Sun Tzu's the Art of War Plus the Art of Career Building: Strategy for Your Work Life Third edition

Two books in one: the complete Art of War in its only award-winning translation and a line-by-line adaption of Sun Tzu's text to advancing your career. If you want a powerful new perspective on how to advance your career, this is the book for you. This book applies Sun Tzu?s methods specifically to the challenges of finding a better job, getting in-house promotions, dealing with office politics, combating internal rivals, navigating organizational conflicts, interpreting office rumors, and more. Its advice on career planning, company hierarchies, and changing jobs follows Sun Tzu?s principles line by line. The complete text of The Art of War is on the left-hand pages, and The Art of Career Building is on the facing right-hand pages. 224 pages. New edition contains a new introductory explanations of Sun Tzu's concepts, a glossary, an index, and list in each chapter to related articles in Sun Tzu's Playbook. Contents: Art of War (numbered chapters) Art of Career Building (chapter below) Foreword: A Winning Career Introduction: Sun Tzu?s Basic Concepts 1 Analysis Career Planning 2 Going to War Changing Jobs 3 Planning an Attack Picking the Right Job 4 Positioning Getting Promoted 5 Momentum Career Momentum 6 Weakness and Strength Organizational Politics 7 Armed Conflict Internal Conflict 8 Adaptability Flexibility in Your Career 9 Armed March Your Job Search 10 Field Position Evaluating Opportunities 11 Types of Terrain Career Stages 12 Attacking with Fire Winning a Job 13 Using Spies Using Contacts Glossary of Strategic Concepts Index of Topics in The Art of War About the Author