Claw Your Way to the Top: How to Become the Head of a Major Corporation in Roughly a Week
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| Rating | : | 4.80 (639 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00005460G |
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| Number of Pages | : | 146 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-11-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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Not Barry at his best Not Barry at his best. Rather than exaggerating the truth for humor as he usually does, this book is artificial and mean. Scott Adams is also mean but based on truth -- which makes Dilbert funny.. "Corporate Comic Relief" according to FLbeachbum. I'm in the middle of reading the Enron story, "The Smartest Guys in the Room", and decided to take a brief intermission. And what should I find on the shelf but "Claw Your Way to the Top" by Dave Barry. It's one of the few Barry books that I've missed, and very appropriate while I'm in "Let's Try to Dissect the Corporation" mode. Except that maybe I shouldn't have sat down to read it right there in the Public Library, since it was work trying to stifle m. Kevin Barrack said Not As Good As His Later Books. This book was written in 1986. Although it is decent, it is probably the only Dave Barry book in my collection that I don't re-read occasionally. The jokes just seemed a bit staged as compared to his later writing, because the book doesn't reference any true life stories. If that's what you prefer, then this book will suit you fine, but I prefer the "I'm-Not-Making-This-Up" stories of actual events that are his trademark.If you are looking for a humor bo
They are human beings with the same dreams as you. . Chances are probably infinitesimal that you are currently the head of a major corporation. But you can dramatically increase the probability that you will end up where you belong in the corporate hierarchy by following choice bits of wisdom such as the following: "Remember: your subordinates are not machines. 3 hrs., unless you're already a CEO with a Lear Jet). Probably they don't have the one where you're naked in a vat of Yoo-Hoo with the Soviet gymnastics team." Um, thanks Dave! If you're looking at one of the cassette editions of this title, note that you can absorb all this wisdom while listening to it in your car or Walkman in the course of one commute to work (estimated time: approx. OK, maybe not all the same dreams
2 cassettes.. Unabridged. Barry offers hilarious tips on getting to the top and staying there