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How to Lose Friends and Infuriate Your Boss : Take Control of Your Career
1 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2002
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August 3, 2024
One page, my ass. This book was massive. Man, I wish Goodreads still allowed even the uninitiated such as myself to be librarians ...
Drawn in initially by the title which suggested a satirical play on professional self-development, I was temporarily disappointed to learn that really it is just the opposite, and therefore not the sort of book I would usually go for. However, Nader still takes a somewhat non-intuitive approach, and in many ways this does still read like an anti-self-development book in that it espouses such in a way that probably runs counter to conventional wisdom. Disbanding with all the high-falutin, guru rubbish one might fear, the book covers a wide range of topics with a simple, honest, down-to-earth language, and although he seems to be not everyone's cup of tea, I found myself liking the author much more than not.
I never was one for the corporate world. I was never remotely interested, and books like this make me thankful I never even misguidedly entered it. The crushing anxiety would have been too much for someone of my temperament. But still, nearly all the issues, challenges and people types Nader explores can be encountered in any professional environment. Teaching-wise, I am still new, and have not come across anything too difficult - the odd colleague who just doesn't seem to like me that much, and that's all - but a lot of these pages reminded me of some of my worst and best managers and colleagues when I worked in retail.
To summarise, I say this book packs a lot of quality and sound wisdom. It has helped me to get things more in perspective towards my own self-improvement in being more prepared and proactive in developing my knowledge and skills within my profession. It has also provided me with many dos and don'ts when dealing with other professional adults, who, if you take away the battle scars, the greying hairs and (in my case anyway) expanding waistlines, are really not that much superior to children in their social literacy.
Drawn in initially by the title which suggested a satirical play on professional self-development, I was temporarily disappointed to learn that really it is just the opposite, and therefore not the sort of book I would usually go for. However, Nader still takes a somewhat non-intuitive approach, and in many ways this does still read like an anti-self-development book in that it espouses such in a way that probably runs counter to conventional wisdom. Disbanding with all the high-falutin, guru rubbish one might fear, the book covers a wide range of topics with a simple, honest, down-to-earth language, and although he seems to be not everyone's cup of tea, I found myself liking the author much more than not.
I never was one for the corporate world. I was never remotely interested, and books like this make me thankful I never even misguidedly entered it. The crushing anxiety would have been too much for someone of my temperament. But still, nearly all the issues, challenges and people types Nader explores can be encountered in any professional environment. Teaching-wise, I am still new, and have not come across anything too difficult - the odd colleague who just doesn't seem to like me that much, and that's all - but a lot of these pages reminded me of some of my worst and best managers and colleagues when I worked in retail.
To summarise, I say this book packs a lot of quality and sound wisdom. It has helped me to get things more in perspective towards my own self-improvement in being more prepared and proactive in developing my knowledge and skills within my profession. It has also provided me with many dos and don'ts when dealing with other professional adults, who, if you take away the battle scars, the greying hairs and (in my case anyway) expanding waistlines, are really not that much superior to children in their social literacy.
May 17, 2009
The cover has the words "success is the greatest revenge" and no doubt Mr Nader lives by that. The chip on his shoulder is huge and especially evident when he rants about what a waste of time university is and how we should just dive into work and self learn. Sure - but I always viewed university as a place to learn about ideas not a vocational college and he seems to confuse the two. All in all the book left me feeling like I'd been yelled at by a grumpy old man.
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