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The author of the #1 Wall Street Journal bestseller Shut Up, Stop Whining & Get a Life strikes again with the straight talk and raw truths that will shove you out of your comfort zone-and into a whole new language.
With a writing style best described as full-throttle rant, the host of the A&E reality show Big Spender reveals the naked truth about careers, the employer/employee relationship, management skills, productivity and pay. Declaring at the outset that "there will be parts of this book you won't like," while daring readers to continue, Winget (Shut Up, Stop Whining & Get a Life) sets a high threshold for delivering a likable, useful book that will educate and promote behavioral changes. Yet he delivers. His brutal frankness about what's wrong with how businesses big and small operate offers a refreshing contrast to other career counseling and management books even the gray area of ethics is delivered in black and white. In a section titled "What Happened to You?" he reminds readers of what it means to accept a job: "No work no pay. No work no job." Companies, as he repeatedly stresses, exist to make a profit, not to make their employees happy or feel fulfilled. Winget's advice is solid: delivering results is the most fulfilling career move one can make. (Jan.) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.
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Brian Gadula
reviewed It's Called Work for a Reason!: Your Success Is Your Own Damn Fault on April 17, 2020
It's Called Work for a Reason!: Your Success Is Your Own Damn Fault
I was youger when I read this, and even though I was more naive back then and it made a whole lot of sense to me then, it still makes some sense now.
In the discussion regarding the amount of control we have on our lives, the author clearly sides on the "american" school of thought claiming that succes is your responsibility.
I still remember one anecdote from the book, it goes something like "Some top manager of a company needed someone on a management position. He looked around and saw a guy who always comes first and always leaves last. The manager said 'how about promoting that guy?'". Well sure that definitely makes some sense...in my experience though both very inefficient workers AND workaholics...AND people on badly managed teams will be putting in extra hours.
Another thing I remember from this book is the encouragement to just be 10% better than the rest of your competitors.
Though reality is always more complex than what these self-help books, it's good to read some of these things from time to time for keeping the motivation up.
Overall even if simplistic, the author seems genuine and his ideas are very non-corporate-bs.
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