{"id":370,"date":"2010-11-29T06:09:28","date_gmt":"2010-11-29T06:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/a-book-about-acting-up-in-the-workplace\/"},"modified":"2010-11-29T06:09:28","modified_gmt":"2010-11-29T06:09:28","slug":"a-book-about-acting-up-in-the-workplace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/a-book-about-acting-up-in-the-workplace\/","title":{"rendered":"A Book About Acting Up In The Workplace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#0160;found a book that you should check-out.&#0160;<em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Acting-Brings-Everyone-Down-Workplace\/dp\/0977981347\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1291027840&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\">Acting Up Brings Everyone Down <\/a><\/em>is a book by Nick McCormick of Be Good Ventures.&#0160; The book is a short read, but is packed with wit, irony and useful workplace tips.<\/p>\n<p>When I began reviewing the book, I couldn&#39;t help but think back to my days in the corporate world.&#0160; The irony was inescapable.&#0160; Nick does a good job at finding situations and anecdotes that breed a sense of relating.&#0160; I especially like the 3rd chapter, Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire.&#0160; Sincere lying is an art form in some corporate halls.<\/p>\n<p>The tips are also not to be overlooked.&#0160; Nick gives the reader no-nonsense help without resorting to worn out motivational techniques.&#0160; It&#39;s the stuff we no we should do, and shouldn&#39;t do.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe <em>Acting Up Brings Everyone Down <\/em>will help us get back to some basics.<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#0160;found a book that you should check-out.&#0160; Acting Up Brings Everyone Down is a book by Nick McCormick of Be Good Ventures.&#0160; The book is a short read, but is packed with wit, irony and useful workplace tips. When I began reviewing the book, I couldn&#39;t help but think back to my days in the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[22,906,1313,69,336,177,269],"class_list":["post-370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","tag-business","tag-business-books","tag-business-motivation","tag-career-management","tag-leadership","tag-management-2","tag-professional-development"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}