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Book review of WORK HARD-LY: A Cheat Guide to Success Paperback by Monica Iyengar

Posted on February 14, 2020February 14, 2020 by admin

About Book

Do you dread Mondays? Are you tense about your career? Are you fed up with your boss and colleagues? Is your company squeezing out every drop of your blood? If your answer to any of the above questions is yes, then this is the one-stop book that will help you not just see light at the end of the tunnel, but light up the entire tunnel! Most new employees join the workforce with misguided enthusiasm, putting in hard labour and spirited efficiency only to get disenchanted when their lazy, smooth-talking colleague gets the big promotion or raise. The reason this ‘smooth operator’ does well is because he knows what tilts the system in his favour. He has the behavioural ammunition to address questions such as: • How to appear busy when you are clearly not? • How to write a convincing email about something absolutely insignificant? • What’s the similarity between denial and falling in love with a serial womaniser? What’s that got to do with anything at work? • How to use English as the camouflage for lack of performance, knowledge or capability? • How to use MS Excel as a mark of intelligence? For those who often wonder why the incompetent ones are doing better, this book will reveal that success will be at your doorstep, if only you are ready to ‘work hard-ly’.

About the Author

MONICA IYENGAR pursued a Bachelors in Mathematics for no particular reason. She went on to get an MBA to make a quick buck. She spent 13 years in Business and Sales Management getting cheap thrills out of her designation and salary package. As a visiting faculty for Organization Development at the University, she bursts the bubble of wide-eyed MBA aspirants. She is also pursuing a Doctorate in Management because a good prefix never hurt anyone. She speaks four languages and loves the outdoors. She enjoys leading a healthy lifestyle and doesn’t drink alcohol because it is not available in her dry home state. She has a husband and a 6-year-old son.

review

Work hard-ly a chest guide to success.

#qotd – a successful moment in your life?

What a beautiful book! Quite impressive.

Almost 90% of people hate Mondays.
Do you also hate then, this book is for you?
How you can get rid of those feelings.

When we join a new company. We get different vibes and a lot of questions.
This book literally helps to understand it much better.

At the end of the everyone has to answer someone. Either by mail or call. This book can definitely help you to write better emails.

The book is very short around 108 pages but with huge values to have a great life in the company.

The book is divided into 13 short topics that we face in day to day corporate life.

Some of my favorite chapter
1. The art of being a craft
2. Team dynamics
3. Email: read write
4. How to use emotions
5. Office politics
6. Women in the workplace

This is a kind of related topic to me.

I’ll suggest you read it
If you already have a job or soon getting it
You will relate most of this book.

A solid recommendation to an employee.

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