Then it’s finally time for what we’ve all been waiting for.. Alright, that’s not entirely true but it’s a fun way of presenting something. What an anticlimax.
My first book review since I started this read a book a week challenge will be The Adventures of Johnny Bunko: The Last Career Guide You’ll Ever Need, written by Daniel H. Pink.
Thanks to Ericsson and Volvo in Sweden we’ve been told since we were kids to go through school, get a good education and then start working on either one of our big companies. Now time has changed and this is what Daniel H. Pink tries to tell us with Johnny Bunko in fun manga.
Summary
Johnny Bunko is new to the Boggs Corp. and he stumbles through his early months as a working stiff until a crisis prompts him to rethink his approach. Step by step he builds a career, illustrating as he does the six core lessons of finding, keeping, and flourishing in satisfying work.
A groundbreaking guide to surviving and flourishing in any career, The Adventures of Johnny Bunko is smart, engaging and insightful, and offers practical advice for anyone looking for a life of rewarding work.
6 lessons to learn
This book teaches Johnny Bunko, and you, six lessons on how to get satisfying, productive careers thanks to Diana, a magical adviser.
- There is no plan.
- Think strengths, not weaknesses.
- It’s not about you.
- Persistence trumps talent.
- Make excellent mistakes.
- Leave an imprint.
My thoughts
The Adventures of Johnny Bunko is a fun, inspiring book that you will manage to read through within just an hour. It’s actually more of an extremely educational comic book. More of those for our kids!
If you have a friend on his, or her, way to graduate high school this book will make an excellent graduation gift. Today many people isn’t to fond of reading books and therefore this is an excellent format for them.
I recommend you to read it.
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Not a bad review, now, do you recommend reading it or just giving it as a graduation gift?
I think you should either recommend reading or not reading the book based on what you think of it, that way we know whether to read it or not. Since you have read it and are posting a review of it, it would be good to say “you should read it,” or “it’s not worth reading,” or something similar… Just a thought.
Good point Jason. I thought about starting to use a grade from 1-5 but forget about recommending it. My post is updated now and I may update it more later on when I’ve developed a standard for my reviews.