Summary of Lisa Wilkinson's It Wasn't Meant to Be Like

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Get the Summary of Lisa Wilkinson's It Wasn't Meant to Be Like in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Subjected to horrific bullying as a teenager, Lisa survived by making herself as small as possible. But she swore when she left school that no one was ever again going to determine who she was - or limit what she was capable of. That determination and drive led to Lisa blazing an unprecedented and enormously successful trail through the Australian media and cultural landscape for more than four decades.

An early ground-breaking career in publishing - at 21, Lisa was the youngest editor ever appointed to take charge of a national magazine, Dolly, before spending ten years as editor of the iconic Cleo magazine - then led to a stunning television success story. This included spending more than a decade as co-host of the Nine Network's Today show, before she caused a media storm across Australia and the world on the issue of the gender pay gap, when she moved to the Ten Network as co-host of its prime-time award-winning program The Project.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Nov 24, 2021
• ISBN: 9781638158042

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 15

Insights from Chapter 16

Insights from Chapter 17

Insights from Chapter 18

Insights from Chapter 19

Insights from Chapter 20

Insights from Chapter 21

Insights from Chapter 22

Insights from Chapter 23

Insights from Chapter 24

Insights from Chapter 25

Insights from Chapter 26

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The author was working for a magazine that had a gender pay gap, and she was negotiating her salary with the same difficulty as the salary of the magazine’s male employees.

#2

The author was in charge of Dolly magazine, which catered to an older audience. One day, she got a call from Trevor Kennedy, the editor of another magazine, asking to speak with her.

#3

While interviewing for the job of editor of Cleo, the woman said that the magazine’s centrefold had to go. She was hired.

#4

The author had lunch with Packer to try and make peace, but he ended up being very impressed with her. She told him that she had a job, and he tried to bribe her with a promotion, but she turned it down.

#5

Lisa was invited to visit Palm Beach for the weekend by Kerry Packer, the billionaire businessman. While she was on the boat ride to Palm Beach, Lisa realized that she had forgotten to pack her stilettos. She was also nervous because she had never met Mr. Packer before.

#6

The author went for lunch with Kerry, where they talked about politics, journalism, her childhood, and rugby union.

#7

The author was interviewing for a job at Cleo magazine, and while she didn’t get the job, she did learn an important lesson about not being afraid to give brutally honest opinions.

#8

After the interview, the author was relieved to be getting back on the road to Sydney. However, she was still worried about her job prospects. She didn't tell Kerry that she didn’t want the job.

#9

The author was interviewing for a job at Fairfax, and was asked to give a figure for her expected salary. She fibbed, saying she