Mustang Sallies: Success Secrets of Women Who Refuse to Run with the Herd

by Fawn Germer

Book Overview

The bestselling author of Hard Won Wisdom teaches women the benefits of charging ahead and succeeding on their own terms.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0399530215
• ISBN13: 9780399530210
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Perigee Books
• Length: 225 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

A Great Discovery

I just discovered Fawn Germer's books thanks to a friend who saw her speak in D.C. last year. What great advice for someone who is struggling career-wise. I am in a situation where I am unwilling to compromise my beliefs in order to fit in to a work environment where I am not respected or valued. To read this book and hear what ultra-successful women have gone through in order to just be themselves has given me hope and renewed energy. I am presenting "Mustang Sallies" to my reading group next month and I feel confident thirteen other women are going to find strength in Fawn's writings. I highly recommend this book to any and all career women who have felt undervalued and conflicted about their careers.

A powerful moment of truth for strong women

This book will have a permanent place on my nightstand so I will find a little calm before going to sleep. Finally. FINALLY! Someone has explained all of my self-doubts and shown a way around them. This is a powerful book that I am giving as gifts to every one of my friends. It's required reading for any woman who has ever felt judged or criticized by others when she was absolutely in the right.

EXCELLENT BOOK!!!!

I was given this book as a gift from a friend who said, "Now you'll understand what's going on with your life, Diane. You're a mustang. That's not a negative." When I read Fawn Germer's Mustang Sallies, I knew what she meant. I've always felt misunderstood and underappreciated. Now I realize I am what Germer calls a "trailblazer." I've never been one to go along to get along, and I don't kiss up to move up. That's hurt me in the past, but Mustang Sallies is filled with strategies to make me succeed without selling out. I love this book. (...) It's phenomenal.

Powerful, life-altering, just a really great book

This has saved me about two years in psychotherapy. If you are starting to wonder if work is going to make you insane, you need this book. It's really wonderful.

FINALLY! A dose of validation, inspiration and power!

I got an early copy of this book when Fawn Germer was the keynote speaker at a conference I attended. This book is a powerhouse. On one level, it is great to have such insightful input from Germer's interviews with people like Hillary Clinton, Susan Sarandon, Janet Reno and all kinds of athletes, CEOs and mustangs. But, Germer's words are powerful and her insights are absolutley unforgettable. She has been through some of the same hellacious corporate political encounters that I have experienced, and lived to help the rest of us in our battles. The book shows how our feelings that we are "outsiders" or "misfits" be explained by the fact that we aren't marching to the sam drummer as everyone else. We are mustangs who may make some waves because we dare to be excellent and strive for better. The best parts of the book show how to interact with detractors and people trying to put you down. I'll never forget her speech, when she talked about how this boss tried to derail her career and how she bounded back. She's traveled a courageous path that I admire and want to explore for myself. Any woman who wants to succeed on her terms should read MUSTANG SALLIES!!!