The Bitch Switch: Knowing How to Turn It on and Off [Hardcover]

Omarosa (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 2008

When a woman acts assertively, makes demands, and struggles for what she wants, she is labeled a bitch. The secret is to know when and how to turn on (or turn off) that bitch switch. Not being able to locate your switch leaves you open to being a victim; not knowing how to turn it off will get you a label that is hard to shake.

From Omarosa, reality star, global television personality, and the prime-time woman you love to hate, comes The Bitch Switch, the smart and bitingly honest must-read for every woman who aspires to succeed in relationships, in business, and at home.

Editorial Reviews

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Starred Review. Reality television mainstay Omarosa, best known for her caustic behavior as a contestant on The Apprentice, has embraced her identity as on-screen reality villain and turned it into a genuinely insightful, thorough self-help guide for women looking to strengthen themselves, especially in work environments. Prescribing unapologetic assertiveness in pursuit of one's own happiness, Omarosa wants readers not just to find their "inner bitch," but learn to control it via the "bitch switch." Her advice for deploying the bitch is simple and straightforward, presented with surprising respect and fairness; Omarosa's overbearing self-involvement, in this book, becomes a studied strategy in avoiding exploitation. Lots of Omarosa's advice is old and faithful-the importance of self-esteem, the negligibility of what others think of you-but she has an aggressive, involving style, a definite point of view, and no trouble explaining either in succinct lessons and anecdotes, with plenty of sidebars ("What Would Omarosa Do?"), self-evaluations and exercises.
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Reality television mainstay Omarosa, best known for her caustic behavior as a contestant on The Apprentice, has embraced her identity as on-screen reality villain and turned it into a genuinely insightful, thorough self-help guide for women looking to strengthen themselves, especially in work environments. Prescribing unapologetic assertiveness in pursuit of one's own happiness, Omarosa wants readers not just to find their inner bitch, but learn to control it via the bitch switch. Her advice for deploying the bitch is simple and straightforward, presented with surprising respect and fairness; Omarosa's overbearing self-involvement, in this book, becomes a studied strategy in avoiding exploitation. Lots of Omarosa's advice is old and faithful -- the importance of self-esteem, the negligibility of what others think of you -- but she has an aggressive, involving style, a definite point of view, and no trouble explaining either in succinct lessons and anecdotes, with plenty of sidebars (What Would Omarosa Do?), self-evaluations and exercises. (Oct.) - Publishers Weekly --Publishers Weekly

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 189 pages
• Publisher: Phoenix Books; First edition (October 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1597775959
• ISBN-13: 978-1597775953
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,544,225 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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22 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not worth the money, November 26, 2008

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Business Book Fan "businessbookfan" (The Beach, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Bitch Switch: Knowing How to Turn It on and Off (Hardcover)

In summation - this book stinks and is not worth one penny ($0.01 USD). If you want to read some random junk by Omarosa, and line her undeserving pocketbooks a little bit, go ahead & buy a copy. I do not recommend it.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Anybody can write a book!, October 10, 2010

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This review is from: The Bitch Switch: Knowing How to Turn It on and Off (Hardcover)

In true Omarosa style, she writes a book where she pats herself on the back in each chapter.

I don't believe Omarosa when she says she was born tough and has been all her life. I think she, like some women, woke up to the realities of a male-dominated world and now is trying to make up for those times when she was weak and taken advantage of. In other words, she had an Awakening. I believe this because she says she grew up in the heartland of America where it is nice to be important but more important to be nice yet earlier in the book she said that she was born tough, with guts, embedded in her DNA, from being a school athlete. She should have been honest and said it was a little bit of both.

This book is poorly written, she'll make a statement and not follow it up with examples, or fails to elaborate more on important aspects of being more assertive. Like for example she says this book is a step-by-step guide but there are no steps in the book at all. The book is written as if she's talking to a friend, she jumps all over the place. I guess there's nothing wrong with talking to a friend, but it does get on your nerves when a friend makes significant statements but doesn't follow it up with examples to further clarify what she means. Also, one sentence does not follow the other. She's the queen of non sequiturs in this book. It gets on your nerves because one is never really sure of what point she is trying to make. It's like that annoying relative we all have. You know the one who doesn't know how to tell a story?

Here's a little jewel of advice: in dealing with workplace bullies, she lists "tips" mind you, not steps but tips - and this list comes from any Human Resources Department from any company. Thanks, Omarosa for giving me information that I could have gotten from the harassment section of any HR manual.

The fogging, assertive questions and refocusing examples are horrible. The Farrah Fawcett quote contradicts her Twit Bitch section. She plagiarized a portion of her book from Pamela E Butler's book Self-Assertion for Women. Omarosa probably bullied Phoenix Book, Inc. to publish this crappy book. The subject matter of this book is very important but she very poorly writes about it.

For these reasons, this book is not worth $16. Omarosa may be no literary genius but I'm also not going to pay to read the advise of a once-bitter-now-turned-bitter-bitch woman.