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The Books That Shaped Me Featuring Carrie Kass

The Books That Shaped Me··5 August 2026·57 min

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Season 2 kicks off with Carrie Kass, founder, CEO, and TEDx Round Rock Women speaker. Carrie and Angie became friends through the multi-author book Pieces to Purpose, and this conversation picks up right where that friendship started.Carrie opens up about the moment she hit send on her first published story, the trauma she'd buried for decades, and what it cost her to finally speak it out loud on stage. She walks through losing her role in a private equity acquisition, and how that loss became the spark for her new book chapter, The Unacquired Voice.They dig into networking done right, why "what do you do" is the worst way to start a conversation, and how Carrie's community became her business overnight when she needed it most. Carrie also shares the books that shaped her, from The Giving Tree to The Five Love Languages, and previews her new book Voice and Vision, releasing August 5th.This one is honest, funny, and full of heart. Grab your coffee and settle in.www.carriekass.com IG: @thecarriekassFB: https://facebook.com/carriekass18LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carrie-kass-a59114a/TEDx talk: https://youtu.be/5Jp1xudljow?si=hO3qFLMQ_GdJXImSConnect with Carrie on her social platforms, and connect with Angie at angiesmithsummitconsulting.com.