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Avoiding the Blues Now Available

posted May 8, 2010, 7:46 AM by Olivier de Sousa   [ updated Jun 22, 2010, 5:04 AM ]


*****UPDATE*****
The Avoiding the Blues website is now up and running.  Please visit that site for all the latest information.  Thanks.  www.avoidingtheblues.com
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I am very excited to let you know that my first book, "Avoiding the Blues", is now available for purchase in paperback and PDF format.

For the PDF download just click on the Buy Now button below and the site will bring you to PayPal.com where you will be able to pay either with a PayPal account or credit card.  You'll then receive an email with a link to the download (on E-JUNKIE).  The cost for the PDF book US$12.

Buy Now

For the paperback version click on the link below.  This will bring you to Createspace (an Amazon.com company) where you will be able to purchase it for US$19.95.

 

Also available on Amazon.com by clicking on their logo.



Within few weeks it should become available on other Amazon.com sites around the world as well as for order by bookstores, libraries and other outlets.



What is "Avoiding the Blues" about??

“Avoiding the Blues” is my first book and recounts how, through my own unique path through life, one regular person was taught life-changing lessons that we all are exposed to at some point.


An easy to read memoir recapping twenty-one years of employment with one of the largest firms in the world.  Not from the view of a senior executive, sociologist, psychologist or business school professor but, refreshingly, from an employee and first-line manager perspective. 


A must read for anyone who feels their individuality being squashed by the ever-present corporate world.  The time has come for individuals to wrest back control of their time and, more importantly, to proudly wave their unique flag."

My First Book - Avoiding the Blues

posted Apr 28, 2010, 7:26 AM by Olivier de Sousa   [ updated Apr 28, 2010, 7:48 AM ]

Hi there everyone,

I am putting the finishing touches on my first book entitled "Avoiding the Blues".  It is non-fiction and based on my twenty-one years working at IBM Corporation.  It relates my path through the corporation and details some of the lessons I learnt along the way.  Ideas on how to run a people-centred services business and thoughts on how an individual should navigate their way through a large corporation.....and avoid getting the corporate "Blues" along the way.

Attached is a preview of the cover and a brief synopsis on the back cover...


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