Jan 29, 2014

Waiting On Wednesday:

A Weekly Meme hosted by Breaking the Spine

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#GirlBoss

Sophia Amoruso

PD: 05.06.14 by Portfolio Hardcover 

Summary: 

The founder of Nasty Gal offers a sassy and irreverent manifesto for ambitious young women

At seventeen, Sophia Amoruso decided to forgo continuing education to pursue a life of hitchhiking, dumpster diving, and petty thievery. Now, at twenty-nine, she is the Founder, CEO, and Creative Director of Nasty Gal, a $100+ million e-tailer that draws A-list publicity and rabid fans for its leading-edge fashion and provocative online persona. Her story is extraordinary—and only part of the appeal of #GIRLBOSS.

This aspirational book doesn’t patronize young women the way many business experts do. Amoruso shows readers how to channel their passion and hard work, while keeping their insecurities from getting in the way. She offers straight talk about making your voice heard and doing meaningful work.

She’s proof that you can be a huge success without giving up your spirit of adventure or distinctive style. As she writes, �I have three pieces of advice I want you to remember: Don’t ever grow up. Don’t become a bore. Don’t let The Man get to you. OK? Cool. Then let’s do this.

Thoughts: 

Hey ya. You don't have to love me. 
You don't even have to like me. But you will respect me. 
You know why?                         Cuz I'm a boss!

And she is! Women like Sheryl Sandberg and now, Sophia Amaruso let us know that it's okay for women to let their voices be heard. Women are bossy, we have something to say! 

Sheryl Sandberg:

Every Little Girl Can be a Leader - AMEN!
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Sophia Amaruso: 


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“From the food bank to making bank, #GIRLBOSS is the story of how I tried to escape capitalism—and ended up a CEO. At age 17, I was a dumpster-diving, shoplifting anarchist, but by 29, I’d turned Nasty Gal into a $100+ million business. #GIRLBOSS shares all the lessons I learned along the way. I can’t wait for you to read it.”

7 comments:

  1. This sounds really good I will have to look out for this one. Thanks for sharing and stopping by :)

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  2. haha Sassy, and irreverent? You have me right there. I am so on board with this book! Thanks for sharing a new book with me and for stopping by my blog.

    Im a new bloglovin- follower of yours :)

    Happy Reading!

    My WoW

    Michelle @ Book Briefs

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  3. Nice! Sounds intriguing ;)
    check out my WOW~~ http://bookhangoversbb.blogspot.com/

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  4. I haven't seen this one before, looks interesting! Thanks for stopping by my blog. :)

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  5. I have to read both of those books. People told me that I was bossy but I always thought that I was just opinionated. I'm an old GFC follower. Check out my WoW at newbielibrarians.blogspot.com

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  6. Love the pick! Awesome choice! Thanks for sharing, and for stepping by my WoW!

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  7. Never heard of it. I love the font you have! Hope you can stop by mine.

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