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
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Publisher Description
Offering indispensable strategies and tactics for how to become happier and more successful in every aspect of your life. By the time you’ve finished reading this book, you’ll be transformed from a nice girl to a winning woman – forever.
Have you ever felt invisible? Taken advantage of? Reluctant or unable to articulate what you really want? If so, join the club. The nice girls club. Nice girls are those who behave the way others want them to, sacrificing their own needs. Winning women, on the other hand, aren’t afraid to stand up to difficult people, set appropriate boundaries, and consider their own needs as well as the needs of others. Which would you rather be?
In 2004, Lois P. Frankel’s bestselling book, Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office blew the lid off our long-held ideas about gender and success. Now Lois has teamed up with negotiation expert Carol Frohlinger to take this advice beyond the boundaries of the workplace and provide a broader set of knowledge and skills that any woman can use with anyone, anywhere, at any time.
By the time you’ve finished reading Nice Girls Just Don't Get It, you’ll have learned how to:
* Get your family to do their share of the housework
* Send back a meal that isn’t prepared the way you ordered it
* Politely decline when asked to do an unreasonably large favour
* Confront a colleague who is shirking responsibility or taking credit for your work
And much more...
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Frankel (Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office) and Frohlinger (coauthor, Her Place at the Table) provide a broad set of skills women can use to achieve goals when dealing with anyone, anywhere, whether a disparaging sister-in-law, a contractor who can't remember what was agreed upon in previous discussions, or a boyfriend who lets you pay for most of the meals and entertainment. Employing case studies and self-assessment and visualization exercises, the authors urge readers not to let early experiences define them and limit their expectations of themselves or invest equally in every relationship. They advise paying attention to subtle messages given by others, developing a thicker skin, and asking directly for what you need rather than hinting around, as well as avoiding passive-aggressive behavior; learn to interrupt a discussion "with aplomb"; and being proactive in both your personal and professional lives. Despite nuggets of helpful advice, this book feels like an also-ran to Frankel's previous trail-blazing bestseller.
