Work Like You're Showing Off!
The Joy, Jazz, and Kick of Being Better Tomorrow Than You Were Today
1st Edition
Published on 3. July 2007
Book
Hardback
160 pages
978-0-470-11626-5 (ISBN)
Description
A guide to creating joyful success in work and in life What the world needs is more showoffs.
Showing off is a good thing. Showing off is a mindset. Showing off is about living life and doing work in a way that creates joy, jazz, and a kick in our lives and in the lives of those around us. This is a business book for almost everyone-from executives and managers to receptionists and sales clerks. Here's the key: success is an inside job. After 26 years of studying and working with top performers, Joe Calloway shares the key factors in creating success-without pulling any punches. Work Like You're Showing Off! isn't for sissies; it's a tough, realistic approach to getting the most out of life by giving more to others.
This book proves that not only is "working like you're showing off" the smartest way to get ahead in a career, it's also the most joyful and rewarding way to live.Work Like You're Showing Off! the absolute keys to personal and professional success including:
Never be as good as you're going to be
What you think of me is none of my business
Expect to connect
Get back inside the box
Grand stupidity and absurd bravery
What have you done for me next?
Showing off is a good thing. Showing off is a mindset. Showing off is about living life and doing work in a way that creates joy, jazz, and a kick in our lives and in the lives of those around us. This is a business book for almost everyone-from executives and managers to receptionists and sales clerks. Here's the key: success is an inside job. After 26 years of studying and working with top performers, Joe Calloway shares the key factors in creating success-without pulling any punches. Work Like You're Showing Off! isn't for sissies; it's a tough, realistic approach to getting the most out of life by giving more to others.
This book proves that not only is "working like you're showing off" the smartest way to get ahead in a career, it's also the most joyful and rewarding way to live.Work Like You're Showing Off! the absolute keys to personal and professional success including:
Never be as good as you're going to be
What you think of me is none of my business
Expect to connect
Get back inside the box
Grand stupidity and absurd bravery
What have you done for me next?
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Paper over boards
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
343 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-470-11626-5 (9780470116265)
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Joe Calloway
Work Like You're Showing Off!
The Joy, Jazz, and Kick of Being Better Tomorrow Than You Were Today
E-Book
12/2010
Wiley
€13.99
Available for download
Joe Calloway
Work Like You're Showing Off!
The Joy, Jazz, and Kick of Being Better Tomorrow Than You Were Today
E-Book
09/2007
Wiley
€13.99
Available for download
Person
Joe Calloway is an expert on high-performance organizations and individuals, the owner of an award-winning restaurant, and a member of the International Speakers Hall of Fame. His clients read like a Who's Who of business-from newspapers in Sweden, hotels in Great Britain, and computer companies in South Africa to world brands like BMW and American Express. He is also the author of Becoming a Category of One and Indispensable, both from Wiley.
Content
Acknowledgments xi
1. Showing Off 1
2. Grand Stupidity and Absurd Bravery 9
3. All Hat and No Cattle 15
4. Let It Go 17
5. The Gold Standard 25
6. Get in the Damn Boat and Go 27
7. As Good as You're Going to Be 31
8. We See Things as We Are 35
9. Stupid Promises 43
10. Let's Be Too Much 47
11. Imagination Will Take You Everywhere 51
12. Get Back inside the Box 59
13. Expect to Connect 63
14. Going All In 69
15. Joe and Muhammad 75
16. We Haven't Seen That 81
17. The Pursuit of Happiness 83
18. The Enemy of Future Success 91
19. What You Think of Me Is None of My Business 95
20. Whatever Happens Is Normal 99
21. Guess What I Want and Other Stupid Mind Games 105
22. I Said I Don't Know 109
23. The Golden Circle of Ignorance 113
24. What Have You Done for Me Next? 119
25. The Power Strategy 123
26. Your Next Best Idea Is Everywhere 127
27. What Matters Most 137
1. Showing Off 1
2. Grand Stupidity and Absurd Bravery 9
3. All Hat and No Cattle 15
4. Let It Go 17
5. The Gold Standard 25
6. Get in the Damn Boat and Go 27
7. As Good as You're Going to Be 31
8. We See Things as We Are 35
9. Stupid Promises 43
10. Let's Be Too Much 47
11. Imagination Will Take You Everywhere 51
12. Get Back inside the Box 59
13. Expect to Connect 63
14. Going All In 69
15. Joe and Muhammad 75
16. We Haven't Seen That 81
17. The Pursuit of Happiness 83
18. The Enemy of Future Success 91
19. What You Think of Me Is None of My Business 95
20. Whatever Happens Is Normal 99
21. Guess What I Want and Other Stupid Mind Games 105
22. I Said I Don't Know 109
23. The Golden Circle of Ignorance 113
24. What Have You Done for Me Next? 119
25. The Power Strategy 123
26. Your Next Best Idea Is Everywhere 127
27. What Matters Most 137