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| The Adventures of Johnny Bunko: The Last Career Guide You'll Ever Need | 
 enlarge | Author: Daniel H. Pink
Creator: Rob Ten Pas
Publisher: Riverhead Trade
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  65 reviews
Sales Rank: 3554
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 160
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Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.1 x 0.5
ISBN: 1594482918
Dewey Decimal Number: 650.14
EAN: 9781594482915
ASIN: 1594482918
Publication Date: April 1, 2008
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 Great life lessons but pure bunko as a career book May 4, 2008
7 out of 13 found this review helpful
Johnny Bunko is a great book that concentrates on transformational principles for living an extraordinary life that have already been discussed in previous reviews. His book, A Whole New Mind is a favorite of mine. The manga style of Johnny Bunko will appeal to high school and college age readers. But the title is just bullfeathers, meant to suck the reader in to buying the book. It is a "life lessons" book. IT IS NOT A CAREER GUIDE AT ALL, much less the last one you will need.
Most young people come out of college with no real certainty about their life direction. They expect it will all somehow work out. But it often doesn't. Most will wind up in careers they wish they did not have to go to each day. The tragedy of this is that it is completely unnecessary. But choosing a great career takes a lot more than a few truths, no matter how appealing.
A while back I was in the midst of a mid-life career change. I bought all the recommended career books. Only one of them really stood out as extraordinary, "The Pathfinder" by Lore. I used it to successfully make a major change to a career that gives me a great deal of pleasure as well as more than twice the income I was making before, even though I already had a PhD.
I have just bought and read the newly published second book by Nicholas Lore, entitled Now What?: The Young Person's Guide to Choosing the Perfect Career. This one is for my 19 and 22 year olds. This is the real "only career guide you will ever need." Written by the presidentially commended (by Bill Clinton) founder of "career coaching" and Rockport Institute, it completely and skillfully guides the reader through designing a career that will fit their talents and personality perfectly doing work you love. It is humorous, powerful and direct. It pulls no punches, making it clear that it you have to make designing the perfect career a major project if you do not want to wind up like most of your friends will, successful and unsatisfied, with the symbols of success but not much more. Buy Johnny Bunko for a fun, quick and profound read, and buy NOW WHAT for yourself and your future. It is the one you will turn to year after year, the guidebook to a fully lived life. Another great career book is "Do What You Are" by Tieger.
 The Best Graduation Gift EVER! April 2, 2008
6 out of 10 found this review helpful
As the mother of four daughters in college and author of a forthcoming book on creative ways to get a global education (The World Is Your Campus, to be published by Random House in 2009), I have to say that this is the VERY BEST career guide available.
It's fast-paced, entertaining, and extremely relevant. In fact, it might be the ONLY career advice book students will actually read, enjoy and recommend to others! Dan Pink has a gift for delivering key points clearly and he does so here in an unforgettable format. You'll never split a pair of chopsticks again without thinking of this story and the great illustrations by Rob Ten Pas.
This book is sure to be passed from student to student and from cubicle dweller to cubicle dweller. It offers exactly the kind of advice you wish someone would have shared with you when you were 18. Or 24. Or 35.
Go now and buy this book for every not-so-inspired student or employee you know. But don't forget to read it yourself first! There are some great tips--and needed reminders--here. Dan Pink gets it right.
Solid Message... a Paradigm Shift in How it's Delivered April 2, 2008
5 out of 9 found this review helpful
I'm in the field of Enterprise Training and Development. I saw Daniel Pink speak about this project at the Learning 2007 conference last fall. I pre-ordered and the book came in the mail just this morning. In between my regular work tasks, I finished the book by early afternoon for a total reading time of less than an hour (closer to a half-hour).
It encapsulates just about everything I took out of books by Covey, Blanchard and Buckingham. The six lessons the sprite Diana shares are basically truisms that stem from plenty of sources.
The advice the book gives is excellent, but it's in HOW it delivers its message that the brilliance lies. Daniel Pink is the author of "A Whole New Mind," of which I'm a fan. It's a shining beacon that illuminates the value of visual design and narrative. It's not necessarily better content than your "Habits" -- it's a better book because you can walk away with the same mental state without spending hours and hours pouring over it.
I just loaned it to a younger co-worker. I'm recommending it for everyone in my learning organization, and I am definitely recommending it for my peers and friends who are entertaining job and career shifts.
Another Awesome Book! April 4, 2008
5 out of 9 found this review helpful
I completely agree with the other readers. This book is amazingly good. Short, funny and straight to the point.
One of the best parts of this book is that the lessons you learn from it apply not only career but also to everyday life. The manga style also makes the book easy and fun to read. it feels more like you're watching a great movie, which makes it easy to follow and connect with.
it's revolutionary in the way it used the manga style applied to career advice. two completely different worlds collide to make a one spectacular book.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
Engaging Format for Practical Wisdom April 6, 2008
5 out of 8 found this review helpful
Although Johnny Bunko's six lessons are learned in a cubicle environment, it doesn't take "a whole new mind" to see how they adapt to situations in everyday life in the real world. This was my first exposure to the visual manga format which I find makes the information far easier to recall and retain. Leave it to Mr Pink to practice what he's been preaching and put out a book in this new (to American readers) format.
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