Review of Winning Nice: How to Succeed in Business and Life Without Waging War (Hardcover)

Walk into any bookstore, and you will find an abundance of motivational, how-to-succeed-in-business books. Why would you want to pick out Winning Nice from among the others? For one, its author is Dawna Stone, a woman who has lived out the success that she teaches. Dawna founded Her Sports + Fitness magazine, achieved striking success within Fortune 500 companies, and won The Apprentice: Martha Stewart. But there's more! Dawna is also an avid athlete and has found time to sustain strong connections with family and friends.

Winning Nice is about succeeding in business AND in life. If you've ever been told that you're too "nice" and can't succeed in business that way, then this book is for you. Each chapter reads like a personal mentoring session with Dawna. Chapters open with bulleted agenda items and contain vivid personal examples. She outlines what it takes to be effective while being respectable and respectful.

On the other hand, if you feel too driven, as if a negative business atmosphere has swallowed up your life, then this book will also be for you. Dawna shows how "nice" people are the only ones who win in both their private and professional lives. Ironically, the same "winning nice" strategies that benefit your personal life also allow you to be the most effective leader in the workplace. According to the author, you will actually win more if you win "nice."

Corporate America is sometimes referred to as a giant rat race, a dog-eat-dog world. This perspective drains the life out of even the most hopeful employee. In Winning Nice, Dawna Stone invites her reader to rise above the day-to-day in order to glimpse a new vision of the workplace. Through concrete examples, she illustrates just how powerful "nice" can be. With a positive perspective and appropriate boundaries, the corporate world can be both thrilling and fulfilling. It can be the perfect complement to a satisfying personal life. This is the vision of Winning Nice.

Armchair Interviews says: What a refreshing vision that is!



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