Run With the Bulls Without Getting Trampled: The Qualities You Need to Stay Out of Harm's Way and Thrive at Work

by Tim Irwin

By some estimates, we will spend over 100,000 hours at work during our lifetime. With more than half of our waking hours revolving around work, our means of producing a paycheck has become one of the most dominant dimensions of our lives, absorbing a huge commitment of our life energies.Unfortunately for so many, our work is not what we relish but rather a major source of pain. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to be able to say at the end of our lives, “My work was worth it--the challenges, the hardships, and the rewards. I invested those years well. I made a difference”? How can we learn to work this way?In Run With the Bulls Without Getting Trampled, veteran corporate psychologist Tim Irwin presents the distilled essence of what makes some succeed and others derail in the workplace. Using compelling real-life stories to launch each chapter, not only is Irwin transparent with the lessons he has learned from his own experiences, but he also shares the invaluable insights and principles he has gathered from thousands of interviews with senior executives.Featuring Irwin’s seven critical success factors as well as six common career derailers, this hard-hitting but entertaining book is your guide to finding lasting fulfillment in your career. After all, you are investing so much into your job. Shouldn’t it also be investing in you?

Genres: Leadership

224 pages, Paperback

First published January 2, 2007

Reviews

[Lori Grant · Rating 5 out of 5]

A must-read book on executive ability in managing your career.

[Russell Hayes · Rating 2 out of 5]

The author effectively used stories at the beginning of each chapter to illustrate his points. That served to keep the pace moving, making the book an almost too-quick read.

Even still, many of the points were mere common sense, as is the case in all books of this genre.

Throughout this entire book I kept thinking that the author was using Christian morality to describe success in the workplace, albeit clothing it in secular terms.

Much to my surprise and delight, at the end of the book the author declared his faith in the personal, loving God of the Bible.

[Leslie Yong · Rating 5 out of 5]

this is a very good self-help management book on aligning ourlife purpose and aim to succeed in life.
it endorses the belief that working skillfully helps us to stay out of harm's way and thrive at work.

[Jeff · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book for leaders and managers. I really like the way Tim thinks.