Sunday, March 2, 2008

book review


How to get to the top

You aspire to get to the top..you want to know the hows of getting there. More than that, you need to do it without rubbing your colleagues the wrong way: without fawning on your superiors: and most of all, without throwing your weight around. The Simple book "HOW TO GET TO THE TOP" giving you the tips which you will find astonishingly practical.

It's a simple book but contains all the necessary tips for us to advance in our careers.

(Management for everyone)

A Book by C Northcote Parkinson.M K Rustomji...Very simple, small and lots of interesting pictures.Being small, it is can easily carried around.

There are a lot of things which learnt from this book, among which : how to manage people, how to communicate, how to manage stress, how to be a good leader, good teamwork and most importantly : how to get to the top .

Some of the chapters in this are :

1.Human Relations

2.Man Management

3.Softly,softly

4.Mistake To Avoid

5.Leadership

6.TeamWork

7.More Mistakes To Avoid

8.Organize

9.But Don't Over-Organize

10.Tricks of the Trade

11.Promotion

12.On a Higher Level....


ALTHOUGH this book is simple and at a glance looks like a children's book but it has conents for everyone.

I will explain more on this book in my next posting.


Some of the things that is explained in this book about human nature..

*****It takes all sorts to make a world.some people are selfish.some people are good,some people just don't bother at all...but the good person should realize....we must not expect all people to be perfect.... and one more thing about human..Complain...It is human nature..people will always complain no matter how good they have it...so we don't take personally and let complaints upset us....play it cool,take it your stride..it's part of your job to deal with such matters..... See you guys at my next posting....

1 comment:

Fakha said...

how to get to the top eh... i have a story to share about getting to the top..

"A turkey was chatting with a bull. "I would love to be able to get to the top of that tree," sighed the turkey, but I haven't got the energy." "Well, why don't you nibble on my droppings?" replied the bull. "They're packed with nutrients." The turkey pecked at a lump of dung and found that it gave him enough strength to reach the lowest branch of the tree. The next day, after eating some more dung, he reached the second branch. Finally after a fourth night, there he was proudly perched at the top of the tree. Soon he was spotted by a farmer, who shot the turkey out of the tree.
Moral of the story: Bullshit might get you to the top, but it won't keep you there"
(read more corporate lessons in TF's blog)