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  • Published: 23 January 2020
  • ISBN: 9781473576285
  • Imprint: Ebury Digital
  • Format: Audio Download
  • Length: 5 hr 23 min
  • Narrators: Janice Vee, Maria Hatzistefanis
  • RRP: $18.99

How to Make it Happen

Turning Failure into Success




Bestselling author and highly successful entrepreneur reveals strategies, routines, and secrets for motivating yourself to achieve success at any stage of your career

Brought to you by Penguin.

Success is not final and failure is not fatal.

Maria Hatzistefanis should know. Having spent 20 years building her own company (described by the press as 'an overnight success'), she acknowledges how hard it is to keep going and find your motivation, especially in the face of self-doubt, rejection and unexpected setbacks.

This punchy, easy to digest book spells out how to motivate yourself and harness your drive and energy to make things happen. With clear guidance, tips and celebrity stories throughout, Maria sums up her business secrets with three golden rules: set your goals; plot your trajectory; make it happen!

This book will help anyone looking to grow their business and enable readers everywhere to find their own 'Make It Happen' mindset. Everyone can learn from this book, no matter where you are in your career.

© Maria Hatzistefanis 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020

  • Published: 23 January 2020
  • ISBN: 9781473576285
  • Imprint: Ebury Digital
  • Format: Audio Download
  • Length: 5 hr 23 min
  • Narrators: Janice Vee, Maria Hatzistefanis
  • RRP: $18.99

About the author

Maria Hatzistefanis

London-based beauty entrepreneur, Maria Hatzistefanis started her career as a beauty writer before moving to New York where she received an MBA from Columbia Business School. She founded her ground-breaking skincare group, Rodial, in 1999 by identifying a niche for treatments targeted to specific skin concerns, with evocative tongue-in-cheek names such as Snake Serum and Dragon’s Blood.
Maria now runs two brands – Rodial and Nip + Fab – with products selling through 20,000 doors across 35 countries worldwide. Today, the cutting-edge products are available in the most prestigious stores around the world, with support and praise from high profile names in the fashion and beauty industries.

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Praise for How to Make it Happen

I love Maria's writing style, motivational and funny at the same time, a must-read!

Erin O'Connor MBE, British Fashion Model

Tremendous effort and pure dedication pays off and Maria's story is a perfect example of that. She kept herself motivated for years, long before becoming an 'overnight success', and turned that motivation into a business by never resting on her laurels. Maria's experiences translate perfectly into motivational tips and guidance to learn from.

David Koma, Fashion Designer

Maria is an entrepreneur through and through. She built an amazing brand from the ground up, and I can absolutely relate to her strategy.

Bobbi Brown, Founder of Bobbi Brown Cosmetics

If anyone can show us how to make it happen, it's Maria! She has not only created an international beauty brand, but also uses her success, and failures, to inspire others to make their dreams a reality!

Brad Goreski, Presenter and Celebrity Fashion Stylist