Friends Are Everything

BJ Gallagher is a prolific author and popular speaker. She writes business books that educate and empower, women's books that enlighten and entertain, and gift books that inspire and inform. Whether her audience is corporate executives, working women, or college students, her message is “The Power of Positive DOING.” She motivates and teaches with empathy, understanding, and more than a little humor.BJ's international business best-seller, A Peacock in the Land of Penguins (Berrett-Koehler), has sold over 400,000 copies in 23 languages. It is THE best-selling diversity book in the world. Her other business books include: Leadership Secrets from Oz (Simple Truths), YES Lives in the Land of NO (Berrett-Koehler), The Best Way Out Is Always Through: The Power of Perseverence (Simple Truths); and The Power of Positive DOING (Simple Truths).Her self-help books include: Why Don’t I Do the Things I Know Are Good for Me? (Berkley) and It's Never Too Late to be What You Might Have Been (Viva Editions).Her spiritual books include: If God Is Your Co-Pilot, Switch Seats (Hampton Roads) and Being Buddha at Work (Berrett-Koehler).BJ has been featured on CBS Evening News, the Today Show, Fox News, PBS, CNN, and other television and radio programs. She is quoted almost weekly in various newspapers, women's magazines, and websites, including: O the Oprah magazine, Redbook, Woman's World, The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, Orlando Sentinel, Financial Times (U.K.), Guardian (U.K.), MSNBC.com, CareerBuilder.com, CNN.com, Forbes.com, among others.In addition to writing books, BJ also conducts seminars and delivers keynotes at conferences and professional meetings across the country. Her corporate clients include: US Veteran's Administration hospitals, Butterworth Hospital, IBM, Chevron, John Deere Credit Canada, Volkswagen, Farm Credit Services of America, Raytheon, US Department of Interior, Phoenix Newspapers Inc., the American Press Institute, Atlanta Journal Constitution, among others.

“BJ Gallagher…motivates and teaches with empathy, understanding, and more than a little humor.”—Debba Haupert, of the Girlfriendology Podcast “Reading Friends Are Everything reminds me of all the ways my friends have literally saved my life…. This lovely book is a joyous testament to friendship. It’s a treasure chest full of gems and jewels—each one reflecting a different facet of fabulous friendships.”—Diane Conway, author of What Would You Do If You Had No Fear? “Be prepared to feel touched, motivated, and filled with warmth—and to view your treasured friends with new eyes.”—Susan Page, author of If I’m So Wonderful, Why Am I Still Single?

• ContentsIntroductionTrue Friends:1 Understand that the little things can make a BIG difference2 Laugh together . . . often!3 Help us see ourselves more clearly4 Love us unconditionally, just as we are5 Teach and inspire us to be our best selves6 Extend themselves with generosity and love7 Comfort and support us through struggles and disappointments8 Forgive us when we hurt them, just as we forgive them9 Let us love them back10 Know the power of community. . . . Together we can do almost anything!And Finally . . .Thank You!v