Secrets of Six Figure Women: Surprising Strategies To Up Your Earnings And Change Your Life

 " You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step in faith."
-Martin Luther King Jr.

 Product Details: ISBN: 9780060185480
                           Publisher: HarperCollins
                           Copyright: 2002

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Description: Quietly and steadily, the number of women making six figures or more is increasing and continues to rise at a rate faster than for men. From entrepreneurs to corporate executives, from white-collar professionals to freelancers and part-timers, women are forging careers with considerable financial success.
In Secrets of Six-Figure Women, Barbara Stanny, journalist, motivational speaker,and financial educator, identifies the seven key strategies of female highearners: A Profit Motive, Audacity, Resilience, Encouragement, Self-Awareness, Non-attachment, and Financial Know-How.
Based on extensive research and hundreds of interviews, including more than 150 women whose annual earnings range from $100,000 to $7 million, Barbara Stanny turns each of the six-figure traits into a specific strategy for upping earnings. By rigorously fine-tuning them, readers can, step-by-step, climb the income ladder.
  
The Author: Barbara Stanny is a Money Expert specializing in financial empowerment for women. She is a world renowned motivational speaker, former journalist, and columnist. Stanny has been a guest of many popular media circuits including: CNBC, CNN, and The Fox News Channel.

 Why did you choose this book? I read Prince Charming Isn't Coming and it touched my life, so I decided to see of she could top it and she did! This was more of a Part II, developing on the ideas of the previous book with a lot more how to applications.


How has this book changed your thoughts/actions/beliefs? Primarily it has removed the dishonesty, unaccountability, ignorance, and taboo nature surrounding my relation to money and worth. I am taking a much more proactive role in my financial future, taking full responsibility to educate myself, and making daily decisions that increase my potential and not sabotage it.


What wisdom will you pass along from this book?
A. Save and Invest!..then pay bills and spend the rest ;-) Paying yourself first is not buying the latest entertainment product or item of clothing that will supposedly make you happy, however, that is paying the merchant! At the moment it may feel as such because it was what you think you need to be happy. Pay yourself first, watch your money grow and you can give freely and/or make a career out of your dream job without concern of pay.

B. So many women are not making what they are worth because they don't ask. I know we think people should just know we are doing a great job and should just offer us the promotion or wage increase right? Well they shouldn't and frankly won't! Women make less than men because we don't take the time to realize"self worth=net worth" Most of us don't think we deserve the better pay or promotion, and if we don't believe it then why would anyone else!

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 Description: Each story in this jubilantly acclaimed collection pays tribute to the wisdom and resilience of children, even in the face of the most agonizing circumstances. A family living in a makeshift shanty in urban Kenya scurries to find gifts of any kind for the impending Christmas holiday. A Rwandan girl relates her family's struggles to maintain a facade of normalcy amid unspeakable acts. Through the eyes of childhood friends, the emotional toll of religious conflict in Ethiopia becomes viscerally clear. 

Review: This book is an emotional and brilliant piece of work. This is a award winning book and is apart of the Oprah's 2009 selection Book Club! The audio is a three hour long book of life, adventure and the times in Nigeria. This book is about the life of a family that lives in urban Kenya that struggles with the environment around them. This book is an emotional roller coaster that deals with the problems of these families and really makes us be thankful for everything we have in life. This books makes us realize that life is not always perfect and this audio book will make you be grateful. This audio book will open a whole new world to your eyes!!

About the Author: Uwem Akpan was born and reared in Nigeria. He was ordained as a Jesuit priest in 2003 and received his MFA in creative writing from the University of Michigan in 2006. For more information, visit http://www.sayyoureoneofthem.com/.

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The Week in Words

  Thanks to Melissa at Breath of Life I have the honor of participating and sharing "The Week in Words".Melissa states, "Playing along is simple, just write a post of the quote(s) that spoke to you during the week (attributed, of course) and link back here. They can be from any written source, i.e. magazine, newspaper, blog, book. The only requirement is that they be words you read." 

 There's a story about a mountain climber who misses her footing and slides down the rock toward the edge of the cliff. Just before she's about to go over, she grabs hold of the ledge and hangs there, suspended in midair.     Desperately, she cries out, " Lord, help me. Please come to my rescue!"The Lord answers, "Yes Sadie, I can help you, but first there's one thing you must do." "Oh Lord," Sadie says, "I'll do anything. What must must I do?" And the Lord answers. "Sadie, you have to let go of that ledge." That's exactly what every woman I spoke to was called to do as she made her way to higher earnings. She had to let go of the ledge.

Secrets of Six-Figure Women, B. Stanny 

These people [Naysayers] actually perform a valuable service. They come to test our level of commitment. If you notice, the more tentative you feel, the more pessimistic they sound. If they succeed in discouraging you, be grateful. You didn't have the moxie to make it in the first place.

Secrets of Six-Figure Women, B. Stanny

 

100+ Reading Challenge

The following book challenge is from J. Kaye's Book Blog! I am excited to get started..Join Me!

1. The goal is to read 100 or more books. Anyone can join. You don't need a blog to participate.

--Non-Bloggers: Post your list of books in the comment section of the wrap-up post.

2. Audio, Re-reads, eBooks, YA, Manga, Graphic Novels, Library books, Novellas, Young Reader, Nonfiction – as long as the book has an ISBN or equivalent or can be purchased as such, the book counts.

What doesn't count: Individual short stories or individual books in the Bible.

3. No need to list your books in advance. You may select books as you go. Even if you list them now, you can change the list if needed.

4. Crossovers from other reading challenges count.

5. Challenge begins January 1st thru December, 2010. Books started before the 1st do not count.

  1. For One More Day, Mitch Albom
 2. Have a Little Faith, Mitch Albom

3. Prince Charming Isn't Coming, Barbara Stanny 

4. The Go-Getter, Peter B. Kyne
5. Secrets of Six-Figure Women, Barbara Stanny
6. Knit Two, Kate Jacobs
7. Finding Balance, Mariel Hemingway
8. Sold, Patricia McCormick
9. Never The Bride, Cheryl McKay and Rene Gutteridge
10. Letter To My Daughter, George Bishop
11. The Richest Man In Babylon, George S. Clason
12. See You At The Top, Zig Ziglar
13. Knit The Season, Kate Jacobs
14. Scratch Beginnings, Adam Shepard
15. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, M. Shaffer
20. 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, J. Maxwell
21.  Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert
22. Committed, Elizabeth Gilbert
23. Autobiography Of A Yogi, Paramahansa. Yogananda
24. Catch-22, Joseph Heller
25. Choosing Me Before We, Christine Arylo
26. Creating A Charmed Life, Victoria Moran
27. The Help, Kathryn Stockett
29. From Clueless To Class Act, Jodi Smith
30. A Lesson Before Dying, Ernest Gaines
31. Twilight, S.Meyer
32. New Moon, S. Meyer
33. Eclipse, S. Meyer
34. Breaking Dawn, S. Meyer
35. The Day of Ahmed's Secret, Florence Heide and J. Gulliland
36. Money Hungry, Sharon Flake
37. The Ultimate Happiness Prescription, Deepak Chopra 
38. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot
39. Show Me The Money, Alvin Hall
40. You Are Here, Thich Nhat Hanh
41. India My Love, Osho
42. The Miracle of Mindfulness, Thich Nhat Hanh
43. A Path With Heart, Jack Kornfield
44. The Tree of Yoga, B.K.S Iyengar
45. Peace Is Every Step, Thich Nhat Hanh





 

What's on Your Nightstand?

Currently, my nightstand has "Secrets of Six Figure Women" by Barbara. Stanny, "Choosing me Before we" by Christine Arylo, and "Smart Cookies' Guide to Making More Dough and Getting Out of Debt" by The Smart Cookies. I have chosen these books since they touch basis on the areas in my life I am working to improve, especially financial literacy! They are slow reads since I am actually applying each principle to my life as I go. The process in which I am reading them is based on my ability to successfully apply each concept. A lot of it is tough emotional work since I have to be brutally honest with myself and others.


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Taking the first step..

"An admission of truth makes us accountable to change. Denial keeps us stuck. Recognition sets us free." ~Barbara Stanny, Secrets of Six-Figure Women

 This is me, raw and honest with myself about my situation. I am taking the first step to a life without waiting! I have read "Prince Charming Isn't Coming: How Women Get Smart About Money" and currently reading "Secrets of Six-Figure Women" both by Barbara Stanny, and for some reason these books really lit a fire under my behind because I can honestly see the life that awaits me if I would only ..desire, intend, envision, and act in the direction I so choose. I had to really look at myself and the direction that my life was headed if I didn't take control!

Well, for those that know me the following goals remain: complete last year of Bachelor's, thrive financially,diversify my portfolio, freely give and receive love in healthy and wholesome relationships, and completely do away with the self-defeating behavior and limitations of procrastination. My intent in this blog is to tackle all of those, knowing that I can't complete this journey alone nor can afford to play small any longer. I would like a community where we can all support one another as we tackle the hardest obstacle of putting off our financial and romantic success. Join me! The time is now!

-Payton