Prospect - Mapping Out Your Future [Paperback]

Illustrated by Tsai Chih Chung Sayling Wen (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1, 1999

Your future lies largely in your own hands. This is the basic premise of this book.

It is about facing your future, planning your destiny and working towards your personal goals. Besides exploring the meaning of life and the future of individuals, it also takes a look at the future of enterprices and their employees. At the same time, it sheds light on issues like choosing your employers, developing yourself, being your own boss, enhancing your company's competitiveness and much more. Blending sensible philosophy with practical advice, it elucidates the truth on today's complicated working world.

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About the Author

The author, Mr. Sayling Wen, offers advice and suggestions for both individuals and corporations based on his 20 over years of experience as a business leader in the Information Technology Industry of East Asia. Sharing his insights on maxmising individual prospects in the face of a rapidly changing environment, this little book of wisdom promises to open your eyes to see the world in a different light.

Sayling Wen, born January 21, 1948 Graduate Institute of Electronic and Electric Engineering National Taiwan University 1972 - Vice President, Santron Electronic Co., Ltd. 1973 - 1980 President, Kinpo Electronic Co., Ltd. 1980 - present Managing Director, Inventec Corporation

President, Inventec Corporation

Group Vice Chairman, Inventec Corporation

Product Details

• Paperback: 120 pages
• Publisher: Asiapac Books (February 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9812290893
• ISBN-13: 978-9812290892
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,375,735 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Rather elementary and abstract - but also thought-provoking., October 14, 2009

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Anthony (Vancouver, BC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Prospect - Mapping Out Your Future (Paperback)

Prospect - Mapping Out Your Future is Sayling Wen's opinion of what it takes to succeed in the world of work, and in life in general.

Targeted mainly at younger persons embarking on their careers; I found the book rather elementary and abstract. For example his chapter 4 - The Right Outlook on Life ends with "One has to first develop the right view towards life, and then adopt a balanced approach toward determining his future direction. Without the right view towards life, one will find it difficult to determine his future path, and his life may very well end up a mess." (p.-19) However Wen doesn't clearly define what the "right view" might consist of.

Wen illustrates his points with some examples from his career as an engineer and manager in IT manufacturing in Taiwan (do a web-search of his name for a bio). He does discuss, through short passages of text and cartoons, how humans have evolved to work in cooperative teams, and how this behavior still works within companies. Wen also has some good advice for business managers, and those considering leaving the employ of a company to start their own enterprise.

Overall there were some thought-provoking passages, and I'd have to say that reading this short book was worth my while.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fun to read, August 12, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Prospect - Mapping Out Your Future (Paperback)

Great fun-to-read book with nice illustrations