The Go-Getter by Peter B Kyne

The Go-Getter by Peter B Kyne

The classic motivational parable (over 500,000 copies sold worldwide) that shows you how to make your own opportunities in life, updated for the modern reader by bestselling business author Alan Axelrod

Ever since its first printing by William Randolph Hearst in 1921, The Go-Getter has inspired employees and entrepreneurs to take initiative, increase their productivity, and excel against the odds. Now, more than half a million copies later, Alan Axelrod, bestselling author of Patton on Leadership and Elizabeth I, CEO, updates the tale to address today's most pressing work issues.

In The Go-Getter, Bill Peck, a war veteran, persuades Cappy Ricks, the influential founder of the Rick's Logging & Lumbering Company, to let him prove himself by selling skunk wood in odd lengths-a job that everyone knows can only lead to failure. When Peck goes on to beat his quota, Rick hands Peck the ultimate opportunity and the ultimate test: the quest for an elusive blue vase. Drawing on such classic values as honesty, determination, passion, and responsibility, Peck overcomes nearly insurmountable obstacles to find the vase and launch hia career as a successful manager.

In a time when jobs are tight and managers are too busy for mentoring, how can you maintain positive energy, take control of your career, and prepare yourself to ace the tests that come your way? By applying the timeless lessons in this compulsively readable parable, employees at all levels can learn to rekindle the go-getter in themselves.

Between 1904 and 1940, Peter B.Kyne (1880-1957) was an American novelist. Many of his works, particularly his debut novel, The Three Godfathers, which was released in 1913 and proved to be a major hit, were adapted into screenplays beginning in the silent era. Between 1914 and 1952, he appeared in 110 films. He lied about his age and enlisted in Company L, 14th U.S. Infantry while still under the age of 18. From 1898 to 1899, the infantry served in the Philippines.

Many of Kyne's later works were set against the backdrop of the Spanish-American War and General Emilio Aguinaldo's subsequent insurgency. He was a commander in Battery A of the 144th Field Artillery, also known as the California Grizzlies, during World War I. He was born in San Francisco and died there.

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ISBN 13	9781684221677
ISBN 10	1684221676
Title	The Go-Getter
Author	Peter B Kyne
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Martino Fine Books
Year published	2017-11-08
Number of pages	44
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