Finerman’s Rules: Secrets I’d Only Tell My Daughters About Business and Life

According to Finerman, CEO of Metropolitan Capital Advisors and the “chairwoman” on CNBC’s Fast Money, the biggest career obstacles women face are themselves. While there’s no denying that Finerman is a poster child for success in a male-dominated field (in addition to being the mother of two sets of twins), she’s also an avid student of life. In this frank, unvarnished account of her life and career and the important lessons that have contributed to her personal and professional success, Finerman helps women recognize where they’re vulnerable so they can avoid success-killing traps. She offers valuable guidance on issues such as how to determine when change is needed and how to seek a mentor. Other practical advice concerns effective public speaking, and building and rebuilding career momentum. Readers will appreciate her take on the challenges of being a wife and mother while maintaining a career, as well as the pitfalls of maternity leave. Her unorthodox perspective on multitasking and her 10 pointers for working mothers show that it’s okay to be satisfied without doing it all. Spunky, direct, and full of spot-on wisdom, Finerman’s advice will benefit any woman in the business world. Agent: Mel Berger, William Morris Endeavor. (June)