Reviews
"What looks like a practical guidebook quickly reveals itself to be a fireworks display of inspiration and encouragement. In The 12 Secrets of Highly Successful Women , Gail McMeekin not only gives women a map toward clearer success for themselves; she also offers the wisdom of other women to reinforce her message that success hinges on heeding the voice of inspiration. She's let the cat out of the bag in her latest book: creativity is not only a part of success...it's the heart of success. Whatever part of the journey you're on, McMeekin's book will help you tune in, turn on, let go, and shine brighter in order to create the life that defines success for YOU." -- Mary Beth Maziarz , songwriter and author of Kick-Ass Creativity: An Energy Makeover for Artists, Explorers, and Creative Professionals, "Reading The 12 Secrets of Highly Successful Women , you gradually discover the one real secret of a successful life: it is yours--and yours alone. You get to find and define it. You get to create it. You get to fall in love with it. And you get to live it on your own terms. That's exciting, yes, but daunting, too. Be not afraid. Between these covers, Gail McMeekin has distilled a rich array of wisdom from thirty brilliant and successful women and her thirty years of coaching experience into 12 essential ingredients. Take them, sift them, stir them into your own brilliant and successful life." -- Janet Conner , author of Writing Down Your Soul, "This book weds access to meaningful work and heart-based action with practical, actionable steps toward business fulfillment and success. With precision Gail calls out the chronic undermining elements in a woman's career and elevates the models for satisfaction and reward. She extracts the very best gems from her generous successful guides. It's a treasure box: open it." - Mary Anne Radmacher , author of Lean Forward into Your Life, "Gail McMeekin is a trustworthy and experienced guide for any woman wanting to cultivate her highest creative potential. She writes with warmth, wit and wisdom. She draws to her women who are seasoned on the path of making their dreams come true. Gail knows what questions to ask, how to get to the heart of anyone's true desire, and how to guide them toward fulfillment." - Lucia Capacchione PhD , Visioning Coach and bestselling author, Recovery of Your Inner Child and Visioning: Ten Steps to Designing the Life of Your Dreams, " The 12 Secrets of Highly Successful Women is a book for anyone who values the feminine perspective as an agent of change and healing upon the planet. Gail's creative inspiration to give voice to women, whose leadership is needed now more than ever, is pure genius." - Brenda Michaels , radio talk show host, Conscious Talk, "Gail McMeekin's new book on success secrets for creative women is even better than her first (which I loved)! She shares real stories of successful women--not just the glory but the details of how they got up from the falls, got past the slams and insults, and got through the fear. This book is a toolkit for the kind of success that comes straight from the soul." - Barbara Sher , New York Times bestselling author of I Could Do Anything If Only I Knew What It Was, "Gail has done it again. What a powerhouse of practical, inspiring stories. I have flagged, underlined, and highlighted many, many passages. You will be dipping into this wisdom for years to come. Buy it for yourself and for all your friends who wonder 'How does she do it?'" - Jennifer Louden , author of the The Woman's Comfort Book and The Life Organizer, "Gail McMeekin is such a gift. Her 12 Secrets of Highly Successful Women gets right to the loving heart of how women are redefining success and building lives that are wildly creative and creatively successful! I'll be recommending this book for many years to come." - SARK , Succulent Wild Woman, PlanetSARK.com, "Because it draws from the lives of successful women and because it identifies the strategies that any woman can employ to become more successful, Gail McMeekin's The 12 Secrets of Highly Successful Women is a must read!" - Eric Maisel , author of Coaching the Artist Within
Synopsis
Take the measure of women's success Popular creative coach Gail McMeekin, author of the bestselling The 12 Secrets of Highly Creative Women , offers a wealth of advice for the specific challenges creative women face today: thinking too small, underestimating the need for change, fearing the future, and lacking of self-confidence. McMeekin combines interviews with some of today's most successful women and her own proven success strategies to help readers transcend their "blocks" and achieve success. Women will discover how to: Dismantle limiting beliefs Take positive, calculated risks Make career changes fueled by passion and purpose "Filter and Focus" to give their creative ideas time and space to evolve Prioritize Overcome procrastination Declutter and create workable workspaces, and Find resources and support As in her previous book, The 12 Secrets of Highly Successful Women offers hundreds of examples of how creative women entrepreneurs and business leaders have used these strategies for success. This is an inspiring book for women that shows what's possible when you follow your heart and honor your gifts., Winning Strategies of Highly Successful Women McMeekin's second "12 secrets" book on creativity and success. From the popular creative coach Gail McMeekin, founder of Creative Success LLC with worldwide clients and author of the bestselling The 12 Secrets of Highly Creative Women , comes a book with hundreds of examples of how creative women entrepreneurs and business leaders have used proven strategies to succeed. Take positive risks and develop your talents and passions. We are experiencing a work and lifestyle revolution and creative Renaissance. Women are leaving companies and starting new businesses. Virtual companies are springing up, giving us choices about where and how we live and work. And, we are switching from the age of logical thinking to the age of conceptual thinking. This book can change your life. We all have the software to be creative, but many of us have been shamed or criticized, and our creative sparks are smoldering beneath layers of fear and lack of confidence. Gail McMeekin's book blasts through that and gets you excited again about your potential. McMeekin interviews 31 of today's most successful women, integrating their insights with her own proven success strategies to help you get onto the road to success. Each chapter has a series of challenges to guide you in discovering your own personal success. Read about: Successful women doing everything from being an astronaut, a politician, a coach, or a watercolor painter Gremlins you must defeat to claim your true gifts and prosper and feel content How to take your best ideas and leverage them into a prosperous business that supports your life purpose and values If you are a fan of Gail McMeekin's other books, The 12 Secrets of Highly Creative Women Journal and The Power of Positive Choices , or have read books such as Conscious Creativity , Awakening Your Creative Soul , or The 30-Day Creativity Challenge ; your next read should be The 12 Secrets of Highly Successful Women .
