When a successful person reveals the secrets to
their success, it’s worth paying attention to. That’s why “Settle for More,” the
2016 memoir by Megyn Kelly, the Fox News anchor with an audience of 2.4 million
viewers, is worth reading.
Kelly writes much like she talks on her show –
straight to the point, with some humor tossed in here and there. The early chapters on growing up in a close-knit
Catholic family, and the effect of the unexpected death of her father when she
was 15, make for interesting reading.
The title of
Kelly’s book comes from a low point in her life - unhappy in marriage and unhappy
in her career - when she heard Dr. Phil on television explain that people
need to expect more out of life. Dr. Phil said,
"The only difference between you and someone you envy is, you settled for less.” That struck a chord
with Kelly. She realized she had been settling for less in her marriage and her
career… so she decided to make changes. She divorced her then-husband, left her
unsatisfying law career behind, and went into journalism. She eventually married
Douglas Brunt in 2008, and Kelly says her current marriage is happy. She adopted
Settle for More as her life philosophy, and has used that philosophy to guide
her to this day.
