BookLife Reviews
07/24/2023
Urging readers to get off the hamster wheel and “swipe left on the stuff that doesn’t really matter,” executive and business coach Rios—who calls herself “the boss you secretly need”—lays out her unique leadership and coaching strategies and the GIT (Get it Together) mindset that makes up her “real formula for success.” Motivational and encouraging, Rios shares tips on data analytics, goal setting, and how to deal with failure and imposter syndrome. Drawing upon years of professional experience and life lessons learned from her immigrant parents as first-generation Americans, Rios instructs readers on how to “pursue the goal and execute that plan without giving up.”
Rios balances the importance of critical thinking and data analysis for decision-making with heartening advice about the urgency of prioritizing mental health and self-care, while eliminating situations and activities that hinder productivity, such as time with unsupportive people, and not letting “nonsense and judgment that doesn’t affect you” take up brain space. Using friendly, relatable language, the guide is filled with short yet powerful snippets of business advice, such as “It’s a no for now, not forever” and “Embrace the suck” accompanied with illuminating real-world examples taken from her coaching clients and her personal struggles with fibromyalgia. Rios warns readers against turning small failures into enormous ones by giving them power. She calls for readers to develop a Roar-of-the-Beast mindset that imbues the confidence to pursue goals without compromising personal principles or integrity.
At the heart of this business guide is the author’s “winning formula for success,” built on four pillars: Data, Competition, Addressable Markets, and Identifying Breaks to visualize and break-down goals into smaller, more detailed actions and activities. Rios writes, with heart and persuasive power, “when you start to think in terms of data and solutions and strategies, you can start to see patterns and trends elsewhere in your life.”
Takeaway: Motivational guide urging business leaders to swipe left on what doesn’t matter.
Comparable Titles: Scott Eblin’s The Next Level, Sylvia Ann Hewlett’s Executive Presence.
Production grades Cover: A Design and typography: A Illustrations: A Editing: A Marketing copy: B
From the Publisher
Get It Together is a must-read for anyone who needs a boost in the right direction and plenty of practical, empowering advice to take their aspirations to the next level.”
*— Readers’ Favorite *
“A motivational guide urging business leaders to swipe left on what doesn’t matter.”
— Booklife by Publishers Weekly
“Rios is skilled at interweaving her personal experiences with the broader principles she’s describing. She positions herself as both an accountability partner and a supportive boss, and many of her readers will appreciate her in both roles.”
— Kirkus Reviews
“Exemplifying the values of inspiration, focus, and dedication, this dynamic book models being a successful leader, coach, and mentor.”
— Foreword Reviews
“Get It Together is a must-read for anyone who needs a boost in the right direction and plenty of practical, empowering advice to take their aspirations to the next level.”
*— Readers’ Favorite *
“A motivational guide urging business leaders to swipe left on what doesn’t matter.”
— Booklife by Publishers Weekly
“Rios is skilled at interweaving her personal experiences with the broader principles she’s describing. She positions herself as both an accountability partner and a supportive boss, and many of her readers will appreciate her in both roles.”
— Kirkus Reviews
“Exemplifying the values of inspiration, focus, and dedication, this dynamic book models being a successful leader, coach, and mentor.”
— Foreword Reviews
Kirkus Reviews
2023-07-08
Rios offers a blueprint for putting together and inspiring winning teams in this business guide.
Over her years of leading people and managing business teams, the author writes that she’s often had former employees tell her some variation of “Thank you for helping me find that clarity, my passion, and what I was meant to do.” In this book, Rios, a self-described “driven multi-tasker, a coach with a keen sense of getting it together,” lays out the tenets of her leadership philosophy and offers a “dose of tough love” to readers hoping to become leaders—and to leaders hoping to become better at what they do. While briefly sketching in some of the personal challenges she’s faced (including fibromyalgia and rheumatoid arthritis), Rios acknowledges that such concerns are likely common among all her readers: “Maybe you have to leave a broken marriage, or you have to cope with a quiet grief over a loss, or you have a complicated relationship with your own family or your in-laws,” she writes. “Just remember, you are not alone—no matter what the battle is.” She draws distinctions between intrinsic and extrinsic motivations and lays out a number of ways readers can clarify their own motivations and thereby set their own goals using “radical honesty” to stop themselves from using “little lies” to obscure those goals. The author too often slips into the easy cliches that are so common in business-motivation books; “You are the number one factor in whether or not you are successful,” she writes. But her energy and enthusiasm amply compensate, and Rios is skilled at interweaving her personal experiences with the broader principles she’s describing. She positions herself as both an accountability partner and a supportive boss, and many of her readers will appreciate her in both roles.
An empathetic, activity-oriented guide to building better teams.
