Business Boutique: A Woman's Guide for Making Money Doing What She Loves

I love Christy, I really do, she has a passion for empowering women and I am able to connect with her. I bought this book hoping it would be a guide for my business or give me answers to questions I didn't know to ask but I couldn't get past the first few chapters. I guess this was my mistake for not reading the title correctly but everything was "you gotta love what your doing! love it! love it! LOVE IT!!" and honestly, I do get joy out of what I am doing but it's not my passion I don't LOVE IT. I do it because it gives me a creative outlet and well, mostly because it makes me money. I started to doubt what I was doing because based on this book, I felt that if I don't love it then it won't work and that's just not true. Maybe I'll skip ahead and see if it really gets in to talking about business but I needed to take a break from it so I didn't quit something that is working for me. I think (most of the time) you have to decide if you want to live your passion or make money, very few people will find something that does both. For example, I LOVE baking! I could wake up everyday at 3 am and start baking BUT after much research, I know it won't make me money and as a family of 6, we need money over hard work and hardly any pay. So I would prefer to do something I LIKE so in the future I can do something I LOVE. Yes, my mistake for not reading the title, hopefully I am able to get some knowledge out of the next few chapters.

This book has a lot of fluff. It is clear she does not own a boutique so can’t give sound advice or tips on operating one. It is personal story after personal story and nothing directly related to boutiques. This is more of an overview of how to open any generic business with a self help/you go girl theme. If you have the time to read thru this wordy novel you are probably wasting too much time each day, which is the reason your business is not doing well.

I loved what she wrote about “there’s room enough for you too” when you look around and see really super successful people with the same product. Like mine: parenting advice in yet another parenting book. Yeap. She asks you to explore what is your unique offering. I thought this through and realized mine is equipping parents to raise great kids authentically and practically without the need for a PHD. The other super good thing she said that helps me so much is “anticipating the reward not the sacrifice” (the sacrifice necessary in reaching that reward) and as well her chapter on fear. Specifically how we often feel like imposters. “Who are you to do this? The imposter syndrome; fear of being found out...” boy did that one totally hit home with me. I’ve totally struggled with the imposter syndrome. Anyway great stuff!

I'm a huge Christy Wright fan already. This book puts everything you learn in the Business Boutique events into simple and actionable items. Christy's voice is evident throughout, you can hear her cheering you on at the end of every chapter. If you are a women trying to start a business or trying to boost and existing business- read this book and do the activities. You WILL see a change.

Very informative and helpful! I felt like I was falling behind in a lot of the “business” side of my small business but, after reading this I feel more confident and empowered in my ability to make my small business a success! Christy’s writing style has a knowledgeable “big sister” feel. She makes learning about small business easy to understand by breaking it down in simple steps to follow! I’m so glad I bought this book, it is by far the best $20 investment I’ve made in my small business and in my confidence as a business owning woman :)

I really enjoyed this book. I started my business before reading this buy there was still so much that I learned from it. My favorite part was addressing the fears and learning to see the truth that those fears are masking. It makes you realize how narrow minded your fear really are and it suddenly seems silly to let those fears control your life.

Missing a lot of solid advice. If you want to learn more than is necessary about the author and little about business this is the book for you.

Christy provides some great insight on how to create a business that feeds your soul and feeds your bank account! I am going to read it again because it is full of great ideas and valuable lessons!

If you're looking to start a business this is the book to buy!

A very good book with extras that you may not have thought of when starting a business

This book is a great inspiration, so much so, that I registered my daughter and myself for the Business Boutique conference featuring the author.

Bought this as a gift and my mom has been LOVING it.

Excellent! Great information in an easy read!