#Book Review #Overcome Your Villains: Mastering Your Beliefs, Actions, and Knowledge to Conquer Any Adversity #Heather Monahan #Publisher ‏: HarperCollins Leadership

 MY THOUGHTS AND BOOK REVIEW

This book is all about how the author Heather Monahan has learned to rebuild her confidence after she was fired from her corporate job to help us find the kind of success in our lives that we are dreaming of. She is the author of her first self published book, Confidence Creator. She shows how to identify the villains in your life by creating confidence in three easy steps. Beliefs - the self talk and other internal messages we have accepted as truth. Actions - the actions we are currently taking - and plan to take in the future - to find success and happiness. Knowledge - the information and skills we need be more effective people in every aspect of our work and personal lives. 

There are many key takeaways in this book at the end of each chapter; but some of my favorite ones are mentioned below: 

These are some of the amazing takeaways:

• We cannot expect things to always go our way. The more we embrace the unexpected, the faster we can pivot.
• Only limits you have are the limits you believe.
• Successful people don't always know the how; they trust themselves to figure it out along the way.
• When you're facing difficult times, focus on something you're looking forward to in the future. Once you reach that, focus on something new to look forward to.
• In any business transaction, both sides have to benefit. When one side benefits but not the other, it's not sustainable.
• If the road to victory looks too rough, it might be time for a different approach.
• Pick a song to couple with your vision.
• Just because you haven't found a solution yet, doesn't mean it doesn't exist- it just means you need to keep looking.
• Until we realize our value, no one else will either.

Fear is a liar: The author states that fear is a liar nothing but false ideas one have made up in one's own mind. Some say it's an acronym for False Evidence Appearing Real. It is worse than any reality. When we feel fear, we should not not run away and hide. Instead we should run towards it and embrace it. 

Fear is a green light that means go and go faster!

Fear is not real, we just need to accept the power to dissolve it.  

Just Think Bigger: Have people who are ahead of you. Surround yourself with successful people they will inspire you to push past your current limitations and allow you to see something much bigger in your current limitations and allow you to see something much bigger in yourself that you hadn't previously thought of. Accessing knowledge from those who are light-years ahead of us is priceless. 

Don't Hide From Your Haters: Haters are a sign you are succeeding. Haters are a sign that you are shining your light. Haters are a sign that you are not vanilla. Celebrate when haters come. Take action by leveraging haters comments to elicit help and support yourself.

This book is simple and easy read. Thank you to Netgalley and Publisher : HarperCollins Leadership for an advance copy for my honest review. I just reviewed Overcome Your Villains by Heather Monahan #OvercomeYourVillains #NetGalley. 

BOOK DESCRIPTION

Whether you’re facing the glass ceiling, a toxic work environment, or anything in between, limit-breaking female founder Heather Monahan’s 3-Step BAK process will help you evaluate and eliminate any outside or self-defeating blockers between where you are now and where you deserve to be.

If you’ve ever felt alone, down, defeated, or discouraged—this book’s for you.

If you’ve ever been unsure of your next move or felt your confidence slip just when you needed it the most—this book is definitely for you.

Author and entrepreneur Heather Monahan will help you learn the easy but remarkable steps you can take to overcome the negative people and other challenges we all encounter at work and at home, find real and lasting happiness, and achieve the success you deserve in your career and in your personal life.

Growing up in poverty, Heather leapfrogged the tremendous obstacles in her life to reach the pinnacle of success in business—only to lose it all when she was fired by the villain who was her new boss. She has seen the worst of the worst when it comes to the destruction a toxic workplace can have on someone’s perception of themselves and their outlook for the future. In these pages, she lights the beacon on your path towards stepping into and then stomping out your fear to reach your full potential—regardless of the level of trauma you’ve experienced or are currently experiencing in your workplace.

Overcome Your Villains will help you learn:

• Heather’s 3-Step BAK process to evaluate your situation and identify a clear path forward.
• How to deal with (or overcome) a toxic environment, whether that be at work, at home, or in your own head.
• All the options you have to reach your full potential, and how to immediately start pursuing them.

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• Publisher ‏ : ‎ HarperCollins Leadership (November 16, 2021)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 240 pages