The Way of the Wall Street Warrior: Conquer the Corporate Game Using Tips, Tricks, and Smartcuts

ISBN-13: 9781119811909 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 304 str.

Dave Liu

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AcknowledgmentsAbout the AuthorIntroduction: Game OnUnrig Your MindBuilt with Sweat, Backed by ScienceLessons from the Elephant BoyBeat C-3PO________________Part OneGet in the Game________________Chapter 1Get Primed for Entry-Level Cattle Calls: Clean Your HouseScrub Those Leprotic CallusesThe TMZ TestChapter 2Don't Fight the Tape: Diligence Your Way to an InterviewDiligence to DeathBe a TrollChapter 3Be the Holy Trinity of Deals: Your All-Important First EmailMake Me Give a DamnWatch the TrapdoorsThe Rule of ThreeGo Out with a BangChapter 4Failure as Fertilizer: The Power of PersistenceBe UnusChapter 5Strut Like a Peacock: Your First Impression Might Be Your LastFind the Greater FoolWear Some Damn SocksMaster Half-TruthsCustomize; Don't CompromiseKnow Oliver Stone from Oliver TwistChapter 6Ace the Personal Bake-Off: Interviewing as Performance ArtShow Time!Super SaturdayThe Inquisition________________Part TwoPlay to Win________________Chapter 7Grownups Ask for Directions: Map the Salt MineMap Your Way to GreatnessSwallow the Red PillBanking for DumbosChapter 8Your Career Isn't Just a Job; It's an Adventure: Stay to WinBe WaterWho Moved My Caviar?Slaving and Hazing and CrazingAlways Be Learning (ABL) so You Can Always Be Closing (ABC)Chapter 9People Are Irrational: Science Your Way UpGet with the ProgramBeing a Smart DummyChapter 10Office Politics: Only Friends and Very Good FriendsStart Kissing BabiesBe a Street DogTo What End?Have a ShtickChapter 11Be a Stork, Not a Pigeon: Bring Value, Not DiversionMind Your P's and Q'sToo Smart for Your Own GoodMute That CrapWelcome to 7-ElevenChapter 12Quack Like a Duck: Learn the Lingua FrancaSpeak the LingoTap the Same WavelengthMaster the UnspokenChapter 13Read the Room, Not the Prospectus: Profile Your AudienceRead Like an Open BookUse What God Gave YouCheck Out That BodyPractice Makes PerfectChapter 14Don't Walk Around Blind Without a Cane: Wake Up!But I'm an OstrichFind Buried TreasureWhat Could Possibly Go Wrong?My Boss, the BatChapter 15Turn Liabilities into Assets: Harness Your SuperpowerHouston, Do We Really Have a Problem?Appearances Are DeceivingUnleash Your SuperheroWord to My PeepsChapter 16Laziness as a Virtue: Maximize Your ROTISmartcutter ExtraordinaireChapter 17The Minion-Circle: Find Your Master's MasterYour Master's MasterMaster the CircleFind Your YodaThe Invisible Man Gets FiredOK, Read the ProspectusChapter 18Get the Last Word and Drop the Mic: Recency Bias at WorkNobel Prize-Winning ShitJust the Two of UsDeliver Shit Sandwiches in PersonIf It Ain't Wrote, It Ain't TrueTalk to YourselfChapter 19Get Paid Like a Player: Make F*ck-You MoneyHerded Like CattlePrep Your NegotiationWin the Zero-Sum GameSo How Much Are You Worth?Millionaire PaupersTap the Whisper WireGo Shop YourselfLean on YodaLet the Games Begin!Be a Long-Term Short-TimerOn Your Mark, Get Set, GO!All Money Is MoneyMy Super-Secret Negotiating StrategyThe Post-Mortem________________Part ThreeWinning Time________________Chapter 20Manage Your Way out of a Paper Bag: Get Others to Do Your Dirty WorkFind Those TicksDecoy Your Way into HeavenLet Them Eat CakeEliza Effing DoolittlesIt's a Tragedy . . . of the CommonsYou're Yoda NowBetter Than SexDon't Be a B-PlayerEscape from AlcatrazGuanxi, Baby!Chapter 21Win the Game of Thrones: Get Promoted in a Dog-Eat-Dog WorldPrepare for Battle RoyaleSpecialize Your Way to NirvanaEven Rocket Ships Need JanitorsFeed the Money MachineKeep Your Head on a SwivelMaking My Own DestinyThey Don't Call It the Art of War for NothingChapter 22Check Yourself at the Door: Career ChecklistChapter 23Mastering Your Sermon on the Mount: Group SellingEye on the PrizeChapter 24Congrats, You've Arrived: Now Get Back to Work!Becoming a BSDPerks, Perks, and More PerksNo Rest for the WearyTrust Is the Coin of the RealmSelling in a Game of InchesAmateurs Negotiate Price; Pros Negotiate TermsA Different Kind of MatrixPractice, Practice, PracticeKeep That Thinking Cap OnCommitted Enough to Be Committed________________Part FourThe Score________________Chapter 25Make a Deal with the Devil: A Very, Very Short Chapter on EthicsWhat Would Christian Bale Do?The JonesesRun to MommyChapter 26Parlay Your Way to Success: Social Proof YourselfBecome a KardashianWeapon of Mass DestructionHave You Arrived?Chapter 27Money Can Buy Happiness: Duh!Don't Be a CreepWhen Is Enough, Enough?Pursuing HappinessChapter 28Writing Checks Your Body Can't Cash: Mismanaging Your LifeResident of Fat CitySpending Time in All the Wrong PlacesThe Work-Life Tradeoff ShamDefault YourselfChapter 29It's Quitting Time: Exit the StageWhy We StayThe TalkHow to LeaveChapter 30The Afterlife: Now What?Be a HeroConclusion______________GlossaryIndex

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DAVE LIU is a 30-year veteran from Wall Street and Silicon Valley. He's raised over $15 billion for hundreds of companies, created multiple start-ups, and had multiple billion dollar exits. He previously worked at investment banks Goldman Sachs and Jefferies, where he rose from the entry level to Managing Director co-running all Digital Media and Internet investment banking activities. He's an expert in finance, entrepreneurship, venture capital, and playing the corporate game.He has a MBA from Harvard Business School and two BS degrees from the University of Pennsylvania in economics and engineering.He can be reached on his website: www.liucrative.com