Conclusions

Onwards, Upwards and Over to You

It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan.

Eleanor Roosevelt

This book is titled How To Win. It's about developing a winning outlook. It's about winning arguments by influencing and persuading people. It's about delivering winning pitches that engross and convince people. It's about winning the job by reaching out to people and delivering an outstanding interview performance. And it's about winning the career race by developing your organizational savvy and applying your strengths.

Those are all the ways in which we can win. But allow me for a few moments to tell you about two guaranteed ways to lose.

Lose by doing nothing

Of course, one sure-fire way to lose in your career is to do nothing. ...

Get How to Win: The Argument, the Pitch, the Job, the Race now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.