My first question was, why is it called Bossypants? Quoting Tina, it is in response to the question she often gets, is it hard for you, being the boss? I like her philosophy of hiring good people and then getting out of their way. As she says "being the boss almost never involves marching around, waving your arms, and chanting 'I am the boss! I am the boss!'"
There are plenty of laugh out loud moments as she tells stories about her childhood, college and career. The one passage I flagged in the book was this advice from Tina:
"When faced with sexism or ageism or lookisim or even really aggressive Buddhism, ask yourself the following question: Is this person in between me and what I want to do? If the answer is no, ignore it and move on. Your energy is better used doing your work and outpacing people that way. Then, when you're in charge, don't hire the people who were jerky to you. If the answer is yes, you have a more difficult road ahead of you."
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