You've Only Got Three Seconds

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Summary: Wonderful Career Advice From A Professional!
Review: One on one consultation with First Rate professionals such as Mrs. Lavington can be extremely costly. Here we have an opportunity to pick up her pearls of wisdom for the price of a paperback book. This is a bargain! YOHTS is packed with good solid everyday and tactics that can be used to advance one's career or prevent others from derailing it. There is a downside: I believe that the younger one is, the more he/she will benefit from YOHTS. While it's true that "it is never too late", the earlier in life one is "wised up" the better. I certainly wish that I had encountered this sooner than I did. The upside is that this is NOT a Machiavellian, sneaky, manipulative font of advice. Rather the author concentrates on advising her readers to parry the outrageous thrusts of the manipulative types we have all encountered on the job. Like any good self help work, YOHTS is not to be devoured in a few sittings. One should read carefully, take notes, think about it and let the advice sink into our everyday-working behavior. A personal note: About ten years ago, my church group invited the author to a one-day seminar. I was totally impressed with Mrs. Lavington's poise, sincerity, professionalism and obvious knowledge of the real world. I wish I had hired her then. Rest assured that this lady is on the level. Readers can take her advice to the bank. This reviewer would especially urge younger amazoners to read YOHTS early in your career. Thank me later.

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Summary: Amazing book, right to the heart of the problems.
Review: This book by Camille Lavington is exceptional to understand what you have to do to survive and excell in the business and in your own life. The book suggests the best way to approach problems at work and to solve them with a smile and a winner attitude. The reader can also perform a self test to understand better where he/she stands and what to do to improve. I found the suggestion on the ethics of dining and behaving with other countries business people very, very helpfull. I think that this book should be read by everybody that would like to improve their personality and their position in the society. The book is easy to read and goes straight to the point without waisting the reader time. Good job Mrs. Lavington! (Vascular Surgeon NY)

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Summary: Good For What It Forces You To Do...
Review: Which is examine your career search tactics. Otherwise, you will not get much in the way of "hidden wisdom" from this volume. Most of the advice in this book -- especially the early chapters -- is fairly simple and obvious. Hopefully, if you're searching for career advancement guides, you know to dress well and shower before a job interview. Too much weight is given to evaluation techniques (Myers-Briggs, Rohrsach, and even handwriting analysis) that provide dubious, if not outright wrong, feedback on whether or not a candidate will succeed in a given career. Never are the tools of "good" employers mentioned: e.g. structured interviews or career assessment camps. Lavington claims to have insider information, but really is only sharing with you what you already know. Use the book to force yourself into a good, strong introspective period. Don't look to it for any real advice.