The Prophecy Puzzle

Book excerpt: If you are bored with or stymied by a routine job, or you are currently trying to flood the market with your resume, you will appreciate this book's scope, compactness and future- orientation. On the other hand, if you are an emerging adult or a teacher who wants to know more about business itself, you may pick up some tricks of the business trade here from the best and brightest businessmen of the last half-century and from me. Or maybe you are a corporate officer who has long been claiming people are woefully unprepared for work, or an executive who prides himself on wanting to know everything about business, or just a caring relative looking for something to help out a young student. Then you will appreciate this sweeping survey's candor and insights. Surging Ahead Brilliantly details Five Essential Survival Skills and five auxiliary topics for this century, imparts a wealth of practical ideas, helps the reader capitalize on my many years' experience, and surveys 30 books by the best futuristic thinkers of the last century. It is a comprehensive but simple guide to what goes on in business, what it is about, and where it is going.