Switched On
You have it in you, you just need to switch it on
Published on 9. April 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
204 pages
978-1-906465-83-4 (ISBN)
Description
Life is too short to just come in for the paycheque
Let's face it, you work for the best years of your life and spend most of your waking hours on the job, so make sure you are energized, fulfilled and buzzing. Switched On will help you leap outside your comfort zone and awaken your creativity.
Blast through the old thinking
Switched On shows you how to think like an entrepreneur - have ideas, spot the opportunities, see the future and make things happen. The future belongs to fresh thinkers, so turn your receptors on and get ready to bring the real you to work.
They'll love you for it
Go on, unleash yourself - you'll be surprised at how indispensable you become. You have it in you - you just need to switch it on
'Not all of us can be great entrepreneurs but all of us can be innovative and enterprising in whatever role we perform. This book is a great guide and an inspiration on how to achieve this' Miles Templeman, Director General, Institute of Directors.
Reviews / Votes
"... aims to inject entrepreneurial spirit into businessmen and women who have started to feel too comfortable in their current role." (City AM, January 2011)"Switched On proposes eight entrepreneurial habits to make jobs more enjoyable, such as... committing 100 per cent to your role." (Financial Times, August 2010)
"... uses Hashemi's experiences with Coffee Republic... to explain the entrepreneurial mindset, discussing what it takes to be a self-starter...." (Gulf Life, August 2010)
"... [an] easy read... has wide application to all types and levels of employee." (Supply Management, August 2010)
"[Hashemi] believes that, as an integral part of life, work ""should be fun, not a weighty counterbalance to it." (Sunday Times, August 2010)
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11/2010
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10/2010
Capstone
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Person
Sahar Hashemi is author of the bestselling business book Anyone Can Do It: Building Coffee Republic from Our Kitchen Table . Abandoning a successful career as a lawyer, Hashemi founded the UK's first US style coffee bar chain and went on to build it into one of the UK's most recognised high-street brands with a turnover of GBP30m. Since selling the company Hashemi has gone on to become a hit on the speaking circuit. Originally speaking at entrepreneurial and business start-up events, it soon became apparent that her experiences could motivate employees in larger corporations and organisations. She now speaks at around 70 events a year worldwide to companies including IKEA, Infosys, Accenture, GlaxoSmithKline, Microsoft and IBM. Named by H.M. The Queen 'Pioneer to the life of the Nation' and the World Economic Forum Davos as 'Young Global Leader', Hashemi has been listed in: 100 Most Influential Women in Britain; Daily Mail Top 35 Women in British business under 35; Management Today 20 most powerful women in Britain.
Content
A Letter from the Author: Living and making a living should be the same thing.
What Does Switched On Mean?
The 8 Habits of a Switched On mindset.
Habit 1 Believing Anyone Can Do It.
Habit 2 Putting Yourself in the Customer's Shoes.
Habit 3 Getting Out Of the Office with Your Light Switched On.
Habit 4 Being Clueless.
Habit 5 Prototyping.
Habit 6 Notching up Nos.
Habit 7 Bootstrapping
Habit 8 Taking 100% of yourself to work.
Afterword.
Sahar Hashemi's Story.
References.