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Run With the Bulls Without Getting Trampled

The Qualities You Need to Stay Out of Harm's Way and Thrive at Work

Audiobook (Includes supplementary content)
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1 of 1 copy available

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?

Accompanying graphics are included in the audiobook companion PDF download.

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    • Publisher's Weekly

      November 27, 2006
      For the 85% of Americans who feel unhappy and unfulfilled by their work, Irwin provides a thoughtful examination of the likely causes and strategies for reversing course. His insight into the seven traits that underlie success and personal fulfillment are based on thousands of executive interviews he has conducted during his career as a corporate psychologist. He sharpens his message with stories of courage, perseverance and periodic disappointment from his own life—such as running with the bulls in Spain, crossing a glacier and helping a son through a Little League crisis. Though he sometimes overwrites, his points are still valid (e.g., he compares personal integrity to a submarine hull: even the slightest fissure can sink the whole ship). The exercises to help readers function with greater authenticity are neither gimmicky nor time-consuming. For example, he suggests examining a decision's validity by considering how the rationale would sound if explained to an investigative reporter on 60 Minutes
      . Irwin offers more personal insight than most management book authors and may save readers from hours on a therapist's couch.

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