The Unstoppable EA
Secrets to Success, Authenticity and Resilience as an Executive Assistant
By Becky Kaapuni
Coming: February 4, 2025
In The Unstoppable EA, Becky Kaapani pours her heart, experiences, and hard-won lessons into helping fellow EAs discover their true potential. Through personal stories, practical advice, and proven strategies, she shows readers how to embrace their unique strengths, build unshakeable confidence, and create their own path to success in this challenging yet incredibly rewarding profession.
Drawing from her journey supporting high-level executives—including the mistakes, victories, and everything in between—Kaapani shares honest insights to help EAs boost their resilience and more importantly, recognize their true worth. Having lived the struggles and triumphs of this role, she guides readers in navigating them with authenticity and power.
This book serves as their guide to creating a career that makes them shine. Through these pages, they'll unlock their potential and discover how to become the unstoppable force they are!
Testimonials
With brutal honesty, raw vulnerability, and the wisdom borne of experience. Becky Kaapuni details her deeply personal journey to working as a successful Executive Assistant. Her story is a page turner that is in the genre of, you can't make this stuff up. The author is a living, breathing example of an unstoppable EA. As such, Becky offers reality-based gems for negotiating money, being financially literate, how to actually use AI and so much more. If you are a human who works as an EA or wants to work as an EA, this book is for you.
— Bonnie Low-Kramen, author of Be the Ultimate Assistant and Staff Matters
I wish I had this book when I was starting my career as an executive assistant, completely inexperienced and unsure of my abilities. Becky clearly outlines the essential foundations for achieving outlines the essential foundations for achieving true stardom as an executive assistant in today’s business world, beginning with how to establish the right mindset, which is crucial for building a successful career. Each chapter is filled with valuable information and inspiration, making this book hugely beneficial both for those who are new to the excecutive assistant rile or have been in the role for some time. a great read!
— Debbie Gross, Former Chief Executive Assistant and author of the Office Rockstar Playbook
This book is nothing short of transformative. it bridges the gap between traditional administrative roles and the evolving demands of today’s business world, offering practical strategies, actionable insights, and empowering perspectives for professionals seeking to elevate their careers. With a perfect balance of expertise, empathy, and clarity, Becky captures the essence of what it means to thrive in a role that is both deeply supportive and strategically critical,
— Lucy Brazier, CEO and Founder of Executive Support Media, Global Authority on the Administrative Profession.
About Becky
Becky Kaapuni is a Senior Executive Assistant with over 20 years of experience supporting C-suite executives at companies including Salesforce, Twitter, and Goldman Sachs. Her journey has taught her that authenticity and resilience are key to not just surviving but thriving in this profession.
As founder of the EA Social Club, she’s created a thriving community where EAs can be their authentic selves, forge meaningful connections, and built their careers. Her passion for mentoring and supporting fellow admins shows in everything she does, including hosting “Let’s Talk.”
Moving beyond the typical career podcast format, she brings authentic, intimate conversations you’d have with your closest friends over coffee, exploring the human side of the EA profession through honest, unscripted discussions with industry leaders and fellow EAs.
Her mission drives everything she does: helping EAs embrace their authentic selves, build unshakable resilience, and shape their own futures-becoming truly unstoppable in both their professional and personal lives.
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