This title is a series of biographies of successful American business women. Spanning sectors, and generations there are some common threads throughout but also uniques insights. It proves there isn't one way to break the glass ceiling but it doesn't hide from the fact that it's incredibly difficult. Despite this, this book is a rallying cry to follow in these women's inspirational footsteps.

This was a fairly interesting read as a female in business. I did think it was lacking the HOW though. We heard a lot about women in business and leadership but not much about their journey to get there which i would’ve loved. Overall, an interesting read that was somewhat lacking in motivation.

Many thanks to Netgalley and the publisher/author for providing me with an ALC in exchange for my honest review.

This book was exactly what I wanted it to be! I loved it. I will make sure to check out other books by this author. When I requested this I was just intrigued by the concept of it and I loved how it turned out. This story had a great plot and if you have read this and enjoyed it, This was so much. It was such a great story. I would say give this one a try. I will continue to follow this author. Way to go to this author for not letting me down.

I highly enjoyed the narrator of the audiobook. Kept me listening.

Thank you for the opportunity to learn about this title. Unfortunately, I was not able to download the content in advance of the archival date. However, I have added this publication to my future TBR list.

The narrator was pleasant and pretty engaging. This book did a great job taking a look at the myths about women in the workplace. It is encouraging and inspiring. I would have preferred the stories of each woman to include more details. I loved the diversity of the stories. This is a book I will recommend to other women and corporate leaders.

A copy of this audiobook was made available via Netgalley. This is my honest review.

*received for free from netgalley for honest review* overall was a good, worthwhile read but i dont know if i cared for all of it

A great read about successful women about what they did to navigate the roadblocks faced by being a woman in their careers. Generation Z’er and Millennials from comments are rather demanding about not reading career examples of persons in their age brackets. Not sure why, as it takes time to carve a successful career. Adding in the recent historical content 1965 all race of women could vote, 1970s able to apply for credit as women. It is incredible to read the examples of regular women with smarts who battled through to be rewarded with successful careers. Every human should read this interesting book.

Rethink by Andi Simon is a Book I really wanted to love. As a woman in the corporate world, I was hoping to leave with the nugget of information to help me. I would’ve like to know more about how these women got to where they were at, what skills or tools did they use to get there. They did have great accomplishments but how can I help other women?

I really wanted to love this but it was just okay. I appreciated the author's inclusion of specific statistics (and sources) for different industries; this was probably the best of the content throughout the book.

The audio was well done, but the tone of the book itself felt off to me, like it was an advertisement for the author's consulting services. It felt like someone just telling you what they know about how things work--I know how things work in my industry but I wouldn't write a book about it just using examples from people I know. Also, all the examples are women who are, well, not young--they "smashed myths" decades ago, making the stories less relevant to today's world, and in many cases, the motivations and how they did it were described in a manner I can only call "the Nike method" (just do it.) I don't think that is really helpful to younger women trying to figure out why they are struggling so hard to be successful in a world designed for men's success.

Some readers will find this enlightening but I think there are better places to start reading on this topic, and the author includes a list of some big hitters in the bibliography, including one on my 2021 TBR: Invisible Women.

Andi Simon starts the book by explaining why she wrote it. Her previous book was about entrepreneurs who challenged the status quo, but she realized that most of them were men, so another book needed to be written.
I agree with her that a book about women breaking the glass ceiling in different markets is a very necessary book - but wouldn't it be better to have one diverse book about successful professionals overcoming challenges, with a good proportion of men and women (and LGBTQ+)?

In any case, it is a necessary book, especially for women readers. We don't hear nearly enough about the success stories of people other and Oprah Winfrey and Sheryl Sandberg.
This book brought stories from the fields of anthropology, law, science, academia, finance, aviation, and other fields.
The format is interesting: it starts with a myth (like "women aren't good lawyers") and it goes to an example of one woman who broke this myth, telling her story from childhood until recent times. Many of these women have decades of experience and are sharing what they learned along the way.

What is shocking is how many women, and not only men, believe in the myths. And how women can be overly competitive towards other women, causing them both to jeopardize their success.

Besides the clear good takeaways of the book, there were some things that didn't work for me:
- The narrator of the audiobook was overly cheerful - it was incredibly annoying
- The writing style was full of business jargons that didn't mean anything
- It seems very dated for a new book. A lot of the examples were of women starting their careers in the 80s, and the current challenges are very different from then. There was only one example of a younger entrepreneur, Sam Rad.

I will definitely look up more info about these and other successful women in other to smash my own myths.

I liked the personal stories, but I felt that it lacked depth when it comes to structural challenges. However it was a very entertaining audiobook, with a wide variety of professions.

This book is about rethinking the way women navigate the professional world. While I wanted to like it, and the concept is right up my alley, something felt off from the beginning. I like the way the book is laid out - in each section the author begins with the myth, provides the supporting evidence for it, tells the story of a woman who defied the myth, and rounds out the section with her own observations.

But early on I realized what was bothering me so much about it - it was the myths. My gut reaction to them was “is this really still true?” They seem outdated, inflammatory (not in a good way), and not nuanced enough. Once the author dove into describing the myths I could understand what she was getting at but I think the way the myths are presented is misleading and detrimental to the book overall. Readers are going to discount the book before understanding the actual issues it is trying to address because the information seems incorrect or irrelevant. Sexism, especially in work places is far more subtle and nuanced that the myths make it out to seem. It’s easy for someone to outright and honestly disagree with the statement “women shouldn’t be lawyers” or “women don’t make good entrepreneurs” even though some of their hidden or subconscious thoughts and actions contribute to a sexist culture. I was hoping the book would dig in a little deeper to address this nuance.

I would not recommend this book - it is just not nuanced enough on a subject that I think requires and deserves much more.

This book takes an empathetic approach and gives bite size approaches and allows you to have kindness and patience with yourself when dealing with life. This is so necessary for everyone to read in life. Highly recommend. Especially loved the reflection to true life to humanize my feelings and relate. I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

Wow what a enlightening book. I loved how the she had different myths. Than showed an amazing women who busted thru that glass ceiling. She not only showed where we are lacking but how to be part of the solution. The author did not push her agenda just showed the facts. Giving this a five star. Bravo!

Eleven inspiring women, breaking down the myths that women cannot be successful in male-dominated sectors; Women creating their career paths despite being despite the blocks along the way.

Andi Simon detailed the route taken by these brilliant women into sectors not openly accessible to them. Their ability to move through the barriers aren't fully detailed; Still, she makes sure that the reader knows these were not comfortable journeys.

I am pleased there are so many anthologies of inspiring women books being released this year. My past read, which I highly recommend, is Firebrand Females by Mikaela Kiner. I will be on the hunt for more new releases like these.

The direction taken by Andi Simon as an anthropologist was more clinical, which is understandable; personal preference would be a more storytelling approach, although it did not spoil my enjoyment.

These two publications spotlight that despite research proving the positive strength created in gender-equal workspaces, there are still more glass and cement ceilings to be broken.

I would like to thank #NetGalley & #for the opportunity of reading this advanced copy in exchange for my own honest review. This book is due for release on February 09, 2021.

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Thank you #NetGalley and publisher for an advanced copy of this audiobook.

I enjoyed the overall purpose of this book and did find moments of inspiration, but also felt like a few things were lacking. I think it could've benefitted from more specifics of detailed action steps and pitfalls. I also think that the Covid 19 pandemic completely changed what being a women in the business world may look like and the implications of the pandemic unfortunately hurt the timing and how relevant this book is today.

The narrator has a nice voice. I think I'd prefer this book in a physical copy to be able to take notes as I worked through it. Overall I'd recommend for perhaps some broad inspiration to start thinking broadly but not for more specifics in how to take the next step.

This book describes the myths behind what is holding women back in business and provides case studies which smash each and every one of those myths. I found this book inspiring, with a really pleasing balance between narration, scientific evidence and anecdotes. I found it to be accessible whilst still motivating me to take on the world and smash my very own myths.

At one point, I was concerned that the book was looking at very binary gaps between men and women, but wasn’t taking into account the nuances of intersectional feminism. Then at the very moment I thought this Andi Simon smashed that too and delivered me exactly what I was missing.

I really enjoyed this book, both as a pleasant read and something that will stay with me in my everyday life.

What a great book about women in leadership positions. This book really resonated with me because I work in higher education and the institution I work for has a woman president. She is a scientist and a prominent member of society. All of the things discussed in the higher education myth are true. This president came in and streamlined processes and made our institution what it is today.

In my own career, I face challenges as a working mother and as a learner who gained their bachelor and master's degrees as an adult. The type of profession I am in typically isn't a recognized leader-type position but I am trying to break that barrier in my current position and this is with the help of my work experience and education.

Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for my audiobook copy.

Overall I enjoyed this book. I prefer to listen to any business and self-help books during my commute to work since they are easy to get through. I love that this book focuses on women in business. While it wasn't ground-breaking per-se I think that as a woman any book out there that focuses on us and how we can continue to grow is huge help!

As someone who has read lots of female entrepreneurship books in the past, I was really looking forward to this one. However, I was disappointed. I liked the intention of the book and that less "iconic" women were featured. However, the storytelling of each woman's story fell short. The stories were a very broad, big picture overview of their careers and it wasn't very compelling.