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Wednesday, April 14, 2021

The Unspoken Rules: Secrets to Starting Your Career Off Right

 


The Unspoken Rules: Secrets to Starting Your Career Off Right 



Gorick Ng's The Unspoken Rules are very handy for new employees as well as anyone who wants to streamline their approach at work. If you have done an internship, then you have some idea about the workplace, if not, you need a primer like this book to have a good chance of knowing yourself, the workplace colleagues and the environment.
Ng offers many frameworks to find out your external and internal narratives as well as understanding the context, place and people. With easy to follow diagrams you can master skills like managing your workload, prioritizing your work as to what's urgent and important. There is even a section on how to deal with mistakes. Sometimes it can get harrowing as to how to deal with the different types of communications that need to be done. There is a good table that indicates, based on the data and need, what the appropriate format is. Very handy book for anyone who wants to organize their approach to handling the juggling job of career.
With a book that has the contribution from over 900 people, you are on the right path to manging your intent and impact.

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