Contrary to popular belief, success is not just about becoming rich and famous. Chérie Carter-Scott, Ph.D., realizes that everyone has their own personal definition of success, whether it be to run a business, raise healthy, happy children, have more spare time, get good grades, or become President of the United States. In If Success Is a Game, These Are the Rules, Chérie addresses the issues at the heart of a meaningful and successful life. She helps you define what success means to you, and then tells you in ten simple rules how you can achieve it.
Chérie learned the rules of success firsthand: she built her management consulting firm to serve top clients around the world, including IBM and GTE. Her books, including the #1 New York Times bestseller If Life Is a Game, These Are the Rules, touch hundreds of thousands of readers. And despite a calendar that shuttles her through dozens of time zones annually, she keeps her family close and connected.
With rules as clear as "Self-trust is essential" and "Your actions affect your outcome," Chérie guides readers step-by-step through all the various challenges on the path to success. From finding your true calling to discovering the riches abundant in day-to-day routines, to recognizing opportunities and managing your resources, If Success Is a Game, These Are the Rules is both inspirational and practical. Chérie explains the importance of having a vision but also the importance of setting realistic goals. She provides tools to help you identify your gifts but also tools to help manage your time. She shows you how to believe in yourself but also how to cultivate relationships with others. Success can be a difficult and precarious journey, but once we understand what our goals are and the ways that both advances and setbacks can work for us, we can begin to move closer to what we want, and to grow as individuals.
Illuminated with motivational and personal stories, and written in Chérie's warm, engaging tone, If Success Is a Game, These Are the Rules is the perfect guide for your journey as you seek to fulfill all your dreams.
ISBN:767905393
Author:CARTER-SCOTT CHERIE
Vincent Ogutu –
Well done Vincent! This is a must-read in this day and age of unemployment, retrenchments and uncertainty in the job market. I thoroughly enjoyed editing it and consider it among my top reads for 2023! If you are unhappy in your employment; if you are afraid that you could be sacked at any time; if you are wondering whether you can build a business, then read this book and you will walk boldly into your future! Ssali Rose, Publisher
Vincent Ogutu –
I highly recommend this treasure to every employed professional. I have read my copy several times and already given it to my friends who agreed with me, it’s full of great tips on how to navigate a job loss.
I got sacked in 2017 and i was fortunate to get this book a few years later, it changed my mindset, and am persuaded it will help many more, whether you have lost your job or not.
Pick it today, thank me later!
Patrick Kamau Pharmaceutical Consultant
Vincent Ogutu –
“Life is very unpredictable. Imagine working for an international organization and then boom, zero. You find yourself in another country washing people’s clothes to survive.” Vincent Ogutu
Most of us never think of eventualities like those – or even being thrown out of the house due to rent arrears, unable to pay school fees, hospital bills etc.
We must seriously get out of our comfort zones, and plan to secure some sustainable ways to survive disruptions.
This book, “Sacked so what? Is a must read. Remember HR is increasingly being disrupted. Where will we be, and how prepared are we to face that inevitability. COACH Mathangani Muya
Vincent Ogutu –
M.M. O
By the way thank you for writing that book. It has helped me realize that I was a rocket and when I was fired it was an opportunity for me to take to the stars. Last year I travelled to 3 African countries to offer consultancy services, something I never experienced when I was an employee. It changed my perspective from employment to Deployment. I am now deploying myself on a daily basis and thoroughly enjoying it.
Vincent Ogutu –
Having been sacked before, I found the book very real.
For the people who have lost their jobs ABRUPTLY, the book is very good. You can relate and dust yourself up and START AGAIN.
Being sacked is a terrible experience Peter Oluoch
Vincent Ogutu –
I advocate that you get a copy of Sacked, So What? if you haven’t already.
It’s one of Vincent’s best works. J.M
Vincent Ogutu –
I could not agree more about the talent that sits within us unexposed due to ‘soft’ corporate life, there is a lot to be explored, exploited and won….that book, sacked so what, brings the varied perspectives powerfully. Masinde F. Marketing and Sales Consultant
Vincent Ogutu –
The book ushers you into the world with a plethora of opportunities with captivating tales of those who’ve been down several times but had the unwavering faith that all ends well and if it is not well then it’s not the end. This is one of the greatest books to read during this time of uncertainty. Absolutely unputdownable. Edwin Otieno: HR Practitioner and Entrepreneur
Vincent Ogutu –
I couldn’t get enough of this book. The real-life experiences make the book stand out and inspire one never to give up. Pauline Murage
Vincent Ogutu –
Edwin Otieno a HR Practitioner- Review
So one day after payday you decide to go book shopping.
You buy lots of books and place them neatly on your book-shelf.
When it’s time to read, you start with the popular ones: Trevor Noah’s”Born a Crime”, Chinua Achebe’s “There Was a Country”, Dan Brown’s “Inferno” and so on.
Then one night you find yourself bored, after having finished re-reading Dan Senor’s “Start Up Nation”, which you had to pen a review for. You check what’s on the book-shelf and think to yourself: there are only boring books left here.
You pick one anyway.
It’s titled “*Sacked So What!*” and is by an author named Vincent Ogutu, whom you’ve come across his books few times.
As you peruse through the synopsis at the back of the cover, you wonder why on earth you bought the book.
It doesn’t seem at all interesting. It’s not even your favourite genre.
You take it to bed to read anyway, because you spent Ksh.1000 buying it and there’s no way you’re going to let your hard-earned money go down the drain.
Twenty minutes into reading the book, you go to make yourself a strong cup of coffee and bring a pen and high-lighter, because you realise that there’s NO WAY that you’re going to put the book down until you’re done with it. It’s so brilliant and so well-written that you slap yourself for not having read it earlier and for judging it prematurely.
That’s been my situation the last week.
Vincent ushers you into the world with plethora of opportunities with captivating tales of those who’ve been several times but had the unwavering faith that all ends well and if it is not well then it’s not the end.
One of the greatest books to read during this time of uncertainty.
Absolutely unputdownable.
Get this book, y’all.
Vincent Ogutu, may your pen never run dry of ink. You’re a dynamite.
Chief, the NuriaStore bookseller –
The book, Sacked? So What! – Power of Hope and Action is mainly about how to overcome job loss.
Nothing prepares one for loss of income.
Ogutu writes in easy-to-read English and short phrases that are very catchy and easy to remember.
The Author’s gifted mind can be seen in the weaving of words that inject someone with the, ‘YES I CAN’ attitude.
In this book real people, across Kenya and Africa share their stories of how they overcame adversity and triumphed.
There’s a chapter about a person coming from nothing, how they built their careers and business, and there’s also the picking up after getting fired from a high-flying job.
The lessons that the book gives can be summarized as, pick yourself up fast, have a goal, focus on that goal, pick up and respect referrals, plan to pay debts, invest in quality friends and employees, and network consistently.
Vincent Ogutu –
Book Review: Sacked? So What! – Power of Hope and Action by Vincent Ogutu
EKOROI Book Reviews Sacked_So What- Power of Hope and Action by Vincent Ogutu
This is the second book by the same author that I am reviewing.
The book, Sacked? So What! – Power of Hope and Action is mainly about how to overcome job loss.
Nothing prepares one for loss of income.
Ogutu writes in easy-to-read English and short phrases that are very catchy and easy to remember.
The Author’s gifted mind can be seen in the weaving of words that inject someone with the, ‘YES I CAN’ attitude.
In this book real people, across Kenya and Africa share their stories of how they overcame adversity and triumphed.
There’s a chapter about a person coming from nothing, how they built their careers and business, and there’s also the picking up after getting fired from a high-flying job.
The lessons that the book gives can be summarized as, pick yourself up fast, have a goal, focus on that goal, pick up and respect referrals, plan to pay debts, invest in quality friends and employees, and network consistently.
I challenge you to buy the book from Nuria Store and read the story of Calisto Omondi.
Don’t be poor,
P – passing
O – over
O – opportunities
R – repeatedly
Focus on the present and where you want to go. Never dwell on your past failure. Success comes from common things done extraordinarily.
The book heavily leans on entrepreneurship as a way to success. Is this its target audience?
This explains much about the author who is a business and personal development coach.
The problem majorly is lack of innovation and not money. How else do you explain a hawker starting a business with 3000 and ending up a millionaire? An apprentice starting with no money buys out the boss. Focus on the problem you want to solve and the skills that are required. – Vincent Ogutu
If you are feeling lost, empty and insufficient, this book is for you.
Strategies on rebuilding the self; planning, preparing, and executing those plans, litter the pages of the book, especially, the summary of lessons shared at the end of each chapter.
Have a motivating day!
Ekoroi Olagaless
Vincent Ogutu –
Alice Ngigi
A great read, there’s life beyond the “sack”
Vincent Ogutu –
Mary Koech
I have read it and it’s inspiring
Vincent Ogutu –
“This is a wonderful book. It’s practically practical. It has a perfect flow of ideas. I’m rereading it for the third time, for I’m to actualize some of the ideas generated. ” Satisfied Reader Mr. Daniel O. Get your Copy Delivered Call 0729829697
Vincent Ogutu –
Edna Guantai is reading SACKED? So What!
February 19 at 3:36 PM
#ReadAndReview
Employment can deceive you big time. Many have been disillusioned by lifestyles created and supported by their employer: you will have a company car, maybe even a driver, entertainment allowances, VIP passes and invitations to fancy events, hobnobbing with who’s whos of society at prestigious hotels, expensive club memberships and networking hobbies such as golf. You will watch people trip over themselves to deliver gifts at Christmas time. You will receive undeserved respect and preferential treatment. It’s all good, however, you best not begin feeling entitled, remember the pecks are for the position, not you. Be humble. Sit down.
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Think about how much circumstances would change if you didn’t have that job title, that position of power and influence. Unemployment is possible for anyone through no fault of theirs: it could be corporate restructuring, job redundancy, cost cutting retrenchements, corporate politics, end of contract. Being self employed doesn’t exempt you from the overall risk because even great businesses have been known to collapse.
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So what do you do when that job that has come to define you and give you stability is gone? It is time to audit your skills, experience and look for opportunities. It is surprising that those retrenched, sacked or retired go on to become more successful than when they were in employment. Your future relies on your mindset.
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This book tells of individuals who found themselves without jobs or lost their businesses for one reason or another; and their journey and strategies on re-building self. It also offers reflection for those that forecast that one day they will exit formal employment and pursue individual goals.
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Meanwhile, many remain in employment for the fear of the unknown. This book is for you too. I could tell you what says about fear and faith but it’s even better if you read it yourself.
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Vincent Ogutu –
• You have a comfortable writing style. The result is that the book is an ‘easy read.’ In my view, that is important as it allows the book to embrace a wide audience from educators, researchers, entrepreneurs, ‘wanna be’ entrepreneurs, and sacked employees looking for a way to salvage their future.
• I really enjoyed the quotes you had at the beginning of each chapter, and scattered throughout the book. They were inspiring and very relevant to me as a leader, entrepreneur, and reader of your book. Some of your quotes were familiar, but, there were some which I had not read before. I appreciate that you did not just copy from another author, but your quotes show diligent research and unique creativity. I appreciated that.
• I also found your ‘Lessons’ learned at the end of each chapter helpful. They pulled together, very succinctly, the life lessons for each story chapter. That helped to make the stories personal and more meaningful to me. I found myself applying the ‘Lessons’ to myself as I read through them.
• I enjoyed the stories. It was clear the stories were real stories involving real people with genuine experiences. The stories were told in a simple and straightforward manner with little fanfare or ‘fluff’. That made them endearing and powerful.
It was a joy to read your little book, Vincent. I found it uplifting and highly relevant. I am sure in reading your book, those facing the crossroads of vocational direction will be filled with new peace and understanding for their present, and hope and anticipation for their future.
The quotes show diligent research and unique creativity. I appreciated that! Ray Barreth Serial Entrepreneur and CEO Agora Enterprises