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How To Be Useful: A Beginner's Guide To Not Hating Work (2008)

by Megan Hustad(Favorite Author)

3.5 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0618713506 (ISBN13: 9780618713509)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

review 1: Megan Hustad seems like someone you could have a cocktail with in a Manhattan bar, and while you were sitting there chatting over drinks, she would entertain you with her witty overview of American self-help literature from the past century. Her chatty, having-cocktails tone makes me imagine that this would be a great book for, say, the dreamy art student who feels his soul being crushed as he enters his own cubicle for the very first time; practical, but with a conspiratorial "we both know this sucks, but trust me, you're going to want to know this" slant. In the end, though, it bears noting that Hustad is an editor-turned-freelance-writer, NOT a wildly successful business entrepreneur, so probably best to think of her tips more as cocktail party fare, less as tried-and... more-true business advice.
review 2: This was a nice compendium of information from the last 100 years of guides on how to be successful at work, framed in a modern perspective. It was interesting, but I think I was expecting something a little different when I checked it out from the library. Maybe more in the way of stories, rather than advice? The advice is good; if you're looking for a self-help book on how to become more successful in the workplace, especially if your first real job has disillusioned you a little bit (as mine has), you could do worse. less

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