A Cynic’s Business Wisdom
eBook - ePub

A Cynic’s Business Wisdom

Winning Through Flexible Ethics

  1. 175 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

A Cynic’s Business Wisdom

Winning Through Flexible Ethics

About this book

A Cynic's Business Wisdom is an entrepreneur's manual from the edgy perspective that cynicism teaches us to have a healthy respect for the unexpected.

It equips us to effectively deal with real-world business challenges and capitalize on opportunities. Essentially, it is the flip side of all those "instant-gratification-sugar-coated-success-guaranteed-get-rich-overnight" books.

This manual is a keen reflection of converting collegiate knowledge into actions that are intended to give you an advantage in dealing with people, selling, networking, negotiating, managing, and controlling every business situation you find yourself in.

It responds to questions posed and issues raised by entrepreneurs, academics, trainers, mentors, and businesspeople over all my years delivering business consulting, and expounds on my advanced business workshops, and on my very own business ventures.

Business often is not pretty. Business is not always fair. People are out to win at virtually any cost. Those footsteps you hear are a constant reminder that you have a target on your back. Flexible business ethics are part of empowering you to play by your own rules, recognize that business is a game, nobody owes you a break, there are no black-and-white norms, and that business ethics are flexible.

Understand how to play the game to win.

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Information

Year
2020
Print ISBN
9781952538506
eBook ISBN
9781952538513

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Abstract
  7. Contents
  8. Overture
  9. Chapter 1 What Is Business? It’s Not Rocket Science
  10. Chapter 2 Business Is a Game
  11. Chapter 3 Be a Business Rebel
  12. Chapter 4 Business Is Inspired Craziness
  13. Chapter 5 The Glorified Image of Being Self-Employed
  14. Chapter 6 Flexible Business Ethics
  15. Chapter 7 Use the System. Rule the System.
  16. Chapter 8 The Human Instinct to Fight on Another Day
  17. Chapter 9 The Psychology of Business
  18. Chapter 10 “What’s in It for Me”(WIIFM) Thinking
  19. Chapter 11 Planning Is Dreaming and Scheming
  20. Chapter 12 Opportunities and the Shiny Coin Syndrome
  21. Chapter 13 Communications and Networking Involves Talking AND Listening. Sounds So Easy, Right?
  22. Chapter 14 Never Surrender Control. You Earned It. You Keep It
  23. Chapter 15 Marketing: Setting Up the Almighty Sale
  24. Chapter 16 Sales Are Your Lifeblood
  25. Chapter 17 Be Yourself, or Someone Else: Playacting Is Part of Business
  26. Chapter 18 Running Your Business, Not Vice Versa
  27. Chapter 19 Money, Money, Money
  28. Chapter 20 There’s a Time to Quit. Here’s How
  29. Chapter 21 More Business Adventures of How It Works in Real Life
  30. About the Author
  31. Index
  32. Back Cover

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