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The Adventures of Johnny Bunko: The Last Career Guide You'll Ever Need
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Manufacturer: Riverhead Trade
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 650.14
EAN: 9781594482915
ISBN: 1594482918
Label: Riverhead Trade
Manufacturer: Riverhead Trade
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 160
Publication Date: 2008-04-01
Publisher: Riverhead Trade
Studio: Riverhead Trade
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Editorial Reviews:
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"From a New York Times, BusinessWeek, and Washington Post bestselling author comes a first-of-its- kind career guide for a new generation of job seekers.There's never been a career guide like it.the fully illustrated story (ingeniously told in Manga form) of a young Everyman just out of college who lands his first job. Johnny Bunko is new to parachute company Boggs Corp., and he stumbles through his early days as a working stiff until a crisis prompts him to find a new job. Step by step he builds a career, illustrating as he does the six core lessons of finding, keeping, and flourishing in satisfying work: There is no plan ,Forget about your weaknesses, Persistence trumps talent, It's not about you ,Make excellent mistakes, Leave an imprintSmart, engaging, and insightful, The Adventures of Johnny Bunko offers practical advice for anyone looking to start a rewarding career."
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Summary: Overrrated...Definitely worth checking out at the Library...
Comment: Save yourself some of your hard earned scratch and read this "book" in 15 minutes in the library. You get all the 6 lessons you need by reading the reviews here and everything else is just watered down for young readers...is this really what it has come to?
Yeah, yeah, I know manga is popular in Japan, and this is a quick and easy read. Just not much depth to it and the insight is not riveting, mind-blowing or game changing.
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Summary: Message Delivered
Comment: Not to be taken as the only career guide one should follow, the book is a first insight for the young man who has in his mind the doubts of working.
Customer Rating:
Summary: It's Worth A Read
Comment: I love this author. I think that his book A Whole New Mind is pure genius. I love the way Daniel Pink views the world (standing on his head?) because he challenges the status quo and leads us to consider different ideas, options, and ideologies that are necessary to take ourselves, and our organizations to new levels of success. I like the simplicity of Johnny Bunko and the six lessons that he teaches us. As obvious as the six lessons might seem at first, if you apply them to a job search, your current job, and/or to life you have a great strategy for success. In today's crazy job market and world at large, lesson number 4: "Persistence Trumps Talent" is especially useful because we are all going to have to be quite persistent to get through the next year!
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Summary: Better than most career books
Comment: Not only is this the "Last Career Guide You'll Ever Need," it's the "Best Career Guide You Could Ever Want!" This book took a fun approach that appeals to young readers (like myself) who are less likely to pick up a career book and more likely to log on to fast, easy, breezy job search sites like RiseSmart or Monster.
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Summary: Go, Johhny, Go!
Comment: I thoroughly enjoyed both the presentation and substance of this wonderful little book. Pink does a great job of delivering his message within the genre of manga. Well done and balanced. Full of good advice. Delivered in a fun way.
I wouldn't have picked this book on my own. Yes, I would have judged a book by its cover. I've seen other "business" books try to deliver their message in a non-traditional format. Those have failed. This one succeeded. Kudos to a friend of mine who suggested and actively promotes this volume.
This is a serious book full of solid advice and wisdom.
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