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ABOUT PATTI DIGH:
“If the Buddha had two kids, a dog named Blue, a Southern accent, and a huge crush on Johnny Depp, his name would be Patti Digh,” wrote one reviewer after Digh’s grassroots bestseller, Life Is a Verb, was published.
Digh (pronounced “dye”) is a Southern-born master storyteller whose stories are full of humor, poignancy, surprise, pain, and knowing.
Life Is a Verb: 37 Days to Wake Up, Be Mindful, and Live Intentionally, was one of five finalists for the prestigious Books for a Better Life award and a nominee for a Book of the Year award from the Southern Independent Booksellers Association.
Her award-winning blog on which it was based, 37days.com, brings together readers from ages 12 through 95 across the globe; readers of that blog created an unprecedented 43-city book tour for Patti when Life is a Verb was published.
The author of six books, Patti’s smart, funny, and moving writing will touch your heart deeply. Audiences come away from her readings both laughing and crying, and with a clearer sense of what’s important in their own lives.
THEME: What would you be doing today if you only had 37 days to live?
The death of her stepfather just 37 days after being diagnosed with cancer woke Patti Digh up, scared her, and made her examine her own life. She realized that living your best life doesn’t mean ditching your job and sailing around the world – it means living each individual, glorious, simple day with more intention.
Based on Patti’s award-winning blog, 37days.com, Life Is A Verb provides 37 witty, literary and inspiring life stories that illustrate six core practices for living without regrets, no matter how many days you have left:
- Say Yes,
- Trust Yourself,
- Slow Down,
- Be Generous,
- Speak Up, and
- Love More.
SHORT BIO:
Patti Digh’s first book, Global Literacies: Lessons on Business Leadership and National Cultures (Simon & Schuster, 2000) was named a Best Business Book for 2000 by Fortune magazine. Her second book was The Global Diversity Desk Reference (Wiley, 2003), and her most recent books include: Life is a Verb: 37 days to wake up, be mindful, and live intentionally, based on her award-winning blog, 37days.com, Creative is a Verb: if you’re alive you’re creative, Four Word Self Help: simple wisdom for complex lives, and What I Wish for You: simple wisdom for a happy life.
Life is a Verb was chosen out of 440 nominees as one of only five finalists for the prestigious Books for a Better Life Award. Both Life is a Verb and Creative is a Verb were nominated as books of the year by the Southern Independent Booksellers Association.
LONG BIO:
Patti Digh (pronounced “dye”)
Author of Life is a Verb and five other books
Patti Digh’s first book, Global Literacies: Lessons on Business Leadership and National Cultures (Simon & Schuster, 2000) was named a Best Business Book for 2000 by Fortune magazine. Her second book was The Global Diversity Desk Reference (Wiley, 2003), and her most recent books include:
- Life is a Verb: 37 days to wake up, be mindful, and live intentionally, based on her award-winning blog 37days.com,
- Creative is a Verb: if you’re alive you’re creative,
- Four Word Self Help: simple wisdom for complex lives, and
- What I Wish for You: simple wisdom for a happy life.
Life is a Verb was chosen out of 440 nominees as one of only five finalists for the prestigious Books for a Better Life Award. Both Life is a Verb and Creative is a Verb were nominated as Books of the Year by the Southern Independent Booksellers Association.
Patti has published over 100 articles on diversity and intercultural issues, having traveled and worked in over 60 countries. She was formerly the founding Vice President of International and Diversity Programs for the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), the world’s largest association of human resources professionals with over 250,000 members worldwide. While there, she created the Institute for International HR, the award-winning SHRM Diversity Initiative, Diversity Train the Trainer Certificate Program, National Diversity Conference, and diversity newsletter, MOSAICS.
Clients have included: Achva College Israel, Amdocs Israel, the Australian Human Resources Institute, the New Zealand Institute of Personnel Management, the Government of Guyana, the U.S. Postal Service, PBS, Shell Oil, Bethany Care Society, The Center for Association Leadership, The American Society for Quality, The American Psychological Association, The American Cancer Society, PepsiCo, the University of NC at Asheville, Guilford College, the University of South Florida, and Daimler-Chrysler, among many others in the U.S. and abroad.
Patti has served on the President’s Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities and on the Diversity Advisory Councils of the National American Red Cross, the AARP, and the American Association of State Colleges and Universities.
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