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Nicholas Bate runs Strategic Edge Ltd that works extensively with individuals and teams in organisations as similar and different as Microsoft, Marks & Spencer, Philips Electronics, Hudson Global, Intel - as well as many non-corporate organisations, even primary schools. He is the author of Unplugged!, JFDI: The definitive guide to realising your dreams and Being the best: The A-Z of Personal Success.
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Nicholas Bate runs Strategic Edge Ltd, a consultancy that has a simple vision: to "enable individuals to realise and release their potential." He works extensively with individuals and teams in organisations as similar and different as Microsoft, Marks & Spencer, Philips Electronics, Hudson Global, Intel - as well as many non-corporate organisations, even primary schools. Nicholas is the author of Unplugged!, JFDI: The definitive guide to realising your dreams and Being the best: The A-Z of Personal Success.
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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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Maybe because I am fairly happy with my lot in life, I can't really be bothered to implement the 'learnings' from this book in order to influence people and situations, but I was interested enough to see if this was a Gordon Gekko kind of read.
It did make me question whether, though I'm not rich or hugely successful in material or professional terms, but do have a job in this current economic climate, and decent health and a loving family, it is worth wanting and pining for more, whatever the price? It's not to say that I wouldn't like more - who wouldn't - but is it worth mental trials, aleniating people, being manipulative and so self-focussed? Certainly not in my book - pun intended.
I can't see myself sitting and visualising and conceptualising and analysing others' responses to a proposal I might make - I'd rather spend my time thinking the proposal through and working on any weaknesses rather than exploiting others. And exploiting is the word that immediately sprang to mind as soon as I read the opening 2 chapters.
Chapters include: You Might Need To Act, So Rehearse/Pretend To Get An Outsider's View/WIIFM? aka What's In It For Me...IMHO, for your manipulator/influencer-type person, this may become a kind of Bible, but for someone who likes to have a clear conscience, and be fair in what she does, this is not for me.
It did make me question whether, though I'm not rich or hugely successful in material or professional terms, but do have a job in this current economic climate, and decent health and a loving family, it is worth wanting and pining for more, whatever the price? It's not to say that I wouldn't like more - who wouldn't - but is it worth mental trials, aleniating people, being manipulative and so self-focussed? Certainly not in my book - pun intended.
I can't see myself sitting and visualising and conceptualising and analysing others' responses to a proposal I might make - I'd rather spend my time thinking the proposal through and working on any weaknesses rather than exploiting others. And exploiting is the word that immediately sprang to mind as soon as I read the opening 2 chapters.
Chapters include: You Might Need To Act, So Rehearse/Pretend To Get An Outsider's View/WIIFM? aka What's In It For Me...IMHO, for your manipulator/influencer-type person, this may become a kind of Bible, but for someone who likes to have a clear conscience, and be fair in what she does, this is not for me.
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Good read, but nothing I didn't already know...
28 Dec 2011
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
Have it Your Way is a refreshing read that reminds the reader how we should behave in public situations. Granted, you won't read anything that our elders haven't already taught us, but it was nice to read about handling your thoughts and behaviors regarding others. For example, there is a section that helps the reader to stop thinking about themselves and "put yourself in their shoes." Bates also reminds to always "see the bigger picture" and to stop misjudging others in particular situations. The section of the book that I took with me deals with choosing the right time to approach the person whom you need something. The author then creates artificial scenarios to demonstrate appropriatness. Overall, a nice read to reinforce what most of us already know.
I received this free eBook for reviewing purposes.
I received this free eBook for reviewing purposes.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
A regular qiute boring read
23 Jan 2012
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All informations written down on the book are already known to everybody else, nothing is new. Same approach as most writters do... Unfortunately, i started reading it so I had to finish it btw.
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