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How to Be Useful: A Beginner's Guide to Not Hating Work

by Megan Hustad

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ISBN10: 0618713506
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There's a lot of career advice out there. Much of it dumb. But what if someone read all the advice books — over a hundred years' worth — and put all the good ideas in one place? Could you finally escape the cube? Stop mailing things? Be happier?

In How to Be Useful, Megan Hustad dismantles the myths of getting ahead and helps you navigate the murky waters of office life. Humorous yet wise, irreverent yet marvelously practical, this book will help you learn

Why "just being yourself" is a terrible idea.

How to be smart, but not too smart.

Why you shouldn't be "nice."

When not to be good at your job.

How to screw up with grace and dignity.

Why shoes matter.

The right and wrong ways to talk trash about yourself.

That ambition, practiced wisely, is a noble thing.

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About the Author

MEGAN HUSTAD is a former book editor, former bookstore manager, and current freelance writer. Originally from the wilds of Minneapolis, she now lives in New York City. She is addicted to buying 50? midcentury paperbacks with interesting cover graphics, and should soon be able to boast the country's largest private collection of bad vintage business books.
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Table of Contents

Introduction xi 1 On Being a Poseur » 1 Early Capitalists on Why Writing Business Letters Takes Longer Than Reading Them Does

2 Dodging the Great Failure Army » 18 Orison Swett Marden on the Strange Power of Finding Something Nice to Say

3 Party Tips for the Nouveau Riche » 36 Etiquette and the Importance of Asking Questions

4 On Near Universal Self-Absorption » 53 How to Win Friends and Infl uence People by Recognizing What Navel-Gazers People Are

5 The Master Mind » 73 Napoleon Hill on the Proper Use of Friendship

6 Checking Yourself at the Door » 91 What Brooks Brothers and Midcentury Handwringing over Bland Conformity Reveal About Personal Style

7 When Its Just Not About You » 108 Helen Gurley Brown on Having Ones Underwear Forcibly Removed

Interlude » 129 Why Most Everything from the 1970s Doesnt Help

8 Self-Deprecation » 136 The Art of Humble Beginnings Stories

9 On Defense » 153 The Dark Heart of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

10 The Uses of No » 171 Donald Trump and “Youre Fired”

Epilogue » 190 Acknowledgments » 197 Bibliography » 199 Index » 224

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CWhoa, September 1, 2009 (view all comments by CWhoa)
This is a more entry level angle, but the genius of it is that she's a snarky young thang who sits down with every management book (Seven Habits of yada yada) and distills and analyzes their points in a way that won't make you snooze.

For people with older managers, it shows you where they're coming from, for people managing younger folks, it shows you what they're thinking of where you're coming from.

I was flat out befuddled that a manager kept asking me 'out for a latte' until I read this book and realized it was a common piece of advice in the 80s to get your employee to open up and feel pampered. Har har.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780618713509
Subtitle:
A Beginner's Guide to Not Hating Work
Author:
Hustad, Megan
Publisher:
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Subject:
Career development
Subject:
Success in business
Subject:
Business Life - General
Subject:
General
Subject:
General Self-Help
Subject:
Success
Subject:
Business Writing
Subject:
Business - General
Copyright:
2008
Edition Description:
Paper Over Board
Publication Date:
20080502
Binding:
Hardback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
256
Dimensions:
8.28x5.95x.83 in. .79 lbs.
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