Reviews for 1001 ways to be your own boss

The average rating for 1001 ways to be your own boss based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2011-08-04 00:00:00 Chadd Johnson I must not get this book. The copyright is 2003, but he writes about 'squawk boxes,''rolodexes,' and paper memos as if we're in the 80's. You have to get more than half way through the book to hear about a PDA...and Squawk Box now makes me think of the Financial News show, not a phone. He rants about screaming bosses. I think it is dry, possibly self-deprecating humor about sleazy corporate bosses. I guess I'm lucky. I have never had a screaming, jerk boss. Even in the 90's I do not remember the corporate cultures he is referencing. I can't imagine how you would spend an entire career with miserable people and not look for a new environment. It comes across like a memoir of his executive path as he traveled from evil company to evil company. When he finally talks about Palm Pilots, he moans on and on about how he refuses to use the technology. I didn't relate at all.

Review # 2 was written on 2014-09-25 00:00:00 Rhonda Adams This is a book about office politics and uses humor and self-help recommendations. The author uses information from his own experiences and, although this is an older book, it still has information that can be used today. The author writes about climbing the corporate ladder and how you should observe your surroundings. Listen to your colleague's advice while you need to make your own decisions and decide how you are going to handle them. One of the stories that he talks about is that a colleague started to pour himself a cup of coffee, and seems to go into a trance (day dream) and thus over-filled his cup. The coffee ran onto the floor, when one of the other employees said something, he then realized what was happening. Instead of being upset, he makes a comment that was unexpected and made the entire room laugh. He takes you from the first day of his first job all the way to becoming an experienced professional. What's also nice is the fact that you can read this book a little at time, as it is written as a collection of columns. Deb G. / Marathon County Public Library