Polar Bear Pirates

by Adrian Webster

A fresh and innovative route to business and personal success - Polar Bear Pirates contains a whole new universe of characters and terminology that everyone will instantly recognize and relate to. Polar Bear Pirates, highly focused, successful, fun-loving people who truly believe in life before death, are on a quest to reach Fat City. But as we follow the fortunes of these highly motivated bears, we see how they must fight off some pretty ruthless and often highly elusive enemies - enemies who are determined to block their paths and shatter their dreams... Here's a brief sketch of just some of these treacherous characters... Sinkers...the bitter losers who, as disciples of the pear shape, despise anyone else's success and derive immense pleasure from torpedoing it...
Head treads...those who block anyone coming up the success ladder; they are devoid of talent, having only got where they are through brown nosing, knife throwing and luck!
Neg ferrets...the pessimistic warriors of doom with insatiable appetites for other people's problems...
Molasses Man.. the sweet but slow, well-meaning people who are burdened by the beliefs of others...
Bloaters...boasting, lazy, obnoxious and tediously egotistical reptilian saddos who are absolutely full of it! Written in the tradition of the bestselling, Who Moved My Cheese, Polar Bear Pirates is a uniquely entertaining and often hilarious look at business and personal development. A 'game book' of questions, answers, traps and signposts, this book delivers powerful, inspirational messages as it helps you to unravel a series of complex motivational issues on your journey to personal and professional success.

Genres: Nonfiction

Paperback

First published January 1, 2002

Reviews

[Sampath Kumar · Rating 2 out of 5]

An enthusiastic start. Continued indifferently for sometime. Got a little tiring. And then a complete downhill fall.
When I started to read this book, I felt that at the end of this book, I would recommend it to a lot of friends and colleagues. And then, the moment Polar Bear Pirates took the form of PBPs, it all started to crumble. Acronym after acronym attacks the reader, who has to move back again and again to recollect what they mean, because of the multitude of them thrown at you. The book being a small one is one of the bright positives.

[Sandy Millin · Rating 2 out of 5]

My mum has had this on her shelf for years, and decided to have a clear out. I thought it might be interesting to read before we got rid of it, but I'm not sure if I should have bothered. It takes management speak and jargon to a whole new level, one which frequently annoyed me. I did like the idea of maintaining a childlike sense of play though, which is something I try to do.

[Charny Char · Rating 2 out of 5]

Nice quick easy read, adding humour to a business context to give people a bit of get up and go to achieve their goals (if they’re that bothered) and what traps to watch out for on the way and best equipment and support to have with them on the ride. Few too many acronyms and nothing too new in terms of content other than categorisation of different people you may see in the workplace

[Tim Hughes · Rating 5 out of 5]

Polar Bear Pirates is a fun book about business. It describes many of “blockers” you find in business, the people, the attitudes and negativity. It provides solutions and ways and means to overcome these issues as you advance on your quest to reach “fat city”. While this book is fun, it has a serious message, if you are in business, it’s worth a read.

[Rebecca · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quick read which will provide some good for thought. The acronyms and weird names do get quite irritating by the time you are half way through and the book takes a turn for the worst.

But I have taken a couple of thoughts away from the book which I will continue to ponder on and work through so it’s job is done.

[Matt · Rating 4 out of 5]

OK. A bit repetitive but the last chapter really nailed it overall

[Freddie (Isla) · Rating 3 out of 5]

oml waste of time but required reading. some was funny but im more into books with plot.

[Jane · Rating 4 out of 5]

Intriguing, fun, helpful in any kind of activity, not just business, which its title would seem to imply (fat city!). Using a lot of imagery & humorous pictures, it gets its message across without pain. I do however need to re-read one of the sections which I wasn't able to get hold of sufficiently enough to apply it to my life - but that may be my problem more than the book's!
And the biggest advantage: it's short!

[Lionkhan-sama · Rating 2 out of 5]

Nothing mind-blowing. All in all, a nicely paced book aimed at directly motivating you to move in the right direction. Written in a fun and childish manner, it's full of acronyms and silly images so as to make the points clearer and more vivid to the reader.
I would call it a quick read to get your gears back in action.

[Kate Millin · Rating 5 out of 5]

2nd reading of this business book - very american and a bit too commercially biased sometimes, but has some inspirational ideas

[Rob · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great lil' read this one. Rings true to a lot of people I know. Gets you thinking about your working environment and were (you believe) you fit in to it.

[Oliver Partington · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fantastic blend of fun characters, really life examples and thought provoking lessons in leadership and team management m

[Pamela · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good book. Easy to read. Too many acronyms to keep up with though!

[Clare · Rating 3 out of 5]

Starts brilliantly... Goes a bit corporate.