Know Your Value, Mika Brzezinski
Know Your Value, Mika Brzezinski
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Know Your Value
Women, Money, and Getting What You're Worth

Author: Mika Brzezinski

Narrator: Sarah Mollo-Christensen

Unabridged: 7 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Hachette Books

Published: 09/25/2018


Synopsis

The bestselling motivational guide that TheAtlantic.com calls "a rallying cry for women to get the money they deserve."

Why are women so often overlooked and underpaid? What are the real reasons men get raises more often than women? How can women ask for -- and actually get--the money, the job, the recognition they deserve?

Prompted by her own experience as cohost of Morning Joe, Mika Brzezinski asked a wide range of successful women to share the critical lessons they learned while moving up in their fields. Power players such as Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg, Senator Elizabeth Warren, Harvard's Victoria Budson, comedian Susie Essman, and many more shared their surprising personal stories. They spoke candidly about why women are paid less and the pitfalls women face -- and play into.

Now expanded to address gender dynamics in the #MeToo era, Know Your Value blends compelling personal stories with the latest research on why many women don't negotiate their compensation, why negotiating aggressively usually backfires, and what can be done about it.

For any woman who has ever wondered if her desire to be liked can be a liability (yes), if there is a way to reclaim her contribution after it's been co-opted in a meeting (yes), and if there are strategies men use to get ahead that women should too (yes!), Know Your Value provides vital advice to help women be their own best advocates.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Susan on August 13, 2012

While there are some good basic points here, I was let down by this book by Mika Brzenzinski. Using her natural circle of pundits, politicos and celebrity friends who surround the Morning Joe show on MSNBC as her research resources, much of her advice on how to know your worth and negotiate your bes......more

Goodreads review by Lynne on July 05, 2017

Women want to be liked but men want to be paid, and those desires drive their decision-making style in salary negotiations. This is the underlying message of Mika Brzezinski's new book, Knowing Your Value: Women, Money, and Getting What You're Worth. It's not just money, though. We women stay too lo......more

Goodreads review by Jerrod on March 12, 2015

I was hoping for a bit more content on knowing your value and less on the already well documented case of women not making what their male peers make. The book probably spends less than half of its content on the subject espoused on the title. With that said, there is good content on the stated subje......more

Goodreads review by Caitlin on August 04, 2012

This was a good book overall, but instead of making me feel uplifted and rah-rah-rah, it left me feeling defeated. Prior to reading it, I was perhaps a little naive to the injustices women still face in the workplace, especially at higher levels. I don't think this was a bad thing- being younger than......more

Goodreads review by Mara on May 09, 2015

$1.95 audiobook today... This is totally outside the realm of my normal reading fare, but,  for under two bucks, I figure I could do with a dose of insight on my so-called "value" (especially since I'm categorically terrible at capitalism). Knowing Your Value: Women, Money, and Getting What Yo......more


Quotes

"Mika's Know Your Value asks the essential question-are you getting the money, respect, responsibility you deserve?-and shows you how to get it."—Katty Kay, broadcast journalist and bestselling author of The Confidence Code

"With books and a constellation of related content under the banner 'Know Your Value,' . . . [Mika Brzezinski is now a] guru for career women."
New York Magazine

"Mika Brzezinski... is on a mission to help women know their worth-and claim it. Her book-turned-movement is giving women across the country the support, knowledge and tools they need to successfully advocate for themselves."
Forbes

"Mika's book reminds us that women are great at asking and advocating for others, but not so great when it comes to advocating for ourselves.... I observed the success women had when they used Mika's tools and strategies. I heard them speaking with more positive self-talk and saying things that reflected a better understanding of the workplace.... Mika's core message is: Get clear about your value at your job. The tool of positive self-talk supports us in this effort. It helps us claim our strengths, accept our weaknesses, put things in perspective and sustain a more open and optimistic point of view."—Medium.com

Praise for Mika's previous titles:

"A rallying cry for women to get the money they deserve."—TheAtlantic.com

"An in-depth look at how women today achieve their deserved recognition and financial worth."

Today.com

"Very timely.... Champions equality for women, particularly in the workplace."

Women's Wear Daily

"Part memoir and part manifesto...chronicles the author's struggles as a woman in the workforce-and outlines the dos and don'ts of achieving equal pay."
The Daily Beast

"Provides much-needed perspective.... A thoughtful look at how women can quit getting in their own way."—Publishers Weekly