How to Succeed in Business Without a Penis: Secrets and Strategies for the Working Woman

by Karen Salmansohn

When "How to Succeed in Business Without a Penis" was released, it became an instant best-seller for a huge reason: it revealed insightful differing business styles men and women practice-and actionable techniques each can learn from the other. Sun Tzu in "The Art of War" says: ."in the wise leader's plans, considerations of advantage and of disadvantage will be blended together."

Salmansohn blends.

First, she exposes ten male advantages (some to be learned, some to be spurned). Next, she reveals advantages and disadvantages of female attributes.

And Salmansohn offers her actionable advice with her trademark irreverent humor-a humor which John Stewart has gone on record as appreciating, saying, "Salmansohn has the soul of a stand-up comic."

Salmansohn also teaches how to find "Career Waldos" (hidden career goals) and keep them firm with exercises to develop "wills of steel," the most crucial muscles for climbing to the top of the corporate ladder.

Since this best-selling release, Salmansohn has penned over 20 more books including "How to be Happy, Dammit," and "Ballsy."

Visit her at www.notsalmon.com

Genres: Nonfiction, Business, Sociology, Humor

320 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1996

About the author

Karen Salmansohn is a bestselling author (with 2 million books and courses sold), leading behavioral change expert, and columnist for Oprah and Psychology Today, as well as the founder of the popular personal development site NotSalmon.com, which has a vibrant community of 1.5 million followers. Her most recent book is "Your To-Die-For Life: How to Maximize Joy and Minimize Regret . . . Before Your Time Runs Out." She’s been sparking transformations in individuals and companies for a few decades and is passionate about digging deep and finding fascinating insights, tools, and studies from all areas of life, including psychology, Eastern and Western philosophy, neuroscience, quantum physics, and more.

She began writing “self-help for people who wouldn’t be caught dead doing self help” in 1999 with the bestseller How To Be Happy Dammit—the very first personal development book of its kind to have a feisty title, edgy humor, and stylish interior design, which paved the way for self-help authors to write irreverent personal development books. Since then, she’s written many bestsellers, including The Bounce Back Book and Think Happy. Now she’s excited to pioneer the mortality awareness movement by illuminating life’s most avoided conversation—death—and reminding others to live more bravely.

Reviews

[Cath Garcia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very insightful and humorous at the same time. Sad tho how years after this book has been written we’re still living in a biased world where woman are still struggling to find their place in the world.

[Ellen Baldwin · Rating 4 out of 5]

More entertaining then inspirational but had some good points.

[Tavia · Rating 4 out of 5]

More humorous than helpful. Gotta love that title.

[Jane Morgan · Rating 4 out of 5]

I had to get past some bias to buy a book with a title like this and in a screaming electric pink and neon blue cover but I did and it was worth it. Being reared in an environment and schooling where people were just that, people, it was hard to accept that I was in an environment that 'saw' people through a gender lens. This was good grounding for what the future held and the bumps on my head from that glass ceiling.

[Jennifer Lake · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was told at the young age of 24 that I was working in a mans world, and that it was no place for a young woman. It then became a challenge for me to prove that I could hold my own in the business that I had chosen to succeed in. I was a success until my illness took me down. I think of my illness as a tempory one and that I will be back in the game soon!

[Mia · Rating 3 out of 5]

The title obviously catches your attention, and sets the humorous tone of the book. I had to read this as a class assignment. The writing was very casual, very friendly. The advice was kinda of obvious, but it still had some interesting points. The author's anecdotes were amusing. Overall, I enjoyed reading it.

[Eyvonna Rains · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this book of timeless wisdom. It is a good read for all women, in business or not. I learned a lot about myself while reading it, and the humor made it fun.

[Lori Grant · Rating 3 out of 5]

An optional-read book on success for women in business.