Whip Your Career Into Submission: The 30-day Plan to Transform Yourself from Job Slave to Master of Your Own Destiny

by Karen Salmansohn

Feeling enslaved by pointless meetings, overflowing "in" boxes, and endless phone calls? Shackled by mindless busywork and jealous colleagues that keep you from landing the corner office and the recognition you deserve? If so, now is the time to break free from the chains of job slavery and whip your career into submission!

In this frank and witty rescue manual, Karen Salmansohn--the highly successful, award-winning advertising veteran of corporate wars and author of the wildly acclaimed bestseller How to Succeed in Business Without a Penis --is on a mission to liberate you.  For everyone who is into S&M (Success and Money, that is), Whip Your Career Into Submission offers an easy-to-follow, 30-day plan for taking control of your career--instead of letting circumstances take control of you.  

Salmansohn's simple strategies and profound wisdom illustrate important guiding principles for You must make sure your long-term goal plays the dominant role in your career, you must not be a slave to your past, and you must find pleasure in your pain--and know that pain is a good teacher.

With daily Tips for Cracking Whips and Master Mantras that keep you focused on your career progress, Whip Your Career Into Submission shows you how to beat all of your negative thoughts instead of letting them beat you so that you can attain the promotions and raises you dream of.  Salmansohn's instructive, humorous suggestions show you how to whip your fear, cynicism, regret, impatience, jealousy, and a host of other on-job vices into submission, and even turn them into productive forces that can help you along your career path.

Now is the time to start cracking that career whip--don't let another frustrating work day go by! With its hilarious, sexy, and highly practical approach, Whip Your Career Into Submission is the ultimate solution for everyone who wants to end up on top.

Genres: Self Help

288 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 1998

About the author

Karen Salmansohn is a bestselling author (with 2 million books and courses sold), leading behavioral change expert, and columnist for Oprah and Psychology Today, as well as the founder of the popular personal development site NotSalmon.com, which has a vibrant community of 1.5 million followers. Her most recent book is "Your To-Die-For Life: How to Maximize Joy and Minimize Regret . . . Before Your Time Runs Out." She’s been sparking transformations in individuals and companies for a few decades and is passionate about digging deep and finding fascinating insights, tools, and studies from all areas of life, including psychology, Eastern and Western philosophy, neuroscience, quantum physics, and more.

She began writing “self-help for people who wouldn’t be caught dead doing self help” in 1999 with the bestseller How To Be Happy Dammit—the very first personal development book of its kind to have a feisty title, edgy humor, and stylish interior design, which paved the way for self-help authors to write irreverent personal development books. Since then, she’s written many bestsellers, including The Bounce Back Book and Think Happy. Now she’s excited to pioneer the mortality awareness movement by illuminating life’s most avoided conversation—death—and reminding others to live more bravely.

Reviews

[Amanda]

This is a really easy read. The book is a great reminder to keep positive thoughts, focus on your journey and keep moving forward. She also gives some helpful exercises to help you think about what you really want.

[Sharon]

Need to read again :) great book. Workbook style. Takes work and makes you think about where you want your life to be.

[Jen]

enjoyed every chapter and I love how candid the author's writing is. I definitely recommend this book to anyone who's a bit lost on their career goals.