Originally written and posted on news.prairiepublic.org Excerpts from the webinar. Sunday, November 15, at 5pm: Patrice Tanaka discusses her book “Becoming Ginger Rogers” and her life, recorded in a webinar as part of Humanities ND’s One Book One North Dakota series.  An ambitious PR executive, Tanaka was struggling under multiple stresses. Adding ballroom dancing to her life transformed it.

Originally written and posted on freemanmeansbusiness.com Patrice Tanaka is a best-selling author, public speaker on business and life purpose, serial entrepreneur and co-founder of three award-winning, PR & Marketing agencies and the consultancy, Joyful Planet, focused on helping individuals and organizations discover and actively live their purpose to unleash greater success, fulfillment and joy in their…Read More

Originally written and posted on womensforumny.org WF: How did you get your idea or concept for the business? PATRICE: The idea for Joyful Planet is the result of being forced by my executive coach 18 years ago to “rethink” my life purpose when I came to her for help in the aftermath of 9/11. Like most…Read More

Originally written and posted on medium.com “Creating a more joyful planet simply by helping others discover and articulate their life purpose fills my heart and is deeply satisfying and fulfilling. I see the light go on and the excitement people feel when they have greater clarity about their life purpose and what is most important for…Read More

Originally written and posted on jacobscomm.com “Taking the Lead.” It’s a lot more than my monthly leadership columns in PRSA’s Strategies & Tactics. It’s what I think all leaders should do. It’s more than just meeting your goals, it’s exceeding them. It’s also knowing the difference between managing and leading, and the impact the latter has…Read More