Reviews for Psychology of Women at Work [Three Volumes]: Challenges and Solutions for Our Female Workforce

The average rating for Psychology of Women at Work [Three Volumes]: Challenges and Solutions for Our Female Workforce based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-04-18 00:00:00 Michael Clauson The life coach that I'm working with recommended this book for me to read. I read the first 5 chapters since those are the ones that have the exercises for you to figure out what floats your boat. The exercises laid out make sense and I believe if you really follow through, you will discover many things about yourself. One thing I didn't like was the swipes that the author, Pamela Slim, keeps taking at Timothy Ferris, author of The Four-Hour Workweek. Mostly they are snide little snarky barbs which seems to indicate to me that she didn't really read his book, as she accuses people of not doing with "Do What You Love, The Money Will Follow" by Barbara Sher. Aside from that, I think it's a great and very helpful book. The rest of the book is focused toward people starting their own business. Since I'm not doing that right now, or possibly ever after completing my self-discovery journey, I passed on reading it. I highly recommend this book. ~*~*~*~*~*~* 05/01/10: I did end up reading a few more chapters, mostly skimming and hopping around; and that decided me to change my ranking from 4 stars to 3. It's obvious that Pamela Slim prefers everything completely planned out to the nth degree, written on exhaustive lists and takes things very literally. (Which, if you are starting a business, is good.) Among the the additional chapters I read I found more swipes at other authors. Personally I think that when someone begins a sentence with "I don't mean any disrespect...", disrespect is exactly what they mean. While everyone is entitled to their opinions and biases, I don't think it's professional to tear down other people to make your point look better. Slim mentions that she went to the Martha Beck life coaching training and worships the ground Ms. Beck walks on. Yet tearing down other authors left a bad taste in my mouth for Ms. Slim and her mentor's teachings, even though they have very great value in helping a person define what it is they want to do in life. IMHO, a better approach to mentioning other books would have been to say that the other books are great at giving you the possibilities for your life and if you need more of a step-by-step approach, you'll find it here in my book. Also I've read many books put out by Penquin Publishers and have not been exceptionally impressed by their editing before publication. I found a sentence that made no sense whatsoever, no matter how many times I re-read it and a placeholder for a table insertion. I still recommend this book, and will, myself, be working through some of the exercises in the earlier chapters to help figure out the direction I want to pursue next. My recommendation: read many of the books on the market and take what you need from each. No one person has all the answers.

Review # 2 was written on 2014-03-31 00:00:00 Warren Johnson Have you ever dreamed about quitting your day job to launch a business? Most people have, but almost none of them venture beyond dreaming. When you're ready to seriously consider your escape from cubicle nation, this is the book for you! I found it both inspirational and practical. After listening to Pamela Slim's Escape from Cubicle Nation Podcast for over a year, I decided to read her book. This comprehensive guide to entrepreneurship is an excellent blend of concepts, anecdotes, and instructions. What sets this book apart from others about starting a business is how it addresses the emotional nature of the transition from corporate life to self-employment. It's also packed with advice about the usual entrepreneurial topics: choosing a business, finding mentors, branding, finances, legal issues, and insurance and benefits. Many entrepreneurial books preach that you should embrace your dreams and take a leap of faith. Slim's advice is the opposite: be realistic about the entrepreneurial life and carefully plan before jumping. Create a very specific, detailed "ideal life plan" and use it as a blueprint. You can download this Life Plan from the book's website. This plan defines your ideal work style, work environment, target clients, financial goals, and how you spend your ideal day. It helps you set goals in preparing for self-employment and building your business, and keeps you moving toward your ideal life. Echoing Jim Collins, Slim says that there are 3 factors for figuring out what work you should do: what people will pay you to do, what you have passion for, and what you're "genetically encoded" to do. You can achieve business success without all 3, but you'll more naturally reach satisfying, fulfilling success when you have them all. Slim strongly suggests that you test your business idea as side job before quitting your full-time job. She calls this "making sure there's water in the pool before you jump". Keep the side business until you're too busy to keep your day job, since this is the sign that your business has a market. Always have a backup plan (or several) in case you fail (remember, be realistic!). Slim references many popular authorities in the entrepreneurial world, including Timothy Ferriss, Jim Collins, Michael Gerber, Seth Godin, and Guy Kawasaki. I thought that incorporating and expanding on their best advice made her book better. You'll get more out of this book if you're familiar with their works. Here are a few additional ideas I liked, to use once you've started your business: Embrace "beginner mind": the curiosity and openness that arises from knowing that you don't know everything. Steer clear of "expert mind", the mindset in which you think you're a master and have nothing more to learn. Charge based on the value you deliver to your clients; avoid charging hourly, because it doesn't scale. Avoid analysis paralysis; prototype rapidly to keep moving forward. Use "just-in-time learning"; we learn best when we have a clear goal and can immediately apply knowledge, so don't spend too much time learning ahead of time.