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Nice Girls Just Don't Get It: 99 Ways to Win the Respect You Deserve, the Success You've Earned, and the Life You Want
Offering the same brand of practical, no-holds-barred, expert advice that made Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office an international million-copy bestseller,Nice Girls Just Don't Get It teaches us the skills we need to turn from a nice girl into a winning woman, not just in our careers but in our relationships, families, and everyday lives.
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Hardcover, 320 pages
Published
April 19th 2011
by Harmony
(first published May 10th 2005)
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Totally changing how I am thinking about myself, past experiences, and giving me tips for changing my speech (to myself and others) so I can get what I want without being a complete self-centered B**** and without being a "Nice Girl" that others walk all over. Book explains there is nothing wrong with being nice, but that a Nice Girl overdoes it at her own detriment. I wondered if I would get anything out of it after the intro, but the quiz towards the beginning helps you evaluate what kind of p...more
The book gives 99 tips to being more assertive, and about halfway through I realized that I am not as "nice" as I thought. Some of the tips made me think, "Really? You need to tell somebody that?" But what I DID take away from this book and why I would recommend is because of one message it really drove home: Make it work for you.
I can, at times, be a bit of a martyr. I'll take on too many projects, I'll go out of my way to do things that just don't "work" for me i.e. both inconvenience me and...more
I can, at times, be a bit of a martyr. I'll take on too many projects, I'll go out of my way to do things that just don't "work" for me i.e. both inconvenience me and...more
The how to's of this book are logical and simple and, if incorporated gradually over time, will work toward a better sense of balance and boundaries in anyone's relationships, whether they are a 'nice girl' or a 'nice guy'. The oversimplification of what a 'nice girl' is started to irritate me by the end, though. The constant comparison of the nice girl stereotype just got old and too broad to have much meaning.
The authors warn the reader not to take their suggestions too the extreme or too qui...more
The authors warn the reader not to take their suggestions too the extreme or too qui...more
The way of life the authors present didn't appeal to me. Although there is a snide tone toward "nice girls," the favored "winning women" are put in an equally rigid behavioral straightjacket: always give more than you get in relationships, never be unpleasant to anyone, be fully present in each moment, accept and make the best of situations you don't choose to change, consider life as a series of opportunities to influence people and situtations to get what you want, etc. - the advice isn't bad,...more
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I really enjoyed this book. It is a great, easily-digested summary of problematic behaviors that many women have been socialized to have. The book not only explains the behaviors but then offers suggestions for how to change them. If someone picked up this book having never realized that their behaviors might be undercutting them, I'm not sure how effective it would be. But for me, since these are issues I've been mulling over the past few years, it was a great way to take stock of my life and s...more
Jul 20, 2012
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Offering the same brand of practical, no-holds-barred, expert advice that made Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office an international bestseller, Nice Girls Just Don't Get It teaches us the skills we need to turn from a nice girl into a winning woman, not just in our careers but in our relationships, families, and everyday lives.
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Excellent, honest book that turns nice girls into winning women without resorting to rudeness. There are literally tons of tips on being more assertive and avoiding passive-aggressive or simply passive behavior that builds resentment.
So it seems tons of people think all 'self-help' books are lame but.... This one was very handy. It even helped me be a little better at arguing. And far better at getting what I want! As well as saying what I mean more clearly.
Horrifyingly depressing if you are a member of the 'nice girls' race. It is honest and spells out why a nice girl gets shafted time and again and some strategies to counteract that. But will a nice girl have the strength to do it after decades of indoctrination? *shrugs* knowing is half the battle, gijoe.
Well.....I certainly could use this advice. Written by two women, a judge and a pyschologist. What more could a single girl need?
A few helpful parts, but the writing seemed stale and followed a simple formula that was too predictable.
This book had some good pointers and it was a fairly quick read.
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very interesting read...changed my ways of thinking etc
The authors offer various tactics and strategies to help "nice girls" become "winning women". There are some great tips though after a while the comparison between nice girls and winning women gets old and becomes an unnecessary device to get the authors' point across. Still it's a worthwhile read for women.
Very good tips.
There was a lot of good stuff in this book. But it was kind of boring and a little wordy.
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Dr. Lois Frankel, President of Corporate Coaching International, a Pasadena, California consulting firm, literally wrote the book on coaching people to succeed in businesses large and small around the globe. Her books Nice Girls Don’t Get The Corner Office and Nice Girls Don’t Get Rich are international bestsellers translated into over twenty-five languages worldwide. Stop Sabotaging Your Career,...more
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