Earnest Aspirant

Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies ~ Earnest Benn . . . Politics is something that is always present around us be it in any kind of environment be it your house, school, college or at work politics is something that is unavoidable. Everyone wants to be better than the other person and this is the root cause of every politics. . . . Politics at work is one of the most competitive kinds of politics. Where everyone’s ultimate goal is to impress the boss. Tackling politics at work is an art, And one you learn to master it you are the king of your jungle. You can use this politics in your favour and against you .Both of which solely depends on you .This insightful book tells you ways to tackle the pressure in your work environment and helps you to use this politics at your benefit. I loved how the author compared politics to chess board and relates every entity to that of chess. . . This book is divided into four parts • The Game • Pawn, Bishop or Queen? • Checkmate: The methods • Chessboard systematic understanding The first part of the book is about understanding politics and the factors that leads to the politics. The author briefly explains the types of politics at various levels in an organization. The second part of the book talks about the political drama at work and helps you understand your personality and helps you with identifying ways to tackle things based on your personality and how you can use your personality to improve your relationship with your peers. The third part consists of methods to tackle this politics. No book can explain this section better than this one. This part is explains briefly about how you can tackle things and tells you about how you can turn your weaknesses into strength. The last part of the book is about the Chessboard which is your work environment and its culture .This briefs about the work culture and how you can adapt to win this game of chess! This book is filled with a lot of lessons and for a person like me who loves reading management related book this book is a gem. I would recommend everyone who works to read this book. Books have a lot of impact in my life and this book sure will make an impact in your entire work environment. It took me longer time than usual to complete this book because I marked down every little detail that I can put to use. It was worth spending all my time!!This book is just a reflection about the management skills that the author possesses.Im really glad I came across this book!