The Go-getter
Start Publishing LLC · Print & ebook · November 1, 2012
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- Who it’s for
- A brisk parable about bringing honesty and determination to tests of ambition.
- Themes
- Honesty and responsibility, Determination through obstacles, Career ambition
- Genres
- Business Motivation, Leadership, Career Development
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In The Go-Getter, Bill Peck, a war veteran, persuades Cappy Ricks, the influential founder of the Rick's Logging & Lumbering Company, to let him prove himself by selling skunk wood in odd lengths-a job that everyone knows can only lead to failure. When Peck goes on to beat his quota, Rick hands Peck the ultimate opportunity and the ultimate test: the quest for an elusive blue vase.
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Drawing on such classic values as honesty, determination, passion, and responsibility, Peck overcomes nearly insurmountable obstacles to find the vase and launch hia career as a successful manager. In a time when jobs are tight and managers are too busy for mentoring, how can you maintain positive energy, take control of your career, and prepare yourself to ace the tests that come your way? By applying the timeless lessons in this compulsively readable parable, employees at all levels can learn to rekindle the go-getter in themselves.
Ambition With Backbone
A brisk parable about bringing honesty and determination to tests of ambition.
Come here for
- Career-minded encouragement grounded in honesty, responsibility, and drive
- A compact parable about proving yourself when the odds look poor
Expect
- A values-led take on ambition, work, and earning trust
- More moral fable than step-by-step career manual
Where it sits
| Career Development | 35% |
|---|---|
| Leadership | 30% |
| Business Motivation | 29% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Time-Travel Romance
- Time Travel Fiction
- War Fiction
- Authors
- Peter B. Kyne
- Publisher
- Start Publishing LLC
- Published
- November 1, 2012
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Honesty and responsibility · Determination through obstacles · Career ambition
- Reading lane
- Time-Travel Romance