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Most of us are cautious at work. We don’t reveal who we really are. We don’t think that our true selves will be accepted or valued. Throughout our working population, there exists a subterranean culture of honest human feelings, thoughts and beliefs. We may share those hidden treasures with one or two others in our place of work. But we hardly ever reveal ourselves. And almost never to our bosses. It’s just too risky.

For years, Stan Sewitch felt this way. He kept his personal side quiet. He had a family to feed. He recognized the same practical reality shared silently by many others. Then one day, unpredictably, he was freed from that ruse. Stan was fired.

Since that moment, his experience of Corporate Land changed. Stan decided to become an entrepreneur. After three companies, 1,200 clients, three industries, lots of airplane rides and more mistakes than he can remember, Stan has learned that revealing the real stuff under the surface is the Philospher’s Stone of business. The book is a collection of glimpses from an Operative in this Corporate Underground.

Read Paradise is not for Sissies to find out why counter-culture perspectives can be both personally satisfying and much more profitable.

There are a lot of books about leadership. Most of them offer decent advice. Why another one? This is the second volume of Notes from the Corporate Underground. It’s a collection of essays about the realities of leadership, not the theoretical. There are no simple models offered here and no easy answers. Just real life. After reading this volume, you might decide not to pursue a path of leadership, and you would be wise to do so if what you find here causes you to pause in your pursuit of advancement. Leadership is about selflessness, when it’s done right. But if you do get it right, then you could work for a jerk and truly enjoy it, because that jerk would be you.