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• Title:Entering the real world : timeless ideas not learned in school / David Kramer.
  
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• Author/Creator:Kramer, David, 1949-
  
• Published/Created:Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015]
  

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  • Location: c.1  DAVID LAM LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: HF5381 .K686 2015
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Vocational guidance.
  Life skills.
  Adjustment (Psychology)
  
• Description:xxii, 165 pages ; 24 cm
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
  
• ISBN:9781475813821 (cloth ; alk. paper)
  1475813821 (cloth ; alk. paper)
  9781475821796 (paperback)
  1475821794 (paperback)
  9781475813845 (electronic)
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: We All Start Out the Same
  Credit for the Ideas in This Book
  How This Book Evolved
  Feedback Is Welcome
  1. Entering the Real World
  1. Welcome!
  2. How You Will Benefit
  3. How to Use This Book
  Read Material in Any Order
  Idea Numbers, "Takeaway," "Take Action!," and "Takeaway Summary"
  About Searching the World Wide Web
  Should You Buy or Rent Recommended Resources?
  Disclaimers
  2. If You Are Still in School
  4. Looking for a Career?
  5. Start Preparing Now for the Real World
  Develop an Impressive Resume
  Develop an Impressive Cover Letter
  Build Your People Network
  Build Relationships with Teachers
  Create a Portfolio of Accomplishments
  Protect Your Computer Files
  6. Set Salary Expectations
  7. Introverts and Extroverts
  8. Boost Your Vocabulary and Writing Skills
  9. Lost Art of True Browsing
  10. Learn from What You Have Already Accomplished
  11. Common Mistakes While Still in School
  Takeaway Summary
  3. Think for Yourself
  12. Joy of Adulthood: Thinking for Yourself
  13. Don't Categorize People; Everyone Has a Story
  14. Choice and Opportunity in America
  15. Gratitude
  16. It's True! A Positive Attitude Helps
  17. Live Your Life, Not Someone Else's
  18. Find Mentors of All Ages
  19. Intellectual Honesty
  20. "I Don't Know" and "I Made a Mistake"
  21. Examples to Challenge Your Thinking for Yourself
  Who Are Your Friends and Why?
  How Did You Arrive at Your Political Views?
  Is Climate Change Happening? You Bet! But Why and How?
  Lighter Side of Conservatives and Liberals
  22. Follow the Money
  23. Be Careful with False Alternatives
  24. Be Careful with Statistics
  25. Failure as a Learning Tool
  26. Two Poems for Tough Times
  27. Common Mistakes While Learning to Think for Yourself
  Takeaway Summary
  4. Communicating with Others and Yourself
  28. What Do You Mean? Define Your Terms
  Example: What Is Progress?
  Example: What Are Capitalism, Communism, and Socialism?
  29. How Do You Know You Are Right?
  30. All Facts Are Opinions; Not All Opinions Are Facts
  31. When Are the Masses Right?
  32. Great Silencer: "Whose Problem Is It?"
  33. Abraham Lincoln and the Cow's Tail
  34. Who Has the Risk in an Outcome?
  35. Should You Write, Call, Meet, E-mail, Text, Send a Video?
  36. Relationships
  Thought on Marriage: "Communication and Common Interests"
  Nip It in the Bud
  "Please" and "Thank You"
  37. Conflict Resolution
  38. What Are Your News Sources and Why?
  39. Advertising's Impact on Your Life
  40. Look People in the Eye
  41. Common Mistakes in Communication
  Takeaway Summary
  5. Entering and Adjusting to the Workplace
  42. Interviewing
  Before an Interview
  During an Interview
  Types of Questions to Ask during an Interview
  Closing an Interview with Power and Conviction
  Ask for the Job!
  After an Interview
  If You Don't Get the Job
  43. Getting Great Reference Letters
  44. Sidebar: When Asking for Favors
  45. Getting Great Raises
  46. Negotiating for the Win-Win
  47. Protect Your Most Valuable Asset in the Real World
  48. Define Your Ideal Company
  What Kind of Company Do You Want to Work With?
  What Kind of Leadership Do You Want?
  Understand a Company's or Organization's Culture and Traditions
  Intellectual Property Agreement
  49. How to Get Ahead at Work
  50. How to Prepare Impressive Reports and Presentations
  51. Lose the Excuses!
  52. Advance One Job or Position at a Time
  53. People Skills vs. Technical Skills: Which Is Harder to Develop?
  54. Accountability
  55. 80
  20 Rule
  56. Legal Matters
  57. Volunteering
  58. Common Mistakes When Entering and Adjusting to the Workplace
  Takeaway Summary
  6. Life's Situations with Challenging Personalities
  59. Working Alongside Different Personalities
  60. Meet a Gruff and Generally Unpleasant Person
  61. Meet an Unhappy, Complaining Coworker
  62. Meet Someone Who Wants to Steal Software or Other Company Assets
  63. Meet Someone Who Follows a Different Religion
  64. Meet Someone with a Mental Illness
  65. What Indicates a Mental Illness?
  66. Meet Many Other Personalities
  67. If Someone Close to You Dies or Leaves
  68. Look for a Win-Win
  69. Common Mistakes in Life's Situations with Challenging Personalities
  Takeaway Summary
  7. Personal Improvement
  70. Perspective on Personal Improvement
  71. Building Self-Esteem
  72. Positive Self-Talk, or What Do You Think of Yourself?
  73. Determine Your Strengths and Weaknesses
  74. Goal Setting
  75. "The Stress of Life"
  76. Use a To-Do List
  77. "Good" and "Bad" Judgment
  78. Set Personal Boundaries and Expectations
  79. Dignity, Honor, and Respect
  80. Impossible vs. Possible vs. Hard
  81. Would You Guarantee Your Work?
  82. Yet There Are No Guarantees in Life
  83. Ignorance and Awareness
  84. Common Words and Phrases to Reconsider
  "Woulda-Coulda-Shoulda" vs. "Next Time"
  "I Have to" vs. "I Choose to"
  Accept Compliments Graciously
  "Are You Sure?"
  Don't "Try"
  -Just Do!
  "Good" and "Bad"
  Pride
  85. Ben Franklin Decision Tool
  86. Common Mistakes in Personal Improvement
  Takeaway Summary
  8. Time Management
  87. Be a Hero: Save People Time!
  88. How to Easily Be 10 Percent More Productive Than Your Coworkers
  89. Urgency and Importance
  90. Balance in Life
  91. What Are Your Productive Times of Day?
  92. Respect Your Own Time
  93. Time is Money!
  94. Time-Saving Filing Tip
  95. Common Mistakes in Time Management
  Takeaway Summary
  9. View of Corporate America
  96. Main Reason for This Chapter
  97. What Is "Corporate America"?
  98. Perceptions of Corporate America
  99. Look at One Company in Corporate America
  100. Does Corporate America Rip You Off?
  101. Risk and Reward
  102. What Is Fair Compensation?
  103. "Your Fair Share"
  104. Greed and "Free"
  105. What Should Companies Do with Their Profits?
  106. If You Have a Complaint with a Company
  107. "Last Chance to Send $1.00!"
  108. Common Mistakes about Corporate America
  Takeaway Summary
  10. Wealth, Finances, and Investing
  109. What Is Wealth?
  110. Wants vs. Needs
  111. Setting Your Wealth Bar
  112. How to Start Saving Money
  113. How to Increase Your Savings Account Balance Quickly
  114. Power of Compound Interest
  115. But Later the Money Won't Be Worth Much!
  116. Keep a Budget
  117. Budgeting Tools
  118. Key Ideas for a Budget
  119. Learn Economics in One Short Lesson
  120. Cash and Credit Card Management
  121. Your Credit Report and Credit Score
  122. Investing in the Stock Market
  123. William J. O'Neil and CAN SLIM Investing
  124. Getting Started with the CAN SLIM Investment System
  125. Example of a Successful Stock
  126. Common Mistakes about Wealth, Finances, and Investing
  Takeaway Summary
  11. Thinking of Your Own Small Business?
  127. Thinking of Starting Your Own Small Business?
  128. Naming and Branding Your Company
  129. Acquire Business Skills
  130. Focus: What Is Your Niche?
  131. Teamwork
  132. Profit: What It Is, What It's For
  133. Corporation, Sole Proprietorship, LLC, or DBA?
  134. Assorted General Ideas That (Eventually) Worked
  Sales Strategies That Work
  Help Customers Become Self-Sufficient
  Short, Crisp Proposals
  Eliminate Time Wasters
  Purpose of a Written Contract
  Business Modeling
  Sales Projections
  Maintaining Contact with Prospects and Customers
  Following Up on Sales Proposals
  Luck in Business
  Quality vs. Price
  "Each Word Costs $1.00"
  135. Assorted Custom-Programming Business Ideas That (Eventually) Worked
  Bring Two Copies of Anything You Install
  One Way to Pay Programmers
  Codevelopment
  Requirements Analysis First, Then a Fixed-Price Quote
  136. If You Want to Raise Your Rates
  137. Common Mistakes in Starting and Running a Business
  Takeaway Summary
  12. Suggested Videos
  138. Why These Videos?
  139. Steve Jobs
  -Commencement Address at Stanford University, 2005
  140. Susan Cain
  -The Power of Introverts
  141. Dr. Kelly McGonigal
  -How to Make Stress Your Friend
  142. Overuse of Mobile Phones?
  143. Magazine Is an iPad That Does Not Work
  144. Hans Rosling
  -200 Countries, 200 Years
  145. Sir Harold Evans
  -Who Really Invented the Franchise?
  13. Dealing with a Mental Illness
  146. About Mental Illnesses
  Mood Tracking
  Sleep
  Taking Medications
  Help from Family and Friends
  In Case of Emergency
  Dating
  147. Sidebar: What Makes Us Human?
  148. Sidebar: A Challenge to the Next Generation
  14. Venturing Out
  149. How Do You Proceed from Here?.