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"engaging and confidently recommended" Midwest Book Review - April 12, 2004 a non-fiction work on "work" Workaholics are the richest people in the cemetery Infinity Publishing - July 2003 ISBN: 0-7414-1621-2 - $13.95 |
 If you read this book, you won't be able to retire today, but you should be able to retire sooner. This book won't make you a millionnaire, but you should have a richer life. |
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life for us all, April 12, 2004 Reviewer: Midwest Book Review - Oregon, WI USA Tick Tock, Don't Stop: A Manual For Workaholics is an informed and informative overview of all aspects of "work", ranging from its origin, to why it is so widely disliked, to the ramifications of minimum wage, to the advantages and disadvantages of working at home, to productive alternatives to the traditional 9 to 5 job, and more. A thoughtful and thought-provoking survey written to provide the reader with information and ideas about a very necessary, ubiquitous part of human life, and touching on ways to improve the daily work life for us all, Tick Tock, Don't Stop is an engaging and confidently recommended reflection offering a much-needed perspective on the "daily grind" that occupies so much of our waking life. Reviewer: Diane C. Donovan MBR BOOKWATCH, February 2005 Author Robert Swiatek has been a computer software consultant for over twenty years, studying computers and teaching math and working numerous jobs through his life. His manual for workaholics' documents his experience as one, revealing stress factors, motivation for overwork, different levels of job achievement in different types of jobs, and more. Packed with personal insights and tips. |
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| Tick Tock, Don’t Stop provides | xxxxxx | xxxxxx | The author shares his secret for | |
| both a brief historical overview | living a more productive life with | |||
| of work and how it has changed | The author offers sensible | less effort. The book chronicles | ||
| through the years, in addition | advice based on his varied | the origin of work, how work has | ||
| to the author’s insights based | workplace encounters over | changed through the years and | ||
| on his experiences as an | his career. One lesson is | why most of us don't like it too much. | ||
| employee and a consultant. | to learn to distinguish | Swiatek also uses his professional | ||
| The book also provides tips | what's important in your | experience to provide valuable tips | ||
| to enhance your time at work | life from what isn't. | on how to enhance your time, on | ||
| and away from it. | Joe Bernardi - Reston, VA | and off the job. | ||
| Sandra McFarland - Martinsburg, WV | Canisius College Magazine | |||
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