Shared by:kevinwang
Stephen M. Pollan (Author)
This stimulating, iconoclastic career-development primer is a rare example of the self-help/motivational genre with a difference. Life coach Pollan and his collaborator Levine, authors of the contrarian retirement planning guide Die Broke, don’t mean the title literally; it’s just a metaphor for taking control of your work life, one that rejects all the high-minded shibboleths of traditional business motivation. They argue that companies are "amoral legal constructs" that care nothing for their workers. Bosses are dictators rather than mentors or servant-leaders. Jobs can’t provide psychological or spiritual fulfillment; people should get those things from their lives away from work—where they should spend as little time as possible. The authors elaborate these insights into a refreshingly cynical take on workplace issues. Success doesn’t depend on doing a good job, they say, but on soothing and flattering the boss. Workers shouldn’t wallow in unrequited loyalty to the company, but ought to be constantly "fishing" for better jobs. Other rules: rely on personal ties, because landing a job is a matter of "who you know, not what you know"; don’t personalize your cubicle, because that might encourage you to spend more time at work; above all, don’t try to follow your heart or make a difference in your career: "the job of your dreams is the one that pays the most money." The authors provide lots of shrewd tips on job hunting, negotiating, manipulation and brown-nosing, but their book transcends the merely pragmatic. Their call to "end this destructive pursuit of meaningful work" mounts a subversive challenge to the idea of the calling, and thus to the Protestant work ethic at the very core of the motivational worldview.
| Announce URL: | http://inferno.demonoid.me:3416/announce |
| This Torrent also has several backup trackers | |
| Tracker: | http://inferno.demonoid.me:3416/announce |
| Tracker: | udp://tracker.openbittorrent.com:80/announce |
| Tracker: | http://tracker.openbittorrent.com/announce |
| Tracker: | udp://tracker.publicbt.com:80/announce |
| Tracker: | http://tracker.publicbt.com:80/announce |
| Info Hash: | 43e1735d19d36bd80feabdc5ada4a88b7d12e8b8 |
| Creation Date: | Fri, 25 Feb 2011 00:06:15 -0500 |
| This is a Multifile Torrent | |
| Fire Your Boss - Stephen M. Pollan & Mark Levine.epub 269.73 KBs | |
| Fire Your Boss - Stephen M. Pollan & Mark Levine.jpg 27.44 KBs | |
| Fire Your Boss - Stephen M. Pollan & Mark Levine.mobi 388.51 KBs | |
| Fire Your Boss - Stephen M. Pollan & Mark Levine.opf 7.46 KBs | |
| Torrent downloaded from Demonoid.me.txt 46 Bytes | |
| Combined File Size: | 693.19 KBs |
| Piece Size: | 64 KBs |
| Comment: | Updated by theebooksbay.com |
| Torrent Encoding: | UTF-8 |
| Seeds: | 42 |
| Peers: | 1 |
| Completed Downloads: | 331 |
| Torrent Download: | Torrent Free Downloads |
| Tips: | Sometimes the torrent health info isn't accurate, so you can download the file and check it out or try the following downloads. |
| Direct Download: | Download Files Now |
| Tips: | You could try out the alternative bittorrent clients. |
| Secured Download: | Start Anonymous Download |
| Ads: |
|
