Bun.ko (v) - to make a mistake from which the benefits of what you've learned exceed the costs of the screw up

This book is about Johnny Bunko, who's a lot like you and me. He's a great guy, who set's off on his career, like what everyone around said he was supposed to do and lo, he ends up in a dead end job @ Boggs. All this changes, when he gets the chance to summon Diana, a genie-esque career advisor by cracking the chopsticks he acquired at the ukai sushi & noodles. But there's a catch - he only has six pairs of chopstick and each crack materializes to an unprecedented session of career wisdom from the whimsical Diana.

What's This Book About

Think about your purpose, to recognise that your life isn't infinite. You should use your limited time here to do something that matters. To potentially do a service of something larger than yourself. To leave anything a little better than before. This isn't just a career advice.This summary is a small imprint that I leave, embedding a few crisp lessons in you, through the medium of this digital dust.

Lesson 6 - Leave An Imprint

It's not about you, but your clients. Use your strengths to improve others' lives. You're in your role to serve, not self actualize. This mindframe solves the clients' problems and adds value to their process or output. The most valuable people in a team, bring out the best in others. They aid in their teammates success and make their boss look good. Always remember : Think outward, not inward.

Lesson 3 - It's Not About You

The key to success is to steer through weaknesses and focus on your strengths. Instead of trying hard to improve what you're bad at, capitalize on what you're good at. This creates more instances of flow state in the work you're doing.Additional lesson - In a big company, nothing is private. Leverage it to create more chances, suiting your strengths. This would gain you more visibility.

Lesson 2 - Think Strengths, Not Weaknesses

You can't sit there at age 21 or 31 or 41 or even 51 & map your life's trajectory all out. You may think X will lead you to Y will lead you to Z, but it never works that way. The world changes. In a decade, your job might be in some other geography and even your industry might not even exist. And, you'll change too. You might discover a hidden talent. That doesn't mean you should let random things happen with you, you'd need to make smart choices, based on instrumental reasons or fundamental reasons. This would make you an enlightened pragmatist.

Lesson 1 - There's No Plan

Instead of focusing to avoid failures, a crummy way to achieve spectacular success is to make huge & honking mistakes, that puts you a little closer to excellence & makes you little better, probabilistically.

Lesson 5 - Make Excellent Mistakes

One among the most powerful force in the universe is compound interest. Though talent is important, the world is littered with talented people who didn't persist and thought they could ride on talent alone, whereas people with comparatively less talent pass them by. You get intrinsic motivation, just for the fun of doing a task. The more intrinsic motivation you have, the more you persist. The more you persist, the more likely you are to succeed.

Lesson 4 - Persistence trumps talent

Skimming through the last career guide you'll ever need

Look out for Daniel Pink’s new book, When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing From Daniel H. Pink, the #1 bestselling author of Drive and To Sell Is Human, comes an illustrated guide to landing your first job in The Adventures of Johnny Bunko: The Last Career Guide You’ll Ever Need. There’s never been a career guide like The Adventures of Johnny Bunko by Daniel H. Pink (author of To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Motivating Others). Told in manga—the Japanese comic book format that’s an international sensation—it’s the fully illustrated story of a young Everyman just out of college who lands his first job. Johnny Bunko is new to the Boggs Corp., and he stumbles through his early months as a working stiff until a crisis prompts him to rethink his approach. Step by step he builds a career, illustrating as he does the six core lessons of finding, keeping, and flourishing in satisfying work. A groundbreaking guide to surviving and flourishing in any career, The Adventures of Johnny Bunko is smart, engaging and insightful, and offers practical advice for anyone looking for a life of rewarding work.

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Daniel H. Pink is the author of six provocative books — including his newest, When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing. WHEN has spent 4 months on the New York Times bestseller list and was named a Best Book of 2018 by Amazon and iBooks. Dan's other books include the long-running New York Times bestseller A Whole New Mind and the #1 New York Times bestsellers Drive and To Sell is Human. His books have won multiple awards and have been translated into 39 languages. He and his wife, who live in Washington, DC, have three children -- a college senior, a college sophomore, and a high school sophomore. 