The 30-Day Plan to Whip Your Career Into Submission - Transform Yourself from Job Slave to Master of Your Destiny in Just

Zusatztext " The 30-Day Plan to Whip Your Career Into Submission is an unusual hybrid of laugh-out-loud humor and instructive information to help people master a variety of career problems! no matter what career you're in! or what level you're at.  It's jam-packed full of inspiring! quotable gems--the kind that get you elbowing whomever is within elbowing reach so you can read them out loud.  I thoroughly recommend this book." --Geraldine Laybourne! Chairman and CEO of Oxygen Media "Karen Salmansohn has written a highly thoughtful exploration of what it means to work and be happy in a confusing world where we want it all.  (Oh! and it is entertaining too.)" --Scott Webb! Executive Creative Director! Nickelodeon "If you feel as if you're trapped in career slavery--then chances are you could use a good laugh! along with some good helpful advice on how to master your career problems.  This book will supply both in hefty portions." --Mindy Schultheis! Executive VP of Comedy Development! 20th Century Fox TV Informationen zum Autor A former senior vice president/creative director in advertising, Karen Salmansohn is the founder of the consulting firm Amazon Girl Inc., and  is developing television and film projects for NBC, Miramax, and Fox. Karen is the author of two bestsellers, How to Make Your Man Behave in 21 Days or Less Using the Secrets of Professional Dog Trainers and How to Succeed in Business Without a Penis . She lives in New York City. Klappentext Don't Stay Stuck in a Job Rut--Take Control of Your Career in Just 30 Days! Feeling enslaved by pointless meetings! overflowing "in" boxes! and endless phone calls? Shackled by mindless busywork and jealous colleagues who keep you from landing the corner office and the recognition you deserve? If so! now is the time to break free from the chains of job slavery! Now in paperback! Karen Salmansohn! award-winning advertising veteran and bestselling author! offers an instructive! humorous! and easy-to-follow 30-day plan for taking control of your career. Daily tips for Cracking Whips and Master Mantras will show you how to beat all of your negative thoughts instead of letting them beat you! so that at last you can attain the promotions and raises you dream about. Whip Misdirection Into Submission or, It Doesn't Matter How Fast You Get There, If You're Heading the Wrong Way Just last month, I was rushing on a subway from the Village to the Upper West Side to meet a friend for dinner. Because I was in such a hurry, I didn't take time to read the subway map. I wound up on an express train . . . that was a little too express. Before I knew it, I had gone 60 blocks in the wrong direction. Too many of us make this mistake in our rush to find a career-and then we remain at our wrong destination, which is the career equivalent of settling for hanging out at a K-mart, because that's where the subway stopped, when you wanted to meet your friend at Taste of Tokyo Sushi Palace. You may be tempted to throw up your hands and stay right where you are. But trust me: It's better to have a short wrong job than a long wrong job. No matter how satisfying the price breaks are at K-mart, they still won't fill that craving in your belly for tuna sushi rolls. For instance, I originally arrived in advertising as a profession because I thought it would be glamourous, cool, and exciting, and I'd get to be creative. Eventually, I found all that fluffy glamour stuff thoroughly unsatisfying. Basically, I was being given the opportunity to afford to wear expensive, gorgeous clothes while having to write embarrassing, vapid, soulless TV spots. Pussy Talk I remember once I was working on creating the Purina Cat Chow jingle of the nineties. I was told that I could only use a three "chow, chow, chow" hook, because that was what was trademarked. Two chows weren't. I could, ho...

Product details

• Authors: Karen Salmansohn
• Publisher: Crown Publishing Group
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.1999
• EAN: 9780767901826
• ISBN: 978-0-7679-0182-6
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance > Training, job, career; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries