Good book that took a little getting into. Some of the writing was dry to me. Overall an okay read but not my cup of tea.

This is a great book on being true to yourself and refusing to shine your light because others might be intimidated, uncomfortable, or jealous. I could have used this a few years ago! A fun, entertaining, informative, and inspirational read. This book has a lot of wisdom mixed in with the author's experience. I think anyone could benefit from this book, and I highly recommend.

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

I really enjoyed this book; the author's style is engaging, her stories entertaining, and her wisdom quite profound. A fun read, but also a book with lots of information about overcoming obstacles and creating a magical life. I would recommend this to others without hesitation.

I’ve always been a fan of Heather’s, but this book took it to a different level. Everyone encounters “villains” in life who hold us back, make us feel small, create false negativity in our minds, suck our energy, and prevent us from being who we really ARE and CAN BE. Heather not only sets the bar high with actionable steps, but she leads by example, and proves that IT CAN BE DONE. I recommend this book to ANYONE who believes they’re destined for greater things, and this is a must-read to set yourself up with the EXACT FRAMEWORK you need to map out a game plan. Amazing book!!

A great resource with actionable steps you can take in a toxic, or negative, workplace. Thanks to NetGalley for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Wow! Just another mind blowing example of how believing in yourself and taking charge of your own life can really change it for the best. Taking steps to move forward, launching ideas before they are perfect! Heather is an example of how a strong women can transition from one career to her life's purpose in just a few short years when we are pushed out of careers that are not for us.

I'm going to come right out and say it. I love this book by Heather Monahan. It was more than 'a good read', I found it inspirational, motivational and truly made me dig deep on my own self awareness of emotions and feelings.

I was fortunate enough to receive an advanced digital copy, but my analogue copy is still on order awaiting the November 9th, 2021 launch date - and I am so looking forward to sitting down with it again in paper form, and making full use of the margins and the exercises provided to make a lasting resource on my journey forward.

Like many in the world, I 'was fired', with the very real trauma, self doubt, financial worries, long job search, depressing days, and sleepless nights that comes along with an unexpected 'walking out' by Human Resources. In my case, I was also 'downsized' a few years later, so went through these same turbulent emotions all over again.

This perhaps is why Heather's book, Overcome Your Villains so resonates with me on a personal level, as in both cases, there were external villains and the ever present internal villain in my case. However, it is on the intellectual level that I am truly overwhelmed and astonished at the same time. Heather was able to pull experiences from her life, outline not only her coping mechanisms for those experiences, but with poise and finesse in her writing, has identified and reiterated those learnable and transferable skills. These same skills that she documents as using over and over, building upon, and improving with each additional challenge that was thrown at her, are captured and summarized for the reader to absorb and make personal application with.

And so, whether you are new or old, self employed, an entrepreneur, or looking to take that next step, or perhaps you identify with someone in your life that is a villain personified - this book, in my opinion, can help.

This was a great self help and advice book.
Premise
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.
It focuses on the things that hold us back or we presume to be the villains in our lives and gives us the tools and skill set to overcome those obstacles on the path to being our best selves.

"How did she know?" I am asking myself after finishing this book. How did she know everything I needed to hear?

In the description of Overcome Your Villains on NetGalley it says, "If you’ve ever felt alone, down, defeated, or discouraged—this book’s for you." Heather, I do not know if you realize how true that statement is!

I am in my first year of full-time entrepreneurship and solely working for myself, and this book feels like the road map I needed. Heather covers the highs and the lows from both a corporate stand-point, to life after. Heather (I feel like I know her, and that referring to her as Monahan just feels impersonal after this read!) details the real, gritty and not always pretty path to achieving some of her most notable accomplishments. Those accomplishments include keynote speaking, having incredible podcasts guests, BEING a podcast guest on incredible shows, giving a TedX talk and basically everything else I have on my vision board right now.

I feel as though Heather was holding my hand throughout this book, personally invested in my future, like the female role model I never had. Except...now, I do.

If you are looking to take the leap into being your own boss, read this book. If your friend is taking that leap, give them this book! If you, or a loved one just got fired from a job...you guessed it, read this book. It shows you that there is always something better awaiting, and that anyone can achieve it.