Upgrade
Taking Your Work and Life from Ordinary to Extraordinary
by Rana Florida
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Pub Date Sep 13 2013 | Archive Date Nov 14 2013
Description
What do a graffiti artist, eminent neurologist, rocket scientist, and Grammy Award-winning musician have in common? Seven key ingredients for success.
In this groundbreaking book, Rana Florida, drawing on her years of experience working in collaboration with top global companies, offers readers the tools they need to achieve unimagined success in work and in life.
UPGRADE gathers the best from entrepreneurs, innovative thinkers, and creative leaders, and presents their philosophies and approaches in simple and actionable terms that anyone can put to good effect in their professional or their personal lives right from day one.
Experts, luminaries, and stand-outs in their respective fields, from Andre Agassi, Nelly Furtado, and Mario Batali to Tony Hsieh, Tory Burch, Richard Illy, Daniel Pink, Zaha Hadid, and Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley, offered remarkably consistent advice and key principles for living an Upgraded live, which allowed them to overcome challenges, change course, and completely reboot their lives to ones with vision, purpose, challenge, and passion.
UPGRADE provides the keys to making small changes in work and life which will elevate you to a level of greater happiness and fulfillment – and bring you the life you really want.
About the Author: Rana Florida is CEO of the consulting firm The Creative Class Group, whose clients include BMW, Starwood, IBM, Philips, Zappos, and Johnson & Johnson. She writes a Huffington Post column called “Your Startup Life,” and is a regular HGTV who has appeared on The Today Show and in The New York Times.
Advance Praise
Don Tapscott, Best-selling author, Wikinomics "Why ride in coach, when you can upgrade? A must read for a better journey through life."
Nelly Furtado, Grammy Award winning musician, "Upgrade welcomes you to take a fresh approach to everything you do to get the most out of work and life."
Mario Batali, Critically acclaimed chef, restaurateur, award-winning author, and television personality, "In the 21st century success is as much about raw talent as it is about strategy and those who have both will clearly succeed. With Rana Florida's well researched and clearly written "Upgrade" in your corner, everything from email strategies to team creation at every level will become transparent and intuitive. This tome is the manifesto for success in a way that leaves no one in your reach a loser."
Tony Hsieh, CEO Zappos.com, Inc and The New York Times Best-selling author, Delivering Happiness, “"Creative and innovative strategies to upgrade your work and life, with 7 simple principles."
Frank Toskan, Founder M.A.C. Cosmetics, “Read Upgrade for its stories, examples, and strategies and get ready to live the life you always wanted.”
Ali Velshi, CNN Chief Business Correspondent, Anchor, CNN-I World Business Today, Host, CNN Your Money, “Rana's perspective on business and life is a fresh new take, breaking the traditional corporate mold. Upgrade is a must read for anyone not buying into the conventional wisdom."
"Upgrade is an a-ha book that will change how you look at life's challenges and give you tools to upgrade your life." -- Toure, co host of The Cycle on MSNBC
Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9780071827218 |
| PRICE | $27.00 (USD) |
