Feminine Force: Release the Power Within You to Create the Life You Deserve

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She's radiant, she's self-confident, and as far as her own life is concerned, Georgette is definitely the one in charge. In 1990, her phone calls got returned faster than anyone else's on a very select list in Washington, DC. Georgette doesn't even own a blue business suit: she prefers bright colors, feminine shapes, and red fingernails. A CEO who gets a kick out of making coffee for everyone at the conference table; she calls that reverse power. She's a fatherless working-class girl from the Indiana steel belt ...
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She's radiant, she's self-confident, and as far as her own life is concerned, Georgette is definitely the one in charge. In 1990, her phone calls got returned faster than anyone else's on a very select list in Washington, DC. Georgette doesn't even own a blue business suit: she prefers bright colors, feminine shapes, and red fingernails. A CEO who gets a kick out of making coffee for everyone at the conference table; she calls that reverse power. She's a fatherless working-class girl from the Indiana steel belt who worked her way up from ironing at the local country club to become a successful entrepreneur. Women all over the country write to her. And her husband is a very understated Texas oil magnate and ex-Cabinet Secretary who cherishes her and her career. So how did she do it? She credits her Feminine Force. With this collection of practical principles, distilled from her own varied life experience and from the thousands of women - of all ages, backgrounds, and points of view - she's met as the CEO of La Prairie Cosmetics and of her new company, Exclusives by Georgette Mosbacher, she shows not only how she did it, but how you can do it, too. Join Georgette as she tells you what she learned as a child taking care of her three younger siblings while her mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother worked. Hear what she learned about love and self-esteem through two failed marriages ("Just because you made a mistake doesn't mean you are a mistake"), and how she persevered to meet and marry a good man. Want to be accepted by the "old boys" network - without sacrificing your femininity? Want to be financially independent and loved? Want to reinvent yourself, and learn how to turn the negatives in your life into positives? Just ask Georgette. To guide and inspire you to create the life you deserve, Georgette has created 72 Feminine Force Principles that you can use to empower your own life, including I achieve success by not accepting failure; when I look my perso
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Mosbacher, CEO of her own cosmetics company, learned self-reliance at an early age. When she was seven, her father died, leaving her mother with four children and no income. In a few years Mosbacher was working to help support the family while her mother encouraged her to pursue her dream of a glamorous lifestyle. After two failed marriages (one to an abusive man), she married Robert Mosbacher, who became U.S. Secretary of Commerce. Throughout the book, the author urges women to stand on their own, not depending on a man to support them, but this advice is offered with what seems like cynicism and a general distrust of men. The book is so filled with personal anecdotes, Mosbacher never really gets around to showing women how to achieve their goals. Much attention is given to such topics as personal appearance, cosmetic surgery and networking, but these things often require financial and social resources beyond the reach of many women. Mosbacher seems to forget that it is the exception rather than the rule for a woman to get a hefty divorce settlement. There are a few gold nuggets here, but the overall message may be summed up by the third of her ``Feminine Force Principles'': ``Life isn't fair--so what?'' She also says, however: ``I start by accepting my reality, then I change it.'' Photos not seen by PW. First serial to Cosmopolitan and New Woman. (Sept.)
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  • ISBN-13: 9780671798963
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster
  • Publication date: 7/1/1993
  • Pages: 288

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