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Devora Zack is CEO of Only Connect Consulting and a global keynote speaker. Her clients include the US Patent and Trademark Office, the Smithsonian, Delta Airlines, the US Food and Drug Administration, the Australian Institute of Management, Johns Hopkins, Cornell University, and the National mostra'n més Institutes of Health. She has been featured by the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, ABC-TV, CNBC, CNN Money, US News World Report, Women's Health, Cosmo, Self, Fast Company, and many more. She is the bestselling author of Managing for People Who Hate Managing and Singletasking, which have been published in over thirty languages. mostra'n menys

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The Story of the Real Life Deus ex Machina

I've been feeling really anxious and insecure about school and about how I'm always so busy and yet unable to get anything done. Today, I was feeling restless again, so I took a walk just to get out of the house and do something else for a change. I bought some groceries and was heading back home when, on a whim, I decided to walk past the entrance to my building and head to the bookstore nearby. I was browsing aimlessly when the title of this book caught my eye. I read through the first few pages and was hooked. It's a short read: you get sucked in easily and the author's distinct voice and humour, the real-life examples, and her solid advice are more than enough to keep you engrossed.

I finished the book there, in one uncomfortable standing, and came home, still feeling anxious and insecure, but now acutely more aware of my surroundings, my mind, and my really incredibly awful habits. Later, I tried this relatively foreign concept of that thing they call… 'focusing'… and with Spotify closed, my phone in my bag, and a promise to myself to remain in the moment, I finished editing an essay I've been putting off.

As my sister scoffed, it's probably all common sense, but for some reason I feel like this book has already helped me.
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piquareste | Hi ha 2 ressenyes més | Jun 3, 2020 |
Worth reading if you're an introvert who has truly hated or not seen the benefit of networking. If you have some grasp of its benefits, then this book offers tips for how to do networking "the introvert way," without draining your resources or trying to make you something you're not. But like I said: networking has its benefits, and yes, you need to do it.
 
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Bart_Leahy | Hi ha 5 ressenyes més | May 27, 2019 |
Meh. . .

Multitasking has got me this far and I am not pulling my hair out yet. She didn't convince me.
 
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kemilyh1988 | Hi ha 2 ressenyes més | Jan 16, 2017 |
‘There is no such thing as failure, only feedback.’

Okay, so here’s my feedback.

The tips are useful, I can't deny that. Prepare beforehand, focus on a small number of people, ask open-ended questions, leave when you become tired, treat people the way they want to treated, tip staff, remember names, take notes on all interactions afterwards, and follow-up within a couple of days with a thoughtful email. That’s the basics.

The title doesn’t reflect the entire book. A more accurate title would be ‘Introverts vs. Extroverts: How to deal with all types of people’. The author is a ‘confident introvert’ and so the focus is on identifying and understanding introverts. The book starts off by drawing up the pros and cons of being in either camp and those that fall in the middle of the scale, centroverts. A self-assessment is included to identify which camp the reader is in however, I don’t believe it’s a very accurate. It seems to be skewed towards identifying introverts as centroverts.

If you're an introvert but haven't really thought about it much before, then you'll probably be really happy when your introverted attributes have been validated here, and might find yourself saying, "That's me!" The author really tries to wipe away the negativity associated with being an introvert and I have to applaud her for her efforts. Zack argues introverts are often misunderstood and should be valued for their positive characteristics because we as society wouldn't be able to function without them, especially as it's supposedly split 50/50 extroverts and introverts.

Much later we finally get to the tips on business networking functions (with a small section on job searching), which in itself is a very narrow subject area considering the author states ‘Life is one giant networking opportunity’ although you can extrapolate some of the tips for other social situations.

‘The case of the rambling introvert’ –that’s the entire book, most notably the second half. Lots of rambling. This could be condensed into either a shorter book (by a third, at least) or a long but concise article/essay. All of the real-world examples given weren’t necessary. Some I skipped completely because I all ready had the gist of what was being said. On the other hand, sometimes it was unclear and I wished the author was more direct and forthcoming.

I'm glad I got this at a substantially reduced price at £1.39. I wouldn't be happy if I'd bought it at today's price of over £7. I'm hoping [b:Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking|8520610|Quiet The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking|Susan Cain|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1328562861s/8520610.jpg|13387396] will be, overall, a more rewarding read.


*Bought in the 12 Days of Kindle sale of Xmas 2011.
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Cynical_Ames | Hi ha 5 ressenyes més | Sep 23, 2014 |

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