, HEaL Conference
Alexandria, Virginia, Sacred Circle Bookstore
New York, New York, Manhattan, Namaste Bookstore
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Madison, Wisconsin, Barnes & Noble Bookstores
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Washington, D.C., Georgetown Neighborhood Library
Arlington, Virginia, Clarendon Barnes & Noble (2 MTA Signings)
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San Francisco, California, City Lights Book Store
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Miami, Florida, Miami Dade College International Book Fair
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Washington, D.C., Center for Strategic International Studies
New York, New York (Manhattan), Uptown Barnes & Noble
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Santa Fe, New Mexico, Garcia’s Bookstore
Albuquerque, New Mexico, Barnes & Noble
Los Angeles, California, Festival of Books
Zoom Event Sponsored By The NY National Arts Club, “Winning At What Cost” – Through Lessons Found in the “Tin Man”
Danute Debney Shaw, is a decision strategist, thought leader, attorney and author of How the Tin Man Found His Brain. CelaPhontus, her company, focuses on thought and process development. She works with the incorporation of personal tools and skills: subjective awareness/emotional intelligence, rational understanding, and creative resources to facilitate more focused approaches to deal positively with change and conflict. Supporting more powerful outcomes, and ultimately fostering sustainable solutions.
2023 ExtraOrdinary Technology Conference hosted by TeslaTech.info
Danute Debney Shaw – How the Tin Man Uses His Brain
Danute [discussed] aspects of her book, “How the Tin Man Found His Brain”, and the powerful resource of innovative decision-making in action as evidenced by intellectual forces of nature, such as Nicola Tesla.
Recordings can be purchased at the TeslaTech website.
Danute Debney Shaw speaking about her book “How The Tin Man Found His Brain”.
(Image presented by permission of Teslatech.info.)
“How The Tin Man Found His Brain” being presented at the Miami Dade College International Book Fair, by Author Solutions/Balboa Press
The author discussing her book, “How the Tin Man Found His Brain” at the Santa Fe Public Library Author Series
Decision Strategy Innovator Provides Tips on Self-trust, Resilience and Potentials for Triumph in her new Self-Help/Business Book – As Seen On Yahoo Money, Globe Newswire
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