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