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Don't throw underwear on the table, & other lessons learned at work
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"Don't throw the underwear on the table & other lessons learned at work" tells the unconventional true story about the life lessons I learned while teaching "juvenile delinquents" who had suffered abuse and neglect at the hands of their parents or caretakers.
Every job and every life involves times of stumbling across dirty underwear, complex crises uncovered during the course of the journey. Likewise, each profession and person possesses distinctive skill sets and prescribed practices to deal with any problem that might present itself. The table represents whatever tools are used to resolve any issues that surface.
But what you do when you find that your education and life experiences are inadequate to address unique, unforeseen, or unusual challenges? Do you stay within your comfort zone and attack the issue with practices and plans that are familiar to you? Or do you dig deeper within yourself - and reach beyond yourself - to learn as you go while helping those around you in the process?
Scott Carbonara
"Don't throw the underwear on the table & other lessons learned at work" tells the unconventional true story about the life lessons I learned while teaching "juvenile delinquents" who had suffered abuse and neglect at the hands of their parents or caretakers.
Every job and every life involves times of stumbling across dirty underwear, complex crises uncovered during the course of the journey. Likewise, each profession and person possesses distinctive skill sets and prescribed practices to deal with any problem that might present itself. The table represents whatever tools are used to resolve any issues that surface.
But what you do when you find that your education and life experiences are inadequate to address unique, unforeseen, or unusual challenges? Do you stay within your comfort zone and attack the issue with practices and plans that are familiar to you? Or do you dig deeper within yourself - and reach beyond yourself - to learn as you go while helping those around you in the process?
Scott Carbonara
174 pages, Paperback
First published November 1, 2010
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February 1, 2011
When I read this book the first time, I could hardly put it down. Once again, the ability of the author to pull you in was so strong, that I just needed to keep on reading, eager to learn what was going to happen next...
I was caught on a rollercoaster of emotions, going from laughter to tears, sometimes over the course of just a few pages! And the weirdest part was that I did not mind!
Although I will have to admit, unless you are willing to have people see you at your weakest, I would not recommend reading this book on a plane, or any kind of public transportations, like I did!
I don't think my neighbors were totally comfortable with my heavy sniffling, or my outburst of laughter (I think I may even have snorted a couple of times...)!
Like in "Firsthand Lessons, Secondhand Dogs", the author uses his story to bring forth some very important lessons, which I paid more attention to on my second reading.
So you can really look at this book as a multifaceted tool, that can help you through your personal, or professional journey.
I guess it is now obvious that this book, like the first one, requires multiple readings to really get the most of what it has to offer...
And trust me, once you read it once, you will feel compelled to read it again, and again, and again...
So, go buy it already!
:)
I was caught on a rollercoaster of emotions, going from laughter to tears, sometimes over the course of just a few pages! And the weirdest part was that I did not mind!
Although I will have to admit, unless you are willing to have people see you at your weakest, I would not recommend reading this book on a plane, or any kind of public transportations, like I did!
I don't think my neighbors were totally comfortable with my heavy sniffling, or my outburst of laughter (I think I may even have snorted a couple of times...)!
Like in "Firsthand Lessons, Secondhand Dogs", the author uses his story to bring forth some very important lessons, which I paid more attention to on my second reading.
So you can really look at this book as a multifaceted tool, that can help you through your personal, or professional journey.
I guess it is now obvious that this book, like the first one, requires multiple readings to really get the most of what it has to offer...
And trust me, once you read it once, you will feel compelled to read it again, and again, and again...
So, go buy it already!
:)
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