Lapin - Boss Bitch: A Simple 12-Step Plan to Take Charge of Your Career

Women are underrepresented among entrepreneurs. Boss Bitch is a great guide to help us close that gap.

Daniel Lubetzky, CEO and founder of KIND Snacks

Boss Bitch is a fun and engaging read to help build your brand and rock your career.

Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos

Whether youre wanting to branch out on your own start-up or just get ahead in your current job, Nicole knows just how to develop those skills to get you where you want to be. Shes a perfect role model for young women learning to be their own boss (bitch).

Brit Morin, founder of Brit + Co.

What I love about Nicole is that you dont need a dictionary to understand her advice. Its crystal clear, straight up, and spot-on.

Alyssa Milano, founder of Touch by Alyssa Milano

Nicole delivers expert business advice straight up, no chaser, in a tone thats as lively as it is likable.

Neil Blumenthal and Dave Gilboa, founders of Warby Parker

Nicole is the money expert with sensible advice to help you be the CEO of your own life.

Fred DeLuca, founder of Subway

Mandatory reading for every young professional woman who wants to take control of her financial destiny.

Mindy Grossman, CEO of HSN

Stressing over money can harm your overall health. Let Nicole be the doctor for your financial health, and you will feel better in more ways than youd think.

Dr. Oz

Nicoles advice is a swift kick in the pants to the young, ambitious, upstart women out there who want control over their lives, debts, and careers.

Wendy Williams

Lapins unfiltered, energetic advice speaks to anyone taking aim at their own career destiny.

Mike Perlis, president and CEO of Forbes Media

Nicole brings to life in a highly readable way the real pitfalls and solutions of financial life in a more complex world.

Nigel Travis, CEO of Dunkin Donuts

I wish Id had Nicoles book when I was starting my business. She makes business feel accessible but does it in a sassy, humorous way. Its a must-have for any budding entrepreneur.

Kristi Yamaguchi, founder of tsu.ya

Nicole Lapin is back, this time to show you how to be the baddest boss in town. Boss Bitch is the no-holds-barred guide to taking your career to the highest level.

Aliza Licht, author of Leave Your Mark

ALSO BY NICOLE LAPIN

Rich Bitch: A Simple 12-Step Plan for Getting Your Financial Life TogetherFinally

Copyright 2017 by Nicole Lapin

All rights reserved.

Published in the United States by Crown Business, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York.

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CROWN BUSINESS is a trademark and CROWN and the Rising Sun colophon are registered trademarks of Penguin Random House LLC.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Lapin, Nicole, author.

Title: Boss bitch : a simple 12-step plan to take charge of your career / Nicole Lapin.

Description: First edition. | New York : Crown Business, 2017.

Identifiers: LCCN 2016032418 | ISBN 9780451495860 (hardback)

Subjects: LCSH: WomenVocational guidance. | Career development. | Women executives. | Businesswomen. | Entrepreneurship. | Executive ability. | BISAC: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Entrepreneurship. | SELF-HELP / Personal Growth / Success.

Classification: LCC HF5382.6 .L37 2017 | DDC 658.4/09082dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016032418

ISBN9780451495860

Ebook ISBN9780451495877

Cover design by Tal Goretsky

Cover photographs by Winnie Au

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To my former self,

who would be proud of me now.

And for all my Boss Bitches

the women who understand that

you dont have to be either to be both.

THE 12 STEPS TO TAKE CHARGE OF YOUR CAREER

My life didnt please me, so I created my life.

COCO CHANEL

So you wanna be a boss. You feel like a boss, right? You might even post boss quotes on social media. Like, youve always known you have that boss-lady thing in your blood, but now youre finally ready to do something about it?! Well, awesome. Youve picked up the book that will help you do just that.

You dont need dozens or hundreds of employees to be a boss. Hell, you dont even need one. You just need to tap into your inner Boss Bitch. We all have one inside of us.

A Boss Bitch is the she-ro of her own story. She is the heroine who doesnt need saving because she has her own shit handled. I became a Boss Bitch by embracing being a boss in all aspects of the word: first as the boss of my own life and career, then as the boss at work, and ultimately as the boss of my own company. Im a Boss Bitch because I made my life happenand so can you.

Before we get started, I want to make one thing very clear: being a Boss Bitch is a good thing. In fact, its a great thing. A Boss Bitch takes ownership of her life, knowing that shes the only one in charge of her future. She is confident in her power to create a successful life on her terms.

Ive been called both a boss and a bitch (and variations of those words) throughout my career in a derogatory way. But I never understood how my ambitions deserved even the slightest insult. I mean, if killing it at work means Im a bitch, then great, Im a bitch and Im owning it! If being on top of my business means Im bossy, then great, Ill own that, too. Being a badass in your career is something that should be praised, not put down. So Im taking back any dumb, offensive, or negative connotations those words have had in the past and, instead, using them in a positive way. From here on out, Im going to call you my fellow Boss Bitches out of tribe solidarity and camaraderie. I wear it as a badge of honor, and by the time you finish reading this book, you will, too.