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Fred Factor

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The Fred Factor by Mark Sanborn is about creating passion in your life and how that can make your life extraordinary. The book begins by explaining what the “Fred Factor” is and who it was named after. It then gives some guidelines on how to become a Fred by following a certain way of thinking. The book also goes over how to seek out and develop other Freds in your life. It concludes by giving an update on the original Fred, Fred Shea. In the first section of the book where Sanborn describes the original Fred and examples of other Freds you are really drawn into learning more about this specific kind of person. One of the main points of the book is how anyone can be passionate about their work no matter what they do. The …show more content…

The economy right now is not in the best place. This has led to a lot of changes around my workplace – there have been budget cuts, layoffs, and overall huge unexpected changes have been occurring for the past few years. This does not do a lot for workplace moral. While having an attitude like Fred’s would be nice to have around there is a certain point where an environment can become toxic. There is only so much that one person and their great attitude can do. I would never stop trying to be a Fred but you must acknowledge that is not always possible to get a group or a majority on your side just by your actions. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone and especially people in the customer service industry. Working with people all of the time can be frustrating and this is a great book to show you how you can make a difference working with people. That is one of the most importance lessons in this book – that every day you can make a difference in the world. This is something that is easy to forget when you get wrapped up in budgets, spreadsheets, and meetings but it is very important. Remembering something as small as this can make a huge difference in both your life and others

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