Tip: How to Get the Results, Recognition, and Reputation You Desire in Work and Life

**__TIP__is an inspirational story designed to remind people in business, and in any position judged by performance, that the only way to achieve continued value and success is to take accountability for your reputation and your results.**In this entertaining, motivating, and educational story, Brian Davis, an average employee with a young family, is fired without warning for being average. Facing a crossroads in his life, does he take another uninspiring job to pay the bills, or does he challenge himself to take the necessary steps to fulfill his potential by being accountable for his own success? Facing the unfamiliar and unforgiving environment of the restaurant/hospitality industry, he gets the chance to learn the simple and actionable principles of TIP from newfound colleagues and customers. At the end of the book, the reader will be able to have:Enhanced self-awareness Confident communications Commitment-based actions Fulfillment of a unique value promise As the mentor in the book says to Brian, "TIP to most people stands for 'to insure performance.' But, if the thought of someone holding a dollar over your head is the reason you're going to do a good job, that's external motivation. No one ever succeeded at anything meaningful in this world by being motivated externally. To me, TIP stands for Take it PersonallyA TIP is not what you get. It's what you give. Do the work, give everything you've got, and you will be rewarded in return."

Get the results, recognition, and reputation you deserve

In TIP, Dave Gordon tells the engaging and motivating story of Brian Davis, an average salesperson who is fired without warning for being average. After 10 years at the same company, he is suddenly faced with no immediate prospects, an uncertain future, and a young family to support. With minimal savings, and determined to not lose everything he's worked for, he reluctantly takes the only job he can get at a popular bar and restaurant called Crossroads. Guided by an unlikely mentor, and insightful colleagues and customers in an unforgiving environment of relentless customer service, he learns the four simple principles of TIP to take control of his life, his career, and his future:

1. Enhanced self-awareness

2. Confident communications

3. Commitment-based actions

4. Fulfillment of a unique value promise

TIP is a timeless, inspirational story created to remind anyone in a position judged by performance that the only way to achieve continued recognition and growth in work and life is to take personal accountability for your reputation and results.

Whatever your role, or level of success in your career, TIP is a guide that will help you discover, or remember, how to consistently bring unique value to your team, your organization, and your most important customers. This easy read will provide a strategy for personal success, complete with coaching and action plans.

"Get the results, recognition, and reputation you deserve In TIP, Dave Gordon tells the engaging and motivating story of Brian Davis, an average salesperson who is fired without warning for being average. After 10 years at the same company, he is suddenly faced with no immediate prospects, an uncertain future, and a young family to support. With minimal savings, and determined to not lose everything he's worked for, he reluctantly takes the only job he can get at a popular bar and restaurant called Crossroads. Guided by an unlikely mentor, and insightful colleagues and customers in an unforgiving environment of relentless customer service, he learns the four simple principles of TIP to take control of his life, his career, and his future 1. Enhanced self-awareness 2. Confident communications 3. Commitment-based actions 4. Fulfillment of a unique value promise TIP is a timeless, inspirational story created to remind anyone in a position judged by performance that the only way to achieve continued recognition and growth in work and life is to take personal accountability for your reputation and results. Whatever your role, or level of success in your career, TIP is a guide that will help you discover, or remember, how to consistently bring unique value to your team, your organization, and your most important customers. This easy read will provide a strategy for personal success, complete with coaching and action plans"-- Provided by publisher TIP is an inspirational story designed to remind people in business, and in any position judged by performance, that the only way to achieve continued value and success is to take accountability for your reputation and your results. In this entertaining, motivating, and educational story, Brian Davis, an average employee with a young family, is fired without warning for being average. Facing a crossroads in his life, does he take another uninspiring job to pay the bills, or does he challenge himself to take the necessary steps to fulfill his potential by being accountable for his own success? Facing the unfamiliar and unforgiving environment of the restaurant/hospitality industry, he gets the chance to learn the simple and actionable principles of TIP from newfound colleagues and customers. At the end of the book, the reader will be able to have: Enhanced self-awareness Confident communications Commitment-based actions Fulfillment of a unique value promise As the mentor in the book says to Brian, "TIP to most people stands for 'to insure performance.' But, if the thought of someone holding a dollar over your head is the reason you're going to do a good job, that's external motivation. No one ever succeeded at anything meaningful in this world by being motivated externally. To me, TIP stands for Take it Personally . A TIP is not what you get. It's what you give. Do the work, give everything you've got, and you will be rewarded in return."