I already had my first real position for a couple of months when I acquired this title, so the parts on how to do well in a job were of more interest. I studied and followed these sections carefully. I must say that the advice in the book is what it claims to be - a coherent strategy is presented for getting ahead which is relevant to modern workplaces (in particular, professional offices). However, a word of warning - this advice is from the hard school. The endless continuum of late nights, weekends, lunch-skipping and worst of all, people massaging and submissiveness which seem to underpin this strategy will take your nerves to the verge of collapse. Your body follows suit, and that's where you stay - verging on physical and psychological downfall. That is unless you truly believe in what you're aiming for - and you'll have to be aiming for something eternally fulfilling because everyday living this way isn't really a nice life.
I used the strategies in this book to get a hefty promotion, and now I'm in the rarified position of being a 22 year old project manager. However, for what it cost me, I sometimes wonder whether I would have been better off following a more sustainable approach to my young life.
I'm not saying this is a bad title, as evidenced by the rating. If you use this book to get promoted, exercise a degree of moderation and enjoy the good humour on offer. If you decide to take it literally, go only with a firm belief in what kind of lifestyle you want, because its death or victory all the way and possibly death from victory at the end.
I think that some may get the impression from profiles of people in the book that it's easy to move up in the work place quickly. Readers of the book should note that those folks are exceptions, not the norm, and many factors are involved in making a career.