Run With the Bulls Without Getting Trampled (Paperback)

Tim Irwin

ISBN 10: 1595559736 / ISBN 13: 9781595559739

Published by HarperCollins Focus, Nashville, 2015

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Paperback. By some estimates, we will spend over 100,000 hours at work during our lifetime. With more than half of our waking hours revolving around work, our means of producing a paycheck has become one of the most dominant dimensions of our lives, absorbing a huge commitment of our life energies.Unfortunately for so many, our work is not what we relish but rather a major source of pain. Wouldnt it be wonderful to be able to say at the end of our lives, My work was worth it--the challenges, the hardships, and the rewards. I invested those years well. I made a difference? How can we learn to work this way?In Run With the Bulls Without Getting Trampled, veteran corporate psychologist Tim Irwin presents the distilled essence of what makes some succeed and others derail in the workplace. Using compelling real-life stories to launch each chapter, not only is Irwin transparent with the lessons he has learned from his own experiences, but he also shares the invaluable insights and principles he has gathered from thousands of interviews with senior executives.Featuring Irwins seven critical success factors as well as six common career derailers, this hard-hitting but entertaining book is your guide to finding lasting fulfillment in your career. After all, you are investing so much into your job. Shouldnt it also be investing in you? How can you grow to your fullest potential and become someone who spends your years until retirement working for meaning, not money? Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Run With the Bulls Without Getting Trampled (Paperback)
• Publisher: HarperCollins Focus, Nashville
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1595559736
• ISBN 13: 9781595559739
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

By some estimates, we will spend over 100,000 hours at work during our lifetime. With more than half of our waking hours revolving around work, our means of producing a paycheck has become one of the most dominant dimensions of our lives, absorbing a huge commitment of our life energies.Unfortunately for so many, our work is not what we relish but rather a major source of pain. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to be able to say at the end of our lives, “My work was worth it--the challenges, the hardships, and the rewards. I invested those years well. I made a difference”? How can we learn to work this way?In Run With the Bulls Without Getting Trampled, veteran corporate psychologist Tim Irwin presents the distilled essence of what makes some succeed and others derail in the workplace. Using compelling real-life stories to launch each chapter, not only is Irwin transparent with the lessons he has learned from his own experiences, but he also shares the invaluable insights and principles he has gathered from thousands of interviews with senior executives.Featuring Irwin’s seven critical success factors as well as six common career derailers, this hard-hitting but entertaining book is your guide to finding lasting fulfillment in your career. After all, you are investing so much into your job. Shouldn’t it also be investing in you?

Synopsis

Aims to present the distilled essence of what makes some succeed and others derail in the workplace. This work helps readers learn some hard-hitting but entertaining truths about being wise at work.