A Woman Makes a Plan, Maye Musk
A Woman Makes a Plan, Maye Musk
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A Woman Makes a Plan
Advice for a Lifetime of Adventure, Beauty, and Success

Author: Maye Musk

Narrator: Maye Musk

Unabridged: 5 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 12/31/2019


Synopsis

"Warm, honest and true--A Woman Makes A Plan is full of insight as well as a good dose of humor, offering readers a lifetime of hard-won advice."
--Diane Von Furstenberg

The international supermodel shares personal stories and lessons learned from a life of "living dangerously--carefully"

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Maye Musk is a fashionable, charming, jet-setting supermodel with a fascinating and tight-knit circle of family and friends--and is 71 years old. But things were not always so easy or glamorous--she became a single mom at 31, struggling through poverty to provide for her three children; dealt with weight issues as a plus-size model and overcame ageism in the modeling industry; and established a lifelong career as a respected dietitian, all the while starting over in eight different cities across three countries and two continents. But she made her way through it all with an indomitable spirit and a no-nonsense attitude to become a global success at what she calls the "prime of her life."

As everyone who follows her obsessively on social media knows, Maye is a fount of frank and practical advice on how the choices you make in every decade can pay off in surprising, exciting ways throughout your life. In A Woman Makes a Plan, Maye shares experiences from her life conveying hard-earned wisdom on career (the harder you work, the luckier you get), family (let the people you love go their own way), health (there is no magic pill), and adventure (make room for discovery, but always be ready for anything). You can't control all that happens in life, but you can have the life you want at any age. All you have to do is make a plan.

About The Author

Maye Musk is an international supermodel, registered dietitian-nutritionist, and worldwide speaker. She is frequently featured in major fashion magazines such as Vanity Fair, Vogue, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, and Allure and on the cover of New York Magazine among others. Born in Canada, Maye lived in South Africa for several years and now resides in Los Angeles.


Reviews

Goodreads review by zxyra on February 05, 2020

Maye Musk is the quintessential "beauty and brains" - graceful fashion model, and dietitian with multiple university degrees (in multiple languages!). Part life advice book, part autobiography, Maye derives succinct and practical advice from her lifetime of supremely incredible as well as unfortunat......more

Goodreads review by Dove on January 02, 2020

A great woman and a great mother. Reading the book is like talking to this graceful lady. I’m not so impressed by the advices she’s given as you might have heard of it for so many times elsewhere, but her own warm and touching stories make the advices much more convincing. I’m impressed more by her......more

Goodreads review by Leah on June 25, 2020

Good autobiography/life advice ;) Topics are Beauty, health, diet, ageing, modelling career, independence, confident, family, and parenting The first quarter of the book surprised me because it was mostly about her modelling career. I would have thought it better to discuss family first as one of her......more

Goodreads review by Gloria on January 10, 2020

So...I like this woman. Didn't even realize she is the mother of Tesla's Elon Musk. Was simply looking for a shorter read that I could tackle in snippets as a break for the fiction reading project currently engaged in. It's a nice read with brief chapters that are aimed at getting women to take care......more

Goodreads review by Leslie on January 30, 2020

Mostly a light read with inspiring tugs on my heart. Maye is brief yet potent in revealing personal struggles, and how she saved her own life. Maye Musk is a down to earth single working mother who plainly tells her hard knocks story. Maye was raised by globally adventurous parents who expected her &......more


Quotes

“Musk is finally ready to share her extraordinary journey, in the book A Woman Makes a Plan. . . . It includes not just memories but also life advice, her beloved bean soup recipe, and never-before-seen photos from Musk’s family vault.”
Harper’s Bazaar

"At 74, Maye continues to work every day to inspire those around her."
- MJ Day, editor-in-chief of SI Swimsuit, on Maye Musk’s cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue

"I have long admired Maye Musk as both a model and a woman. She has inspired so many throughout her career, and her invaluable wisdom and insight come to life on each page of this book."
—Karlie Kloss

"Warm, honest and true—A Woman Makes A Plan is full of insight as well as a good dose of humor, offering readers a lifetime of hard-won advice. Maye Musk is a Woman In Charge who knows life is full of surprises, and owns it all!"
—Diane von Furstenberg

"Stunning beauty Maye Musk is living proof that a healthy diet is the foundation for a fun vibrant, active, energetic life."
—Christie Brinkley

A Woman Makes a Plan brims with career advice, skin-care secrets . . . and self-improvement hacks, learned from a full, adventurous and ultimately fabulous life as an entrepreneur and beauty icon. . . . 71-year-old Maye Musk is a jet-setting supermodel with a lifetime of fantastic opportunities, inspiring stories, and hard-won experience that makes this book a pleasure to read.”
New York Post

“[In] A Woman Makes a Plan, Musk describes how her personal and professional struggles taught her to invest in her full potential. . . . the biggest piece of advice found in the book . . . is that you can have the life you want at any age.”
The Loop

“[A Woman Makes a Plan is indeed] chalk full of amazing adventure, beauty, and success . . . Pick it up, friends!”
City TV

“[A Woman Makes a Plan] offers a revealing glimpse of her billionaire son's unconventional upbringing . . . it not only tells the story of how she was raised, but also sheds some light onto the dynamics at play within the Musk family.”
InsideHook

“Who doesn’t want the most fabulous life ever? If that describes you but you think you’re ‘too old,’ then read A Woman Makes a Plan by Maye Musk. It’s a book of advice, but also a bio by a woman who’s had an interesting life and is willing to share it. Hint: speaking of share, it’s a great story to share across the ages.”
The Washington Informer