You've Been Chosen
Thriving Through the Unexpected
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FINALIST FOR THE NAACP IMAGE AWARD • A relentlessly optimistic memoir by one of the most influential Black business leaders in America today, offering hope and practical guidance for navigating life’s most difficult challenges
“Do you want to be lifted up? You have come to the right place.”—Hoda Kotb
Cynt Marshall has spent her entire life beating personal and professional odds while also helping everyone she meets see how they are uniquely equipped to thrive. Through it all, this self-described “people person” never stopped reaching out and built a reputation as an inspiring motivator and mentor in business and beyond.
Marshall grew up in a northern California housing project with a violent father who once broke her nose, but also with a strong, devoted mother who kept her family fed and focused, reminding them, “It’s not where you live, but how you live.” Heeding her mother’s advice, Marshall excelled first at school and then in her professional life, overcoming overt and subtle racism to become, at forty, one of the first Black woman officers at AT&T, while also navigating both grief and joy as she started a family of her own.
All that life experience prepared Marshall for the day when, at fifty-one, she was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer, just one lymph node from stage 4. Overnight, her life changed, but her commitment to serve others did not.
You’ve Been Chosen offers what Marshall calls “the good, the great, the bad, and the ugly parts” of her journey through both cancer and everything that led up to it. Along the way, she tackles the tough questions we all face: What will I do with what I have been given? How will I respond to challenges with both grace and grit? Where will this new path take me if I keep moving? And how can I offer something good back to the world as a result?
Cynt Marshall’s deep faith and positivity will inspire and motivate you, and her story will help you see how all your experiences, even the hardest moments, can work together for something good, bringing you to positive places you’d have never experienced otherwise. She shows you how to find your own “voice of power” and encourages you to remember—and believe—that you, too, have been equipped to walk your unique path with purpose. That you, too, have been chosen.
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Marshall debuts with a heartwarming spiritual memoir about her battle with cancer and navigating the corporate world as a Black woman. She describes how her mother pushed the idea that education and church were "paths out of the projects," leading Marshall to commit to her schoolwork and earn a full-ride scholarship to the University of California, Berkeley. Following college graduation, she rose from a shift supervisor at Pacific Telephone and Telegraph to eventually become the president of AT&T North Carolina, though her ascent was marked by racist comments about how she should look and dress, including a supervisor who told Marshall to get rid of her braids because they were too "ethnic." The author discusses getting diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer in December 2010, and how her mother proclaimed the disease was "for His glory" because Marshall's high-profile job would allow her to model "faith in action" as she fought the illness. After six months of chemotherapy she was in remission, and she later became the first Black woman CEO of an NBA team, the Dallas Mavericks. Marshall's love for her family and God permeate this work, and her optimistic account of beating cancer and rising through the corporate world will satisfy those looking for a feel-good tale. Christians will be inspired.
