Nuts, Bolts, and Jolts: Fundamental Business and Life Lessons You Must Know [Paperback]

Richard A. Moran (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 30, 2006

The bestselling bullet point king is back with his most comprehensive guide, Nuts, Bolts, and Jolts: Fundamental Business and Life Lessons You Must Know. Imparting more than just humorous observations, Nuts, Bolts, and Jolts offers prescriptions for the common workplace ills.

These insights are the true "nuts and bolts" of business fundamentals, yet you won't find this bullet-proof advice in any MBA program or employee handbook. Developed from years of observations (and countless awkward moments), Nuts, Bolts, and Jolts delivers over 2,000 bullets of dead-on advice ranging from how to always stay productive to knowing what food not eat before an important meeting.

Nuts, Bolts, and Jolts does not promise to make you a billionaire, but it does offer a roadmap to:

-Understanding that work isn't something to dread

-Achieving a level of balance between life and work

-Using common sense that will impress your boss, so he/she will show you the money

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Richard A. Moran pioneered the concept of "prescriptive business bullets" in his best selling book Never Confuse a Memo with Reality. He is a former Accenture Partner and serves on several corporate boards. He consults worldwide and attempts to get individuals and organizations to do the right thing and to understand the changing workplace. Moran lives in San Francisco with his wife and four children. Sometimes called, "Dilbert with a prescription", Nuts, Bolts and Jolts is his sixth book.

Product Details

• Paperback: 246 pages
• Publisher: Rooftop Publishing; 1st edition (September 30, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1600080154
• ISBN-13: 978-1600080159
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 4.9 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #616,635 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If You've Ever Lived in a Cubicle, October 7, 2006

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Daniel B. Hooven "Bricaleur" (Calistoga, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nuts, Bolts, and Jolts: Fundamental Business and Life Lessons You Must Know (Paperback)

Moran is a clever and witty writer. He's obviously spent a lot of time in offices and working on computers. If your life involves cubicles, computers, or just spending your days among other people, Nuts, Bolts, and Jolts has information for you, be it in the form of gentle hints about behavior or blunt imperitives of which you might not be aware. I've been around for a while, and some of the book's revelations opened my eyes to possibilities I hadn't thought about.

Business writing, in my experience, is often egotistical ("This is the way I do it) or obtuse. N, B, and J is neither. It's fun to read and astonishingly informative, and much more humanistic than businessy.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not just for those who work in cubes!, November 22, 2006

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ZF Micro Solutions CEO (Palo Alto, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nuts, Bolts, and Jolts: Fundamental Business and Life Lessons You Must Know (Paperback)

Those who inhabit corner offices would do well to read it and gain insights into the "unwritten rules" that may be getting in the way of their company's progress. We need rules to avoid chaos but occasionally we need to purge the dumb ones. Management and staff could use this book to help open the kind of dialogue that would help everyone realize they are all in the same boat. Once that happens the boat could be streamlined for success by dumping excess rules. Highly recommended by this CEO.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's all in one nice package!, October 16, 2006

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Peninsula Bibliophile "amb" (Redwood City, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nuts, Bolts, and Jolts: Fundamental Business and Life Lessons You Must Know (Paperback)

What a find! This book is loaded with easy to digest wit and wisdom for the work place (and life). When you're looking for just a few words to inspire yourself or others you're bound to find them in Nut, Bolts, and Jolts. I read it once quickly from cover to cover but now keep one by my nightstand and one in my office. When I need a little jolt I pick it up and usually find just the right few words to get myself back on track. Many friends and colleagues will find this gift-wrapped and under the tree this Christmas.