How's the Terrain?

The buzz in managementland is that Dr. Spencer Johnson's new book, Peaks and Valleys, is a gotta have.

The author of No. 1 bestsellers Who Moved My Cheese?, The Present,
and The One Minute Manager, has the street creds to get away with a subtitle like Making Good and Bad Times Work For You -- At Work and In Life. He tells how to get through tough times sooner
and make good times enjoyable and longer.

Here's the link to the book on Amazon.com and the synopsis:

Peaks and Valleys is a story of a young man who lives unhappily in a valley until he meets an old man who lives on a peak, and it changes his work and life forever.

Initially, the young man does not realize he is talking with one of the most peaceful and successful people in the world. However, through a series of conversations and experiences that occur up on peaks and down in valleys, the young man comes to make some startling discoveries.

Eventually, he comes to understand how he can use the old man's remarkable principles and practical tools in good and bad times and becomes more calm and successful himself.

Now you can take a similar journey through the story and use what you find to your advantage in your own work and life.