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A review by mandaacee
The Myth of the Nice Girl: Achieving a Career You Love Without Becoming a Person You Hate by Fran Hauser
2.0
This book is practical, but all I really needed was the key takeaways at the end of each chapter. It’s also pretty dated - if you’re in the tech industry, the stories and examples won’t help you as much as some other books on the market (more on this below).
The writing is pretty bland, and the author talks about herself so much. Like holy moly, so much. I asked myself several times if I’d feel the same way if a man wrote this book, and every time my answer was yes. There’s a ton of company and name-dropping, to the point where it felt completely unnecessary, and for a page I chose at random, she used the word “I” 26 times! “I led a team of 10 as a 30 year old at one of the most admired companies in the world!” “I had 3 offers to join a company as a COO while I wrote this book!” Oh my God, can you stop? We get it.
I compared the style of this book to one like Dare to Lead by to Brene Brown, whose style is straight-forward, no BS, and research-oriented. Brene will sometimes use her own experiences as an example, but most of the time, she’s focused on YOU as a reader and bringing up emotions you may have. I didn’t get that vibe from this book. The author tried, but it was way too much about her own stories that it was hard to relate to as a reader. She directly calls out “Lean In” by Sheryl Sandberg and her language is pretty rude.
Overall, wouldn’t recommend reading this book. It was a struggle to get past the first 50 pages. You should look up the summary for each chapter online and just use those tips.
The writing is pretty bland, and the author talks about herself so much. Like holy moly, so much. I asked myself several times if I’d feel the same way if a man wrote this book, and every time my answer was yes. There’s a ton of company and name-dropping, to the point where it felt completely unnecessary, and for a page I chose at random, she used the word “I” 26 times! “I led a team of 10 as a 30 year old at one of the most admired companies in the world!” “I had 3 offers to join a company as a COO while I wrote this book!” Oh my God, can you stop? We get it.
I compared the style of this book to one like Dare to Lead by to Brene Brown, whose style is straight-forward, no BS, and research-oriented. Brene will sometimes use her own experiences as an example, but most of the time, she’s focused on YOU as a reader and bringing up emotions you may have. I didn’t get that vibe from this book. The author tried, but it was way too much about her own stories that it was hard to relate to as a reader. She directly calls out “Lean In” by Sheryl Sandberg and her language is pretty rude.
Overall, wouldn’t recommend reading this book. It was a struggle to get past the first 50 pages. You should look up the summary for each chapter online and just use those tips.