Thinking about reading How To Make It Happen: Turning Failure Into Success by Maria Hatzistefanis? Check out my review to find out what is inside of the book and make a decision about whether it is a book you should buy and read.

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Thank you to Ebury Press, who sent me a free copy of How To Make It Happen.

Now I have to be totally honest and say that before I read this I had never heard of Maria Hatzistenfanis or Rodial (the beauty branded Maria founded and is CEO of). The main reason I was drawn to the book was because of the title How To Make It Happen: Turning Failure Into Success. I am all about making this happened and was drawn the idea of seeing how Maria turned failure into success. Also, I had seen on Instagram photographs of her first book How to Be an Overnight Success so I thought if she was publishing her second book then the first one must have been well received.

If you too don’t know much about me don’t worry as right at the beginning of the book Maria gives you an introduction to herself, as well as sharing a behind-the-scenes about the reality of her journey.

Then the book is broken down into 10 chapters:

Chapter 1 – Slay: How to Get Started

Chapter 2 – Be a Goal Digger

Chapter 3 – Nothing Fabulous Happens Inside a Comfort Zone

Chapter 4 – They Want You to Quit. Don’t

Chapter 5 – Don’t Let Anyone Work Harder Than you

Chapter 6 – Your 6am Wake-Up Call to Success

Chapter 7 – Pay the Cost of Being the Boss

Chapter 8 – Dress to Impress. Repeat

Chapter 9 – Zero Motivation? No Problem

Chapter 10 – Ready to Make it Happen? Let’s Do it.

As hopefully, you can see from the titles of the chapters Maria focuses on numerous different concepts that are commonly spoken about in relation to success such as setting goals, motivation, waking up early, breaking through your comfort zone and taking action. On average each chapter is about 12-15 pages. This means you could pick up a copy and read a whole chapter in one sitting. In each chapter, Maria shares her thoughts and experiences (usually including elaborate stories) on a topic and then shares some tips. At the end of each chapter, there will be a section that outlines 10 steps, 10 tips, 10 tools etc so you that you can see how to apply the lessons from the chapter to your own life.

FINAL THOUGHTS FROM CHARELLE

Overall, I didn’t find How to Make It Happen enjoyable or valuable. As I mentioned at the beginning, I had never heard of Maria or Rodial before this book. Throughout the book, Maria gives lots of examples that are related to her life and her business. I don’t particularly enjoy books that have loads of personal examples and because I had no real interest in Maria or her company I found it very hard to relate.

I felt that the book covered lots of concepts that I absolutely agree with, but because each chapter focuses on a different thing the concept was talked about at a very top-level and the majority of tips she provided I had heard of already.

WHO WOULD I RECOMMEND READS HOW TO MAKE IT HAPPEN

Whilst I didn’t enjoy or find this book useful I can understand that just because a book isn’t for me doesn’t mean it isn’t for others.

As I mentioned I found it hard to relate to Maria, however, if you are someone who is interested in the beauty and/or fashion I imagine you’ll relate more to Maria. Also, Maria is a mum too so for women who are juggling a business and motherhood this may be a book worth checking out. Furthermore, since Maria is talking about success directly in relation to building a business it could be of interest to anyone who is an entrepreneur or aspires to start their own business in the future.

In addition, I think if you liked #GIRLBOSS by Sophia Amoruso then you’ll like How To Make It Happen too.

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