Review"Truly a handbook for thriving at work in the new economy. Every worker, manager, and professional will find this manual inspiring and immensely serviceable. Hayes tells us what we must do and how to do it." -- Ronald Gross, Chair, University Seminar on Innovation, Columbia University Product DescriptionTraining Yourself, has been described as a career survival manual, a reality check, and as $50,000 worth of advice for under five dollars. This book is Charles D. Hayes' vital philosophy of self-education applied to the workplace. Regardless of the nature of your job, your politics, or whether you work for a nonprofit organization or the size of the business that employees you, the advice in this little book will forever change the way you think about your work. About the AuthorCharles D. Hayes is a self-taught philosopher and one of America’s strongest voices in support of lifelong learning. Promoting the idea that education should be thought of not as something you get but as something you take, his work has been honored by the American Library Association and featured in USA Today, in the UTNE Reader, and on National Public Radio’s Talk of the Nation. Hayes’ September University: Summoning Passion for an Unfinished Life has been described as a “must read” for anyone aspiring to a better world. His previous book, The Rapture of Maturity: A Legacy of Lifelong Learning, upholds the importance of seeking truth and serving others to achieve our full potential as human beings. Hayes spent his youth in Texas, and then served as a U.S. Marine and a police officer before embarking on a career in the oil industry. Alaska has been his home for more than 30 years.