Career Warfare

Even though, reading Career Warfare was mandatory for me to read I am happy that I actually put effort in to reading it. The book is usually targeted towards working business people with a career ,but I am only a high school student with limited working experience and I think that I got the massage. This book teaches you how to build a personal brand that reflects what you are really worth, how to work with your boss, no matter where he or she stands in the organization, Why what you know isn't enough — your social skills count, too, why sometimes you have to acknowledge defeat and move on, why you sometimes have to take a stand and make enemies, how to handle the isolation that comes with success and not let yourself lose touch with those who really matter — your customers and shareholders, how to handle a major crisis without losing your identity or business, and how to take the calculated risks that will let you rise to the top and avoid. I do not have a career or any big business crisis yet, but when I do hopefully I will be prepared to handle them. Also, it talked about different dynamics in the work place between your boss, co-workers, and customers. While reading that I could see that in my everyday life, I actually started putting people in my life in the categories talked about in the book. A lot of the professionals that I talked to about the book said they reread the book over and over again because each time they learn something new. So I am definitely going to read this while I am in college, when i get my first adult job, and when I get into professional and personal relationships.