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"Just in time for college graduation comes a career guide for the smart liberal-arts grad who believes such guides are nothing more than a pile of self-help mush." Newsweek
"Very soon, despite the difficulty of job hunting in tough economic times, newly minted graduates will march into Day One of their first real jobs . . . With some luck, these neophytes might meet with someone like Megan Hustad . . . Part study of best-selling advice literature, part collection of cautionary tales from herself and her peers, the book is an engaging blend of prescription and cultural history . . . Hustad manages to make the process of identifying your professional goals and then setting out to achieve them palatable -- even hip." The Washington Post
"This smart little book is a wry new entry in the burgeoning literature of the new economy's workplace." The Chicago Tribune
"Author Megan Hustad combed through the dustiest self-help tomes for nuggets of wisdom that might actually apply to today's postcollegiates. The end result . . . has helpful career hints for associates and architect grunts alike." New York Magazine
"Most people wouldn't think that Dale Carnegie, Benjamin Disraeli and Paris Hilton belong in the same book; but they aren't Megan Hustad." The Globe and Mail
"A book that presents itself as a guide to workplace success but that is really a (frequently hilarious) meditation on the notion of ambition. " Guardian
"Hustad has done her homework, reading dozens of 'how to succeed' books, including some by such old-timers as Andrew Carnegie and Napoleon Hill sandwiched in with such relative newcomers as Stephen R. Covey and Donald Trump . . . the writing is bright [and] brassy." Booklist, ALA
"Every woman's guide to not hating work . . . full of timeless bits of mood-boosting wisdom." -Glamour
"Long story short: This is the book you'll want to travel back in time and press into the hands of your 22 year old self." - Galleycat
"A how-to guide for artsy young people with liberal arts degrees who [are] as bewildered by the realities of corporate life as [Hustad] had once been." - New York Observer
"Very soon, despite the difficulty of job hunting in tough economic times, newly minted graduates will march into Day One of their first real jobs . . . With some luck, these neophytes might meet with someone like Megan Hustad . . . Part study of best-selling advice literature, part collection of cautionary tales from herself and her peers, the book is an engaging blend of prescription and cultural history . . . Hustad manages to make the process of identifying your professional goals and then setting out to achieve them palatable -- even hip." The Washington Post
"This smart little book is a wry new entry in the burgeoning literature of the new economy's workplace." The Chicago Tribune
"Author Megan Hustad combed through the dustiest self-help tomes for nuggets of wisdom that might actually apply to today's postcollegiates. The end result . . . has helpful career hints for associates and architect grunts alike." New York Magazine
"Most people wouldn't think that Dale Carnegie, Benjamin Disraeli and Paris Hilton belong in the same book; but they aren't Megan Hustad." The Globe and Mail
"A book that presents itself as a guide to workplace success but that is really a (frequently hilarious) meditation on the notion of ambition. " Guardian
"Hustad has done her homework, reading dozens of 'how to succeed' books, including some by such old-timers as Andrew Carnegie and Napoleon Hill sandwiched in with such relative newcomers as Stephen R. Covey and Donald Trump . . . the writing is bright [and] brassy." Booklist, ALA
"Every woman's guide to not hating work . . . full of timeless bits of mood-boosting wisdom." -Glamour
"Long story short: This is the book you'll want to travel back in time and press into the hands of your 22 year old self." - Galleycat
"A how-to guide for artsy young people with liberal arts degrees who [are] as bewildered by the realities of corporate life as [Hustad] had once been." - New York Observer
Product Description
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.
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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Gurley Brown, Master Mind, Brooks Brothers, New York, New Thought, Dodging the Great Failure Army, Checking Yourself, Law of Attraction, Old Money, Dale Carnegie, Andrew Carnegie, New Money, Win Friends, Stephen Covey, Fifth Avenue, The Apprentice, Trump Tower, Emily Post, Jack Welch, Orison Swett Marden, Napoleon Hill, World War, Wall Street, Thomas Edison, Get What You Want Browse Sample Pages:
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Gurley Brown, Master Mind, Brooks Brothers, New York, New Thought, Dodging the Great Failure Army, Checking Yourself, Law of Attraction, Old Money, Dale Carnegie, Andrew Carnegie, New Money, Win Friends, Stephen Covey, Fifth Avenue, The Apprentice, Trump Tower, Emily Post, Jack Welch, Orison Swett Marden, Napoleon Hill, World War, Wall Street, Thomas Edison, Get What You Want Browse Sample Pages:
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