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Stuff I wish I'd known when I started working /
"Don't learn the hard way--get work advice from some of the world's most successful people, all in one place!Work is a tricky business--the politics, the workload, the career ladder. It can take years and years of battling away and learning through mistakes to fully get to grips with...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Capstone,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional) |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Aiming high: the only limits are the ones you set yourself
- Appreciating life: it's about how you see things
- Being more productive: why the answer is not 16-hour days
- Bosses: what they're like and what they like
- Commitment and perseverance: one gets you started, the other keeps you going
- Common sense: it's not all that common but it's a skill you can learn
- Communication: you gotta keep 'em in the loop
- Creativity: it's not just for artists
- Decision making: figure out the real issue and stop faffing
- Email: step away from the computer!
- Failure: it's good to fail
- Having a purpose: find something you like to do and you'll never work a day in your life
- Keeping your business going: don't run out of money
- Making the sale: people don't like to be sold
- but they love to buy
- Managing people: how our natural tendency to manage is often the opposite of what we ought to do
- Meetings: just because everyone else goes doesn't mean you have to
- Moving up: show you can do what you're aiming for
- Negotiation: there must be something in the deal for everyone
- Networking: why you should never throw away a business card
- Organizations: why they're not actually run by senior management
- Presentations: you don't need to be led by PowerPoint
- Projects and getting stuff done: why you're probably being mistaken for Santa Claus
- Reports and reporting: why this is your chance to save some rainforest
- Starting your own thing: just get out there and see if people will buy it.