Megan Hustad

This is more of an overview of self help business books throughout the last century, with a few personal anecdotes (and a chapter on 2005 era Trump that was hard to get through in 2019). Some good passages but overall not much here.

Apparently I read oodles of these faith-tinged memoirs, but I was surprised to find this one kind of bland. Despite the missionary field settings and the potential for all sorts of adolescent angst, I didn't feel the stories and anecdotes were very interesting, or that the author was very engaged in relating them. Another reviewer mentioned a sense of detachment, and I would agree with their assessment.

This book purports to be a survey of the various books on how to get ahead in business, but it actually must have stolen a peek at my non-existent diary of mistakes I've made, some of them over and over. A very practical set of pointers on how to understand the workplace and survive there if you want to.

I finished this over Thanksgiving break, so there's time to read it again before the library wants it back. My dad told me (twice) how thankful he was that I was employed.

Eurgh.