The way of the Wall Street warrior : conquer the corporate game using tips, tricks, and smartcuts / Dave Liu, Adam Snyder.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Snyder, Adam, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Success in business.

Executive ability.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 pages)

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley, c2022.

Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2022]

Summary:

"The Wall Street Way is an insider?s irreverent, acerbic guide on how to use gamesmanship to get hired, get ahead, and survive on Wall Street, on Main Street, any other highly competitive environment. The tactics described for getting in the door and rising to the top of the food chain apply whether you spend 18 hours a day in a dog-eat-dog office sitting two steps from your nearest colleague, or if you?re working from home because of the pandemic. Either way the secret sauce described in these pages ranges from interview tips, to fitting in, to covering (and glorifying) your behind. The strategies come from the author?s personal experiences during the 25 years he worked on Wall Street, arguably one of the most grueling professional work environments in the world, but his tips can lead to financial success in any business. The book will lean heavily on research into cognitive biases and human nature, but will focus almost exclusively on actionable ideas. It will be high on practical, often offbeat, tactics with an emphasis on gamesmanship, and will be accessible to any reader, working at any job, due to its humorous, irreverent, satirical tone"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Introduction Game On

Unrig Your Mind

Built with Sweat, Backed by Science

Lessons from the Elephant Boy

Beat C-3PO

Part One Get in the Game

Chapter 1 Get Primed for Entry-Level Cattle Calls Clean Your House

Scrub Those Leprotic Calluses

The TMZ Test

Chapter 2 Don't Fight the Tape Diligence Your Way to an Interview

Diligence to Death

Be a Troll

Chapter 3 Be the Holy Trinity of Deals Your All-Important First Email

Make Me Give a Damn

Watch the Trapdoors

The Rule of Three

Go Out with a Bang

Chapter 4 Failure as Fertilizer The Power of Persistence

Be Unus

Chapter 5 Strut Like a Peacock Your First Impression Might Be Your Last

Find the Greater Fool

Wear Some Damn Socks

Master Half-Truths

Customize

Don't Compromise

Know Oliver Stone from Oliver Twist

Chapter 6 Ace the Personal Bake-Off Interviewing as Performance Art

Show Time!

Super Saturday

The Inquisition

Chapter 7 Grownups Ask for Directions Map the Salt Mine

Map Your Way to Greatness

Swallow the Red Pill

Banking for Dumbos

Part Two Play to Win

Chapter 8 Your Career Isn't Just a Job

It's an Adventure Stay to Win

Be Water

Who Moved My Caviar?

Slaving and Hazing and Crazing

Always Be Learning (ABL) so You Can Always Be Closing (ABC)

Chapter 9 People Are Irrational Science Your Way Up

Get with the Program

Being a Smart Dummy

Chapter 10 Office Politics Only Friends and Very Good Friends

Start Kissing Babies

Be a Street Dog

To What End?

Have a Shtick

Chapter 11 Be a Stork, Not a Pigeon Bring Value, Not Diversion

Mind Your P's and Q's

Too Smart for Your Own Good

Mute That Crap

Welcome to 7-Eleven

Chapter 12 Quack Like a Duck Learn the Lingua Franca.

Speak the Lingo

Tap the Same Wavelength

Master the Unspoken

Chapter 13 Read the Room, Not the Prospectus Profile Your Audience

Read Like an Open Book

Use What God Gave You

Check Out That Body

Practice Makes Perfect

Chapter 14 Don't Walk Around Blind Without a Cane Wake Up!

But I'm an Ostrich

Find Buried Treasure

What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

My Boss, the Bat

Chapter 15 Turn Liabilities into Assets Harness Your Superpower

Houston, Do We Really Have a Problem?

Appearances Are Deceiving

Unleash Your Superhero

Word to My Peeps

Chapter 16 Laziness as a Virtue Maximize Your ROTI

Smartcutter Extraordinaire

Chapter 17 The Minion-Circle Find Your Master's Master

Your Master's Master

Master the Circle

Find Your Yoda

The Invisible Man Gets Fired

OK, Read the Prospectus

Chapter 18 Get the Last Word and Drop the Mic Recency Bias at Work

Nobel Prize-Winning Shit

Just the Two of Us

Deliver Shit Sandwiches in Person

If It Ain't Wrote, It Ain't True

Talk to Yourself

Chapter 19 Get Paid Like a Player Make F*ck-You Money

Herded Like Cattle

Prep Your Negotiation

Win the Zero-Sum Game

So How Much Are You Worth?

Millionaire Paupers

Tap the Whisper Wire

Go Shop Yourself

Lean on Yoda

Let the Games Begin!

Be a Long-Term Short-Timer

On Your Mark, Get Set, GO!

All Money Is Money

My Super-Secret Negotiating Strategy

The Post-Mortem

Chapter 20 Manage Your Way out of a Paper Bag Get Others to Do Your Dirty Work

Find Those Ticks

Decoy Your Way into Heaven

Let Them Eat Cake

Eliza Effing Doolittles

It's a Tragedy . . . of the Commons

You're Yoda Now

Better Than Sex

Don't Be a B-Player

Escape from Alcatraz

Guanxi, Baby!

Part Three Winning Time.

Chapter 21 Win the Game of Thrones Get Promoted in a Dog-Eat-Dog World

Prepare for Battle Royale

Specialize Your Way to Nirvana

Even Rocket Ships Need Janitors

Feed the Money Machine

Keep Your Head on a Swivel

Making My Own Destiny

They Don't Call It the Art of War for Nothing

Chapter 22 Check Yourself at the Door Career Checklist

Chapter 23 Mastering Your Sermon on the Mount Group Selling

Eye on the Prize

Chapter 24 Congrats, You've Arrived Now Get Back to Work!

Becoming a BSD

Perks, Perks, and More Perks

No Rest for the Weary

Trust Is the Coin of the Realm

Selling in a Game of Inches

Amateurs Negotiate Price

Pros Negotiate Terms

A Different Kind of Matrix

Practice, Practice, Practice

Keep That Thinking Cap On

Committed Enough to Be Committed

Part Four The Score

Chapter 25 Make a Deal with the Devil A Very, Very Short Chapter on Ethics

What Would Christian Bale Do?

The Joneses

Run to Mommy

Chapter 26 Parlay Your Way to Success Social Proof Yourself

Become a Kardashian

Weapon of Mass Destruction

Have You Arrived?

Chapter 27 Money Can Buy Happiness Duh!

Don't Be a Creep

When Is Enough, Enough?

Pursuing Happiness

Chapter 28 Writing Checks Your Body Can't Cash Mismanaging Your Life

Resident of Fat City

Spending Time in All the Wrong Places

The Work-Life Tradeoff Sham

Default Yourself

Chapter 29 It's Quitting Time Exit the Stage

Why We Stay

The Talk

How to Leave

Chapter 30 The Afterlife Now What?

Be a Hero

Conclusion

Glossary

Index

EULA.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-119-81191-0

1-119-81192-9

OCLC:

1268122388