Permission To Screw Up by Kristen Hadeed
Genre: Business
My rating: ★★★★☆
I enjoy listening to business books on my way into work because they rejuvenate me and get me pumped to be a good leader. I highly recommend Permission to Screw Up on audio because it's a quick listen, 5.5 hours, and is narrated by the author herself. This book will have you shaking your head and cringing all while delivering to you that you're not perfect and it is ok to screw up. Own it, learn from it, and move on!
A snip from the book that describes what the premise of the book is all about: "Permission to Screw Up dismisses the idea that leaders and organizations should try to be perfect. Through a brutally honest and often hilarious account of her own struggles, Kristen encourages us to embrace our failures and proves that we'll be better leaders when we do."
This book is definitely one of my favorite business books I've listened to thus far and, just like It's Okay to be The Boss, I will be purchasing the physical copy so I can re-read and highlight everything I love. If you've read or listened to anything in the business world you will know that as time goes on leaders have to adapt to the new workforce and currently that means adapting to the way millennial's think. However, when you read or listen to most business related articles or books the authors or speakers themselves are not millennial's! Permission to Screw Up is truly a book about millennial's written by a millennial so she nails it. Not only is she successful but she also knows how people her own age act and think. Despite knowing they all want trophies she ends up teaching them, and their parents, with tough love.
The story starts with a pair of $99.00 jeans. We've all been there, right? You want some expensive, perfect something and your parent's will absolutely not pay that obscene price. Kristen ends up putting a Craigslist ad up to clean a house for $99 plus the tax to get those jeans. Next thing you know Kristen is a business owner of her cleaning company Student Maid and she's just following what you see in movies.. the boss sits at their desk while everyone else does the work, right? WRONG! 45 out of 60 employees quit on her at the same exact time. Kristen did not give up but instead invited all her employees to her house for free pizza and an apology. Kristen learned her first lesson as a business owner and there is many more to come. Again, you'll cringe and shake your head but this is what real life is.
What I loved about Permission to Screw Up is that it was not a dull and boring read that is just feeding you facts. You are fully immersed in Kirsten's story from start to finish. I love that you're not fed only successes stories like typical business books. You're given the nitty gritty details about Kristen's failures and what she did to improve. Kristen didn't write a book to tell you how great she is, she wrote a book to tell you it is ok to not be perfect. The only way you will learn is through failure.
If you read this book I would love to know what you think. Leave a comment below or find me on Instagram @julias_paperback.
xx, Julia
Genre: Business
My rating: ★★★★☆
I enjoy listening to business books on my way into work because they rejuvenate me and get me pumped to be a good leader. I highly recommend Permission to Screw Up on audio because it's a quick listen, 5.5 hours, and is narrated by the author herself. This book will have you shaking your head and cringing all while delivering to you that you're not perfect and it is ok to screw up. Own it, learn from it, and move on!
This book is definitely one of my favorite business books I've listened to thus far and, just like It's Okay to be The Boss, I will be purchasing the physical copy so I can re-read and highlight everything I love. If you've read or listened to anything in the business world you will know that as time goes on leaders have to adapt to the new workforce and currently that means adapting to the way millennial's think. However, when you read or listen to most business related articles or books the authors or speakers themselves are not millennial's! Permission to Screw Up is truly a book about millennial's written by a millennial so she nails it. Not only is she successful but she also knows how people her own age act and think. Despite knowing they all want trophies she ends up teaching them, and their parents, with tough love.
The story starts with a pair of $99.00 jeans. We've all been there, right? You want some expensive, perfect something and your parent's will absolutely not pay that obscene price. Kristen ends up putting a Craigslist ad up to clean a house for $99 plus the tax to get those jeans. Next thing you know Kristen is a business owner of her cleaning company Student Maid and she's just following what you see in movies.. the boss sits at their desk while everyone else does the work, right? WRONG! 45 out of 60 employees quit on her at the same exact time. Kristen did not give up but instead invited all her employees to her house for free pizza and an apology. Kristen learned her first lesson as a business owner and there is many more to come. Again, you'll cringe and shake your head but this is what real life is.
What I loved about Permission to Screw Up is that it was not a dull and boring read that is just feeding you facts. You are fully immersed in Kirsten's story from start to finish. I love that you're not fed only successes stories like typical business books. You're given the nitty gritty details about Kristen's failures and what she did to improve. Kristen didn't write a book to tell you how great she is, she wrote a book to tell you it is ok to not be perfect. The only way you will learn is through failure.
If you read this book I would love to know what you think. Leave a comment below or find me on Instagram @julias_paperback.
xx, Julia
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