Line up all the successful people in the world. Take away the pedigreed and the prodigies—you know the people who are going to succeed no matter what—and the brown-nosers and right-time-right-place lottery winners and who do you have left? The people who succeeded on purpose. Study these folks carefully and you’ll find common themes around their path to the top. This book exposes the career strategies of the ultra-successful and analyzes them in detail. You’ll learn about personal strategies for identifying high-payoff activities and gain insight into being more effective as an individual contributor, manager and leader. You will learn how to identify and interact with the right set of career mentors and role models. Being successful does not have to be an accident. Read this book and learn how to succeed on purpose.
(New Appendix just added: How to be F**king Awesome at Work, at Play and at Life.)
(New Appendix just added: How to be F**king Awesome at Work, at Play and at Life.)
