Review of The Average Joe's Guide to Success
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[Following is a volunteer review of "The Average Joe's Guide to Success" by R. C. Farrington.]
Getting to know your performance level is very important. If you happen to find yourself as being average, that's really not a bad scorecard. Problems arise when one only ascribes positivity to being an overachiever and negativity to being average. Getting to know your abilities is being in touch with reality, and this knowledge should, in essence, spur your investment in personal development and productivity and not make you think badly of yourself or settle for less. In his book, The Average Joe's Guide to Success: The Brilliant Overachievers Will Never See You Coming, R.C. Farrington has provided average Joes and Josies with insight they need to reinvent themselves, maximize their productivity and actualize their set-out goals and aspirations in the business world.
I think the making and unmaking of any human resides in the psyche. This is the first place to work on. Farrington has done a great job with his comments on this topic, using the half-full and half-empty framework. When this stage is done with, then one is set to explore the guides the author has provided in this book.
Success in life and business has more to do with approach to realities and problems and not really the nature of these issues. There are many guides in this book aimed at equipping readers with the right mindset, attributes and strategies. Some of these guides have to do with personal development (like enrolling in speech or technology classes), while some have to do with the right conduct in the workplace. This combination aims to groom the average Joes and Josies into the best possible level of self-awareness and propel them into actions that distinguish them from their coworkers.
The book also discusses the importance of knowing exactly where you want to be in the future and whether the current job will take you there or just be one of the steps in the ladder that will get you there. There are comprehensive guides to help readers perform their jobs effectively, manage distractions—like those from coworkers—and work themselves into the heart and recognition of their supervisors. Several tips, like how to take ownership and properly manage roles assigned to one in the company, have been shared, which I found really helpful.
I was highly impacted by the discussion on looking at the big picture in one's workplace, removing the blinders (not my job syndrome), growing with the company, and paying attention to small details.
However, the table of contents was not well ordered. Although this wasn't a big issue deserving of deduction of any stars, I still suggest a little work be done on that in a subsequent edition. This book was exceptionally well edited.
The book was truly enlightening. Through personal anecdotes and proven strategies, the author has shown that the average Joes and Josies can also compete at higher levels and work themselves to enviable heights on the corporate ladder. For these reasons, I give The Average Joe's Guide to Success: The Brilliant Overachievers Will Never See You Comingfive out of five stars.
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The Average Joe's Guide to Success
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Getting to know your performance level is very important. If you happen to find yourself as being average, that's really not a bad scorecard. Problems arise when one only ascribes positivity to being an overachiever and negativity to being average. Getting to know your abilities is being in touch with reality, and this knowledge should, in essence, spur your investment in personal development and productivity and not make you think badly of yourself or settle for less. In his book, The Average Joe's Guide to Success: The Brilliant Overachievers Will Never See You Coming, R.C. Farrington has provided average Joes and Josies with insight they need to reinvent themselves, maximize their productivity and actualize their set-out goals and aspirations in the business world.
I think the making and unmaking of any human resides in the psyche. This is the first place to work on. Farrington has done a great job with his comments on this topic, using the half-full and half-empty framework. When this stage is done with, then one is set to explore the guides the author has provided in this book.
Success in life and business has more to do with approach to realities and problems and not really the nature of these issues. There are many guides in this book aimed at equipping readers with the right mindset, attributes and strategies. Some of these guides have to do with personal development (like enrolling in speech or technology classes), while some have to do with the right conduct in the workplace. This combination aims to groom the average Joes and Josies into the best possible level of self-awareness and propel them into actions that distinguish them from their coworkers.
The book also discusses the importance of knowing exactly where you want to be in the future and whether the current job will take you there or just be one of the steps in the ladder that will get you there. There are comprehensive guides to help readers perform their jobs effectively, manage distractions—like those from coworkers—and work themselves into the heart and recognition of their supervisors. Several tips, like how to take ownership and properly manage roles assigned to one in the company, have been shared, which I found really helpful.
I was highly impacted by the discussion on looking at the big picture in one's workplace, removing the blinders (not my job syndrome), growing with the company, and paying attention to small details.
However, the table of contents was not well ordered. Although this wasn't a big issue deserving of deduction of any stars, I still suggest a little work be done on that in a subsequent edition. This book was exceptionally well edited.
The book was truly enlightening. Through personal anecdotes and proven strategies, the author has shown that the average Joes and Josies can also compete at higher levels and work themselves to enviable heights on the corporate ladder. For these reasons, I give The Average Joe's Guide to Success: The Brilliant Overachievers Will Never See You Comingfive out of five stars.
******
The Average Joe's Guide to Success
View: on Bookshelves |
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