{"product_id":"9780061340352","title":"Executricks: Or How to Retire While You're Still Working","description":"\u003cp\u003ePeople in the high flush of a successful but sometimes frenetic business career often look with envy at those who have entered their golden years. \u003ci\u003eAh!\u003c\/i\u003e they think. \u003ci\u003eTo be retired!\u003c\/i\u003e Free to wake when you wish, to have the time to reflect on the deeper things in life, play golf or quoits, or just go fishin' in the middle of the day. The stressed-out mind boggles at the prospect, and the lip cannot help but tremble and drool. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the same time, you may not be emotionally–or financially–ready to hang it all up. Which is why, whether you're a withered graybeard or a teeny young future hotshot in leather jodhpurs, you need Stanley Bing's global positioning system for a sane and pleasantly successful life: \u003ci\u003eExecutricks, or How to Retire While You're Still Working\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBing is the ultimate corporate insider, one who has attained nosebleed altitude and worked long and hard enough to lose his desire to work long and hard enough. Over time, he has watched the power players who have made their jobs into a waking festival of indolence and fun, and gleaned a vast range of executricks they have developed over the years, based around several core concepts: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDelegation, or getting other people to do the stuff you don't want to\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbsence, or the ability to get \"work\" done while not being physically on the scene\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbuse of status\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eActing visionary when confused \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntense engagement (used only in crisis) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eA wellspring of executricks flow from these simple precepts, including: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe use of the cell phone and BlackBerry to establish a permanent state of simultaneous Omniscience and Not-Presence \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRoping off mealtimes as zones of defensible entitlement \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTravel as an alternative to work \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe art of the nap\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGolf–the ultimate dodge \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePhilanthropy and social activism, a pleasant parallel universe \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eExecutricks\u003c\/i\u003e is the most precious of resources for those who work hard but would rather be hardly working: a secret handbook that lays bare the stratagems of those who have already ascended to the pinnacles of power. No office, home, or backpack should be without a dog-eared copy. Early adopters earn extra points. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47021645496560,"sku":"9780061340352","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780061340352_p0.jpg?v=1763770990","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780061340352","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}