Comments on: Review: The Adventures of Johnny Bunko

By: Jon

Jon — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:23:44 +0000

Pink’s other book is pretty good too.

http://www.danpink.com/wnm.html

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By: Jacques

Jacques — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 06:06:20 +0000

Thanks for the review.

I read this about a year ago when I was close to graduating from college, based on a recommendation by Tim Ferriss.

Great stuff. I’m about to pull it off my book shelf and re-read.

By: Joe L.

Joe L. — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 04:40:35 +0000

Thanks Trent! These type of book will never make it to my country’s local library so what you are doing really helps!

In life my basic philosophy is “be more valuable than you current are.”

Taking a sip,
Joseph

By: Charley Forness

Charley Forness — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 03:06:11 +0000

Hmm, if you had told me that I would have gone into banking 10 years later, when I got out of college, I would have punched you, then waited till you woke up and punched you again…not really, but I would never have believed it as an idealist, anti-establishment (dare I say Pacifist?) college graduate. Funny how things work out.

But now that I am working on implementing some of the universal truths that are also included in the Johnny Bunko book, I am re-developing my life plan. The key to that is the point above about it “Not being about you.” True joy comes from helping others as does true success.

Additionally, I find the other critical key to be Persistence. So many people quit just prior to reaching the Acre of Diamonds. It really is true that persistence is rewarded.

Trent is this actually a fictional novel? Or does the author use Manga to deliver non-fictional principles

By: Carl Nielson

Carl Nielson — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 02:34:33 +0000

One last thought here and I might be splitting hairs but I hope you enjoy the expansion of the idea,
Persistence is equal to and required to work with talent. You have to have both persistence and talent. Here is my thought on that point:
Persistence without talent: Continue until you either get the talent or self select out (the latter is most likely)
Talent without persistence: A few might make it but most don’t.
Talent with Persistence: A can’t lose scenario.

By: Carl Nielson

Carl Nielson — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 02:27:42 +0000

Trent and others reading this,
I absolutely enjoyed and appreciated your summary of the book’s lessons. Great job and service to people. I’m sharing your post with my student clients (program called Career Coaching for Students).

I hear so many adults who say “10 years ago I never would have guessed I’d be doing…”. Your belief and that of so many people is that it is impossible to “identify” your talent, passion and calling. Your belief is that you have to “find it” on your own.

The level of sophistication in “some”assessments (validity and relability) as well as the level of sophisticated knowledge that “some” career coaches now possess makes “discovering” much easir. You may still need to take 10 years to gain enough experience to be successful in your own business but knowing where you are going makes the journey much more enjoyable and much more successful. Most successful people will tell you they knew what they wanted to do, set goals to get there and then executed with relative precision toward those goals.

The lessons you pulled from the book are all very good advice.

Carl Nielson
Chief Discovery Officer
Success Discoveries
carl@successdiscoveries.com

By: FINACE

FINACE — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 02:00:05 +0000

It is a difficult process to change field not that it is hard but it is time consuming and you dont no if it will work

By: Noadi

Noadi — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 22:53:40 +0000

10 years ago or even 5 years ago I wouldn’t have believed I’d have my own business making jewelry and sculpting. It wasn’t anything even on my radar.

By: Steven@HundredGoals.com

Steven@HundredGoals.com — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 22:08:57 +0000

It’s not about you is a powerful lesson I learned the hard way. I was persistent in my desire to break into the international field for the company I worked in & when I finally had an opportunity to sit down to chat with my manager I went on a spiel about how this position was perfect for me, how I love to travel, how I this & I that.

About 2 minutes into my monologue he stopped me. He asked if he could give me some advice, and of course I said he could. His advice was simple, “Its not about you. It is about how you can benefit the company, not how we can benefit you.”

I didn’t get the position.

By: Manshu

Manshu — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 21:59:21 +0000

Too many people are reluctant to change fields because that is not what they majored in or they feel that their earlier education will go waste if they take up some other role.

The world is changing and whatever you learned is a good foundation to build your future upon, nothing to cling upon in the hopes of doing that forever.