Street Smart

The Primer for Success in the New World

De: John Positano, Rock Positano

Narrado por: Steve Marvel

The essence of being street smart is the ability to take advantage of lucky breaks. And everyone—at least once in their lifetime—gets a lucky break. What they do with that lucky break varies tremendously from individual to individual. Street smart people don't just sit around waiting for something to happen and fall into their laps—they create their lucky breaks. It's certainly not taught in school and formal education!

Why is it so important to take advantage of these lucky breaks? Because . . .

- Working hard isn't enough.

- Networking isn't enough.

- Diligence isn't enough.

- Brilliant strategizing isn't enough.

You need something more. You need to be street smart. And successful people will tell you how—right here in this book—and will explain some of the techniques they employed that brought them to the head of the class.

©2022 John Positano and Rock Positano (P)2022 Tantor

Insightful, humorous and authentic

This audiobook emphasized the importance of loyalty, perseverance, and remaining flexible to real world situations in finding personal success. The novel uses people’s personal success stories as teaching tools for the reader. 100% would recommend to literally anyone at any stage of life and in any career. - Jenny Klein

St. Smart

Excessive repetition of the title Street Smart was distracting. On from that, extended bio references -- to what end? The performance was reminiscent of Larry King's style that flattened it, a mismatch. At one point a comment was made regarding all the self-help book authors smiling because you had purchased their book! Really now!?