Hired Gun: You're #1, and Somebody Hates It

By Robert Workman

Book Overview

Hired Gun isn't about how to sell: hundreds of authors tell you how to do that. Only Robert Workman reveals and deals with the irony that the better you are, the more likely you are to get fired or... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0966666879
• ISBN13: 9780966666878
• Release Date: May 1999
• Publisher: Direct Media Marketing
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

The Truth about the Field!!

This is the only book out there of its kind, the only one that tells you how and why so many superstar salespeople leave the selling profession for life after getting burned. LISTEN: ignore these idiots reviewing this superb book and read the critical reviews from people who matter, i.e. those printed on the outside of the book. Every single one of them is either a superstar, a CSP, or both. I'm very young and very new but unstoppably driven in a tough selling field (advertising) and this book was pivotal to the success I've had and, more importantly, learning how to deal with coming problems before they take me by surprise. IF YOU PLAN TO REACH THE TOP IN SALES, THIS BOOK WILL PICK UP WHERE ALL THE OTHERS LEAVE OFF AND SAVE YOU FROM GETTING VICTIMIZED WITH YOUR GUARD DOWN.

GREAT STUFF!

I've been successful in sales over 25 years,taken every sales training seminar you can name.This book is the only one that has ever told it like it is in the real world of selling.You master your craft, become successful, thenBOOM, somebody's out to bring you down: a beancounter, a sales manager, a disappointed rep. How do you stay on top? I wish I'd had this book twenty years ago. If I had a sales force of fifty people I'd get it for every one of them.

Attention, all Hired Guns!

If you think this book is just for sales people, then think again. HIRED GUN is for anyone who is the best in their field. It doesn't matter if you are a computer jock, marketing rep, or the CEO; the Laws of the Hired Gun apply to you as well.Filled with great anecdotes and cinematic references, this book helps you to identify potential problems with jealous co-workers, incompetent managers and general corporate stupidity before they effect your career. As you read through each chapter, you'll find yourself drawing personal parallels to many of the situations that the author and others have experienced.

Hired Gun doesn't just tell you how to get to the top...

It tells you how to stay on top! Using many cinematic metaphors for the business world, you'll imagine your office as the set of "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" or "The Magnificent Seven"! There's quite a few gems among the "Laws of the Hired Gun"!

A Masterpiece

This is a must read for everyone in sales! I am going to have everyone I know read this!