Am I Being Too Subtle?: Straight Talk From a Business Rebel
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| Rating | : | 4.39 (586 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01K1ATZU4 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 170 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-11-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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You know, all the usual things that the few really smart (but not too smart for their own good) business people do.” --Steve Roth, chairman and CEO of Vornado Realty Trust “A highly readable and revealingly personal book filled with unique insights and unvarnished straight talk about business, people—their quirks and potentials—and about life itself.” --The Huffington Post. “The notoriously blunt businessman shares the ups and downs of his career and the lessons he’s learned in business—with just a little profanity—in a new book, Am I Being Too Subtle?” --The Wall Street Journal “Here we have the real Sam Zell: one of our nation’s most interesting, provocative, and successful practitioners of business and life. He points his skis straight downhill. He’s a wise man who hates fuzzy thinking. He is a
He lives in Chicago with his wife, Helen. . He is an entrepreneur and investor who is active in a diverse range of industries, such as energy, manufacturing, logistics, healthcare, and communications, and of course real estate. Sam Zell is the chairman of Equity Group Investments, the private investment firm he founded in 1968, and the chairman of five NYSE companies
Practical and actionable advice from a master I have seen Sam Zell interviewed on CNBC and on other TV outlets over the years and I always came away thinking how smart he was. Zell is a true iconoclast and does not follow the herd mentality. Clearly this has held him in good stead as he has become a billionaire. I bought his book as soon as I knew it was being published as I figured there was a lot to learn from him. His wisdom seemed pretty simple and homespun, although like Warren Buffet,. "A conversation with Sam" according to Amazon Customer. The book does a great job of giving the reader a glimpse of the depth and breadth of a truly remarkable career that spanned decades and involved a variety of different industries. The book is also tied together with lessons learned and gems of wisdom along the way. It comes across in a conversational tone that conveys authenticity. You get a sense of the man, not only in the stories that he tells, but in the way in which he does it.It is a book . "Nothing Subtle About Zell -- Reputation and Relationships Matter" according to North Star Seeker. In this very transactional world in which you are frequently judged a winner or a loser on a specific deal and bosses, colleagues and subordinates are perceived as the means to financial ends, Zell makes clear that reputation, true relationships and win-win deals are guideposts for both business and life success. While each deal doesn't always work out, Zell shows with non-subtle, clear prose that hard work, intelligence, self confidence, friend
At the same time, his razor-sharp instincts are legendary on Wall Street, and he has sponsored over a dozen IPOs. He’s known as the Grave Dancer for his strategy of targeting troubled assets, yet he’s created thousands of jobs. This is the guy who started wearing jeans to work in the 1960s, when offices were a sea of gray suits. Talk to any two people and you might get wild swings in their descriptions of Zell. As he writes: “I simply don’t buy into many of the made-up rules of social convention. To him, conventional wisdom is nothing but a reference point. The bottom line is: If you’re really good at what you do, you have the freedom to be wh