Not Just Lucky

By: Jamila Rizvi

Published July 3rd 2017 by Viking

Category: Business

Pages: 303 pages

ISBN: 9780143783534

Description:
Media star Jamila RizviÕs exploration of the confidence deficit holding women back, the barriers to career success this can create, and how they might be overcome. Accessible and timely, this is essential reading for millennial women.

Australian women are suffering from a crisis of confidence about work, captives to a voice inside their heads that says theyÕre not good enough. Accustomed to being overlooked and undervalued, even when women do get to the top, they explain their success away as ÔluckÕ. But itÕs not.

Not Just Lucky exposes the structural and cultural disadvantages that rob women of their confidence Ð often without them even realising it. ItÕs a practical toolkit that will help you negotiate a raise, deal with difficult bosses, overcome imposter syndrome, communicate more clearly, cope with failure, avoid burnout, call out sexism and finally put your hand up for that big promotion.

Drawing on case studies, detailed research and her own experience in politics and media, Jamila Rizvi is the warm, witty and wise girlfriend youÕve been waiting for. SheÕll give you everything you need to start fighting for your own success and for a more inclusive, equal workplace for all. (SheÕll also bring the red wine.)

This unashamedly feminist career manifesto is for women who worry theyÕll look greedy if they ask for more money. ItÕs for women who feel small and scared. ItÕs for women who dream big but dread the tough conversations. ItÕs for women who get nervous, stressed and worried, and seem to overthink just about everything.

It will help you realise that youÕre not just lucky. YouÕre brilliant.