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The Rules of Work: A Definitive Code for Personal Success

The Rules of Work: A Definitive Code for Personal Success

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Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Good Guide
Review: Richard's book is suitable for readers who want to get ahead in the workplace and need a "no-holds-barred" view. The book is divided into short sections of advice which reveal Richard's extensive experience in this subject matter:

My Favourites:

1) Under promise and over deliver Rule 1.5
2) Know what you want long term Rule 3.1
3) Anticipate threats Rule 3.9
4) Cultivate your support Rule 5.8
5) Don't give too much away Rule 10.5

Good guide for job-seekers and the newly-employed. Very easy to read and suitable for all working people.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Good Guide
Review: Richard's book is suitable for readers who want to get ahead in the workplace and need a "no-holds-barred" view. The book is divided into short sections of advice which reveal Richard's extensive experience in this subject matter:

My Favourites:

1) Under promise and over deliver Rule 1.5
2) Know what you want long term Rule 3.1
3) Anticipate threats Rule 3.9
4) Cultivate your support Rule 5.8
5) Don't give too much away Rule 10.5

Good guide for job-seekers and the newly-employed. Very easy to read and suitable for all working people.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: The Rules of work poor grammer in question
Review: This book is easy to read and gives very good basic advice to all who want to get ahead. However, its difficult to take him seriously when he uses words sych as "anit and wernt" through out the text. These words should be changed to were not or are not. To realy get ahead and be noticed this grade school vocabulry needs to be eliminated. This also raises some questions regarding about the authors credability. Is he realy who he says he is? Does he realy have the education and experience he claims? I find it very difficult to believe that someone like him would still use such poor venacular.
I can only give the book three stars for these offences.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Some good points, but forgets that we are human beings
Review: This book is very easy to read, and is split up into nice little bite-size chunks with tips on how to act in a workplace and increase your chances of going up the ladder.

It promotes things like don't gossip no matter what, walk the walk and talk the talk, etc. and makes you aware of things that you should look out for in your colleagues.

However, if you have some level of human compassion and if you really do carry out every single rule in the book, you may end up being pretty disgusted at yourself, going out at all human expense just to climb up the corporate ladder. The tone the author uses makes the 'rulebook' appear as some kind of cult, and 'no one must know you read this rule book, otherwise you are not a rule player'. Sometimes I found it a bit offensive and manipulative, and makes me wonder whether the author has any moral values or human emotions.


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