My Life as a Corporate Goddess

From a young age, Guy Branum always felt as if he were on the outside looking in.

While other boys played outside, he stayed indoors reading Greek mythology. And being gay and overweight, he got used to diminishing himself. But little by little, he started learning from all the sad, strange, lonely outcasts in history who had come before him, and he started to feel hope. He is smart, fast, clever, and funny! Go ahead and buy his book cuz Guy Branum not only makes you laugh out loud; his perspective is singular, genuinely ballsy, and essential.

Many comedians are praised for saying things most of us think but are too scared to say. Guy says the things we weren't smart enough to think of in the first place. No one else but him could write something this extraordinary. A lot of people are funny, though few are as funny as Guy, but his intellectual curiosity and moral sure-footedness make him not just a comic but a lifeline.

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Long live our Patron Saint of Too Much. Wickedly smart, funny, and witty. Branum reveals himself as a trenchant, surprising critic. But Guy has rarely fit the expectations thrust upon him.

This book is no different — and is all the better for it. Instead, readers get a tour of his life and the pop culture landscape with one of the funniest and wittiest tour guides in town. By clicking 'Sign me up' I acknowledge that I have read and agree to the privacy policy and terms of use. Free eBook offer available to NEW subscribers only. Must redeem within 90 days. See full terms and conditions and this month's choices. Tell us what you like, so we can send you books you'll love. Sign up and get a free eBook! Foreword by Mindy Kaling.

Price may vary by retailer. Add to Cart Add to Cart. This is hardly unusual for children of that age, which is somewhat strange when you consider how much of Greek myth centers on rape, sexual kidnappings, and adulterous rendezvous between princesses and gods in the form of farm animals. Somehow our culture has decided Greek myths are cool for third-graders, but safe and reliable birth control is too much for a sixteen-year-old to learn about. Like most people who write collections of humorous personal essays, I was a bookish child.

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Other boys my age focused most of their time on yelling, trying to fart on each other, and generally not obeying rules. The vast majority of male eight-year-olds love to break rules. It is their greatest passion. Their fierce defiance of what moms and teachers want out of them is what fuels their spirits. I have never understood these creatures. A small but resolute minority of eight-year-old boys love the rules. Rules are our only protection from the senseless engines of chaos we share classrooms with.

They are that quiet, obedient opposition who would like silence and beauty and assemblies about Irish step dancing to be preserved. I was one of those boys. Third grade is a difficult place for us, so we seek the safety of a world where systems work and laws are obeyed: I grew up in a town where absolutely nothing happened.

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No one went to college, no one started a business, no one traveled anywhere but Disneyland or a lake. I grew up in a place with no dreams. As a little kid in a little town where very little happened, Greek myths made me feel connected to the important stuff. There were kings, sorceresses, and human embodiments of abstract concepts: If I was never going to meet any sophisticated folks in my real life, maybe I could learn how they operated from a book.

And Greek myths were full of people performing tasks I was too scared and fat and indoorsy to do myself. If one day I planned to do stuff that required being brave and bold, I would have to do a lot of research and planning first. In the sad, poor portable building that passed for a sad, poor library at my sad, poor public elementary school, I found a series of books.

They were adaptations of stories from Greek mythology by a woman named Doris Gates; they had titles like Lord of the Sky: Zeus and The Warrior Goddess: They were full of shortish episodes from The Odyssey, or Theogony, or Metamorphoses, made palatable for children. I consumed them with an enthusiasm I normally reserved for meatballs or banana pudding. Apollo was yellow, naturally, and on its cover was a man of preternatural beauty, a s decadence of oranges and yellows and black.

She covers the good, the bad and the ugly in the corporate world with particular attention to the minefields newbies and veterans may encounter in the office, the "cube," and the board room. While Rosen writes with humor and uses a light touch throughout, this book is meticulously researched and doesn't shy away from some of the most challenging obstacles women face in the workplace today.

She offers a list of key points at the end of each chapter, and reminds readers not to forget their "keys. One person found this helpful. This book covers the struggle women have had, and still have, getting fair and equal treatment in the corporate world.

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Thankfully it doesn't just keep hitting you over the head with how tough it's been. It's more about how to avoid repeating other women's mistakes and succeed in the real business world today. Each of the chapters tell about a different kind of situation a woman might face in the real world, and then gives helpful ideas for how to deal with those issues. The author's advice is practical and just makes good business sense.

I especially loved reading about women who have made it in various corporations- what their struggles were and how they managed to get to the top of their professions. It's the first time I've seen a lot of those bios, and after reading them, it'sclear why the author calls them Goddesses. Overall, I'd say this is a fun, entertaining book with a serious message, and I recommend it for anyone who has goals for her life and could use some inspiration.

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