Get Paid More and Promoted Faster: 21 Great Ways to Get Ahead in Your Career [Hardcover]

Brian Tracy (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 9, 2001

21 Great Ways to Get Ahead in Your Career

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About the Author

Brian Tracy is one of America's leading authorities on the development of human potential and personal effectiveness. He's a dynamic and inspiring speaker with a wonderful ability to inform and inspire audiences toward peak performance and high levels of achievement. Prior to founding Brian Tracy International, Tracy was the chief operating officer of a development company with $265 million in assets and $75 million in annual sales. He has had successful careers in sales and marketing, investments, real estate development and syndication, importation, distribution and management consulting. Tracy has traveled and worked in over 80 countries on six continents and speaks four languages. Tracy has produced more than 200 hours of audio and video learning programs covering the entire spectrum of human and corporate performance.

From AudioFile

If, like most people, you do most of your life's work in an organization, here's a super guide to getting more done and being recognized for it. Like all the author's programs, the ideas are so fundamental and rich in meaning that the listener never tires of hearing them. They are at once wise, practical, and inspirational, and it's easy to see why Tracy's audios are perennial bestsellers. The effectiveness of his programs is virtually unparalleled in terms of organization, hard-hitting conciseness, and the hope and optimism of his narration. Though the program is only an hour long, you'll want to hear it on a regular basis for years to come. T.W. © AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 110 pages
• Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers; 1st edition (August 9, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1583762078
• ISBN-13: 978-1583762073
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.7 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #895,273 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Brian Tracy is one of America's leading authorities on the development of human potential and personal effectiveness. A dynamic and inspiring speaker, he addresses thousands of people each year on the subjects of personal and professional development, including the executives and staff of such firms as IBM, Arthur Andersen, McDonnell Douglas, and The Million Dollar Round Table. Prior to founding his own firm, Brian Tracy International, he had successful careers in sales and marketing, investments, real estate development, distribution, and management consulting. Tracy is the author of thirteen previous books including the bestselling book Maximum Achievement. He is also the author/narrator of numerous bestselling audiocassette programs, including The Psychology of Achievement and How to Start and Succeed in Your Own Business.

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It's pretty good, January 16, 2002

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Marty Miller (Columbia, MD United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Get Paid More and Promoted Faster: 21 Great Ways to Get Ahead in Your Career (Hardcover)

Don't buy this book. Instead, buy a cup of coffee at the bookstore and take 20 minutes out to read it at the bookstore.

The other reviewers who bad mouthed this book are right. It is all common sense. But most self help is common sense. However, sometimes it helps to be reminded of what we should be doing to get further along in our careers. I believe that if you followed his advice completely, you would get promoted and paid more, but you wouldn't make small talk at work, you wouldn't have social life outside of work, you wouldn't listen to music in your car (only audio-books), and you'd probably be a really boring and serious person.

But if you take half of his advice (like reading for an hour each day about something in your field) you'd come out a better person. All for the price of a cup of coffee.

But it's written well.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Get Paid More and Promoted Faster, September 22, 2001

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"ericvn" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Get Paid More and Promoted Faster: 21 Great Ways to Get Ahead in Your Career (Hardcover)

This book was a very disappointing collection of weak common-sense philosophies for getting ahead in your career. Basic lip service that might be somewhat helpful to a twenty year old bagging groceries for a living, but certainly useless for any motivated person who has started their career. Mr. Tracy's "book" is more like a pamphlet, in content, and can't hold a candle to strong career enhancement books like The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People or Winning Through Intimidation. I only purchased this book because I read a favorable write up of it on CNN's web site-I guess I will have to take their recommendations with a grain of salt in the future.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Nothing but a stating of the obvious., November 14, 2001

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Brooks White (Little Rock, AR United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Get Paid More and Promoted Faster: 21 Great Ways to Get Ahead in Your Career (Hardcover)

There is nothing in this little book that anyone of any experience at all does not already know. It contains such profound advice as "work hard," "set definite career goals," "find a career that you enjoy," and "have a positive attitude." The only career that the author will further with this book is his own career as an author of junk self-help books containing nothing but baked-over, recycled advice that has already been put into print many times before. A complete waste of time and money.