February 2014
Intermediate to advanced
208 pages
4h 45m
English
book
The CEO Difference: How to Climb, Crawl, and Leap Your Way to the Next Level of Your Career
by D. A. Benton
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CHAPTER 8Do a Stellar Job
EVERYTHING IN this book is for naught if you don’t get the job that you are paid to do successfully completed—and more. It doesn’t impress bosses at all if you just do what is required.
Stellar work is your personal wealth: your worldly goods, trust fund, gold stash, life preserver, money in your pocket, and 401(k). It is the investment in yourself that no one can take away and no depressed economy or down market can diminish.
“In the football world, it’s called making plays. Everyone in the game is fast, big, and strong, but only a certain percentage can make the big plays week in and week out,” says Steven Israel, retired NFL player for the Carolina Panthers and now the CEO of EndZone Coverage.
So what does “stellar ...
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