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 Section on ADT is worth the price
This was my first time reading the Harvard Business Review books. The book is made up of 8 topics by different authors. I'm not used to this format so the topics felt short and leaving me wanting more.
The topic on "Overloaded Circuits" is fantastic. Dr. Hallowell describes ADT or Attention Deficit Trait. Similar to ADD but entirely created from the environment, ADT is a new condition brought about recently by the new technology that is pervasive in business today. Ever feel overloaded by the constant emails, phone calls, mobile phone calls, and "crackberry" alarms? Ever multi-task to a point where you feel like your work product is rarely adequate? I could go on about this topic but don't want to steal Dr. Hallowell's thunder. It's a must read. He also wrote an article on CNet News named "Why can't you pay attention anymore?"
Other topics such as "managing your boss" and "how to play to your strengths" provide a few new tips. My hang-up with the book is that some topics felt out of place such as the first topic on how leaders move up to the CxO level and the topic on getting advice from your boss.
 Trivialities and drivel
Absolutely uninteresting, I'm returning it. Did you know that you have to get enough sleep, eat well, and exercise? If not, learn it from this book.
Over the years, I've bought, oh probably like a dozen of these books (from this series, I mean) and, with the exception of Managing High-Tech Enterprise, found them completely unhelpful and uninteresting. Always self-contradictory, unintelligent, and droning, they remind me of the "self-help" book genre -- which is to say, politically-correct, vapid tripe that the publishers probably believe will sell in any quantities and no matter how bad, simply because people look forever for advice and will probably buy and keep buying. Very disappointing; I'm through with this series.
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