Get Over Your Damn Self {Book Review}

 

This past week I finally got around to reading, “Get Over Your Damn Self” {The No-BS Blueprint to building a life changing business} by Romi Neustadt

I think I must have bought this one while still in the depths of being a Beachbody Coach.  That was one of the best things about working with the amazing coaches with Beachbody, they know their personal development game, I’ve never have had such a wealth of resources as I did working with them… one day I hope my body will allow me to re-join my team… but I’m getting off topic, sorta.  What you cannot tell from the title of this book, is that “Get Over Your Damn Self” is a mega networking guide.  Maybe if I dug around in the back or via reviews I would’ve seen that.  These days I’m taking a major break from anything direct sells, or multi level marketing, or whatever you choose to call any business where you promote opportunities and products.

None the less, I read on.  Romi Neustadt was a well-to-do lawyer, turned top-tier seller/marketer for Rhodan Fields, the book has nothing to do with RF by the way, you have to google her online to figure any of that out.  (I’m nosey).  The goal of the book is to guide the reader through the ins and out of marketing via social networking.  Through dealing with no’s, making your lists (for non-mlm’s your list is your list of people you know to bring your opportunities to.), dealing with time, phone calls, family… Most aspects of networking such a business.

Would the book be helpful if I was still with Beachbody or another mlm type business?  It defiantly has it’s points, although the main push of the book focussed around phone calls.  A lot of phone calls.  She has great points as to why these were so important, and obviously they’ve done wonders for her… but I couldn’t see me doing three way phone calls about yoga, and or marketing being a coach.  Perhaps that’s why I wasn’t successful signing up other coaches?  Maybe not.

Would this book be helpful to those who just want more details from any “boss girl” owning the hustle.  I defiantly took away tips to put into place in my other work at home, and not so much at home careers, from time management, to networking what I have to offer.   Was it life changing, no.  But I could see a greater advantage to those really working through networking.

So I’ll give this book 3 1/2, maybe 4 stars out of 5.  I didn’t hate it, I did learn from it, I was able to easily finish it, but the majority wasn’t very useful to this non-networking girl.  I know others have raved about it, so I’m pretty sure I just wasn’t the target audience.  If she wrote another book not so mlm geared I would check it out again.  But I was hoping for more getting over myself than what I found, lol.  Defiantly more of my issues than her’s LOL.

Have you read “Get Over Your Damn Self”?  What did you think?