Ten Vital Lessons For Good Business
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Table of Contents
1 The First Thing You Should Read
11 Sometimes the Only Good Change Is the Change in Your Pocket
53 Attitude, Attitude, Attitude, My Kingdom for Good Attitude
107 To
137 Technology for Technology is Bad Technology
173 Political Incorrectness
223 The King is Naked
267 InHuman Resources
301 Are We There Yet? How ‘Bout Now?
359 What You See is Not Always What You Get
The First Thing You Should Read
Wait! Don’t stop reading. If you are like me, you don’t have time to read the foreword or the introduction section of a book, any book. But this isn’t an ordinary introduction, so you should read it. You will learn why I decided to write this book and how it can help you navigate through the wonderful world of business, pointing out key scenarios along the way. Understanding how things operate in the business world sometimes seems very unclear. Why do executives make the decisions they do, seeming to violate the laws of physics and common sense? Some answers are as unclear as the questions, but when you have learned these ten vital lessons I guarantee that your business life, as you know it today, will change. And in the process you will either become a much happier citizen of this business world or you will decide to build a rocket and go to Mars. Both options seem appropriate at times.
In business today, fewer employees are doing the work once done by many people. Their daily hours on the job have increased, encroaching on weekends and holidays. Companies themselves are being squeezed by investors for higher and higher stock prices, only to watch their stock prices drop like a brick when they miss their projected revenue. The days when companies offered lifetime employment are gone. All of this corporate pressure has burned its way down to the unprepared employee. Consequently, they are finding it more difficult to deal with the added workload and corporate stress, needing more than ever guidance on how to deal with and navigate through the business world. Ten Vital Lessons for Good Business focuses on ten lessons that will help the new employee, the seasoned manager, and even the corporate executive. Attitude, Attitude, Attitude, My Kingdom for Good Attitude It never ceases to amaze me the number of people who go to work in the business world with the worst attitude imaginable. I know these people, you know these people; everyone knows these people. Sometimes, even these people know themselves as being “these” people. They don’t hide from our view; rather they flaunt their miserable attitude, trying to infect us all with their venom. And management knows them too. What’s worse is that we all put up with them as if they were born miserable and there is nothing that can be done to change it. Formats Book Details It’s about time business is taught a good lesson…or ten! “Ten Vital Lessons for Good Business” answers the questions above while entertaining and educating you, the businessperson, through a series of amusing vignettes with interesting characters. For example, you will meet my Silly Boss, who purposefully ignored his stomach sickness and was almost stranded in a third-world country; Large Woman, whose bad attitude created a disturbance in You were taught to work hard to succeed and survive in business. Unfortunately, you were not taught what to do when your boss is a poor leader with poor judgment, when businesspeople lie about their company’s financial performance, or when management repackages bad news and calls it good news. “Ten Vital Lessons for Good Business” addresses these issues and many more. This book is a must read for all working people—from the new employee to the CEO. After reading this book you will realize why some businesspeople are frustrated and kick their dog or their neighbor’s dog. Improve your business life—read “Ten Vital Lessons for Good Business.” Those close to you will thank you for it. With strong analytical and interpersonal skills,
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