Book Review ~ #Girl Boss

Part of our Beachbody Team's "education" <-for lack of better words. includes reading personal development type books, when you can, if you can. But I'm not into that sort of "Self Development Mojo" type thing.  So I might be dragging my feet at this task, although the fact that I get an excuse to buy myself new books, almost makes it worth it.
First up is Sophia Amoruso's book, #GIRLBOSS.  Can we be honest real quick?  (I had never heard of her)  Apparently Sophia Amoruso is a famous, young, CEO and founder of a shopping empire known as Nasty Gal.  (I was still clueless, fashion queen, I am not)  
The book highlights how Sophia went from your everyday teen, hating society, fads, and trends, dumpster diving, and even stealing, to starting her empire selling vintage clothes on Ebay.  (Have I mentioned that White Goat Ranch has begun to list things on EBay this week?  :)  )  

Her book is neatly broken down into themes.  Creativity, Working for others, Taking care of your own business.  In these, Sophia writes about her own past life experiences, and her feelings and thoughts on how it's all relevant today with Nasty Girl, and how one might see a change in their own goals.

What her book isn't is a go-to guide on how to follow her footsteps.  There are no step by steps, do this or do that.  Which at first can be annoying, because the build up is so strong in the first few chapters, you really think that she's going to really take you somewhere in the book... But then you realize at the end, that even though she's not telling you what to do you, you feel a heck of a lot more motivation to do SOMETHING.  

That something could be to wash your hair.  (seriously, lots of crusty grunge talk from the 90's) Or to pop in some Betty Davis on the stereo.  Or to put in some umph into everything you do.  She might not offer all the answers or tips, but I defiantly got a pick-me-up from the book, and was ready to light the fire again.  I'd have to say the book would be a good read to most everyone.  Guys might get bored, in general, there's a whole lot of fashion talk.  But I think most will walk away ready to tackle something, even if one had no desire to ever be in business for themselves.  And bonus, there's no hokey "self development" talk.  

The entire book reads more like a memoir, or a story, than a how-to, which made for easy and light reading.  A keeper for sure.  And yes I'm listening to Betty Davis right now.  :)  

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Have you read #GIRLBOSS ?  Will you be reading it?  Any favorites for business building and motivation that you'd like to recommend?

~Emily

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