Hey everyone, it’s time for another book review! Just like the last book review, the author will be a guest on my podcast. I’m so excited because not only do I get to share incredible books I’ve read, but I will also get to share their immigration story. Authors have been my favorite people to interview because, think about it: not only did they move to a different country, but they also published a book!
Did you know that only 2% of people who want to write a book actually publish one? Yeah, so immigrant authors are in a different category altogether!
The Empowered Women: The Ultimate Roadmap to Business Success was written by Marta Spirk. Marta was born in Brazil and expressed interest in the English language and American culture at a young age. She started teaching English when she was just fourteen years old. She started her business shortly after welcoming her triplets in 2016. Marta became passionate about encouraging and empowering women as she navigated this new life of being a mom to triplets and being an entrepreneur.
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What is The Empowered Woman
Marta starts the book by talking about her upbringing. She’s the youngest of two, and she grew up hearing how her mom didn’t want another child, but after she was born, their families’ lives changed for the better. She also grew up feeling like she always had to prove herself, and her sister was her competition in her mind.
This book is a guide for women to help them feel empowered and the steps they need to take to achieve their empowerment. There are five steps:
- Notice Yourself
- Listen to Yourself
- Forgive Yourself
- Empower Yourself
- Transform Yourself
Notice Yourself
Marta says that success comes from within, so we need to notice ourselves in the first step. In order to do that, we must know ourselves. We all have unique talents that we are born with. We also have different personalities. All this is what helps us stand out from the crowd. And what also helps us be different in our businesses.
In order for us to know our personalities better, we can take personality tests. Marta suggests The Enneagram. I’ve written about this before – in my personal development newsletter, Into My Thoughts, I shared a post about knowing ourselves and talked about taking different personality tests to learn more about ourselves.
Knowing our strengths and weaknesses is a powerful tool that we can incorporate into our business.
Listen to Yourself
In this step, you will dig deeper into self-awareness. And realize that the only person who is stopping you from your goals is yourself. Listening to yourself, tapping into your past, and becoming more self-aware will help with your self-awareness in your business.
Forgive Yourself
In this step, you will go from self-awareness to self-empowerment. Because you’ve done the self-exploration work and realized your strengths, weaknesses, and challenges, now it’s time to forgive yourself. This is probably the most challenging step because we tend to be the hardest on ourselves.
I’ve also written about this because I know how hard it is to forgive oneself. I spent years beating myself up over decisions I knew were not correct. For months, I was in this cycle that I couldn’t get out of and wasn’t able to move forward until I finally forgave myself.
If you are struggling with forgiving yourself, definitely buy this book, but also read my blog post about forgiving yourself for a little encouragement.
Empower Yourself
Now, it’s time to empower yourself. In this step, Marta talks about overcoming the victim mindset, understanding our fears, and celebrating ourselves.
Now, let me ask, when was the last time you celebrated yourself?
Transform Yourself
In this last step, you’ll realize that transforming yourself will help you and your business and the people around you, too. In this step, Marta shares examples from some of her clients. And the last tip she gives is to continue to invest in your growth! I think this is extremely important for our well-being and personal development.
Become an Empowered Woman
Follow these steps to become an empowered woman. It may take time, challenges, and work, but it will be worth it! I believe I am in the empowered stage and working on getting to the transformation stage. We are all a work in progress; there is always room for growth!
With Love, Heidy
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