Books by Geoff Blades

When Becky Blades sent her firstborn daughter off to Harvard, she knew the world's top ranked college would not be covering the most important material: How to be kind, happy and appropriate in public; how to protect oneself from sock monsters, boring conversations and scary dates; why to keep the clothes clean. Just in time for her youngest daughter's graduation from high school, Blades illustrated the prose with her signature mixed media artwork, creating a thought-provoking, conversation-starting book. With warmth, wit, and a hint of motherly sass, the book blends bite-sized morsels of coming-of-age common sense such as "Keep at least one stuffed animal," and "A bad attitude makes your butt look big," with tiny essays on topics like forgiveness and phone etiquette. The perfect gift from mother to daughter or from friend to friend, Do Your Laundry Or You'll Die Alone is wise counsel for women of all ages, reminding us to trust our instincts and to show our dreams who's boss.

How is Trump winning? The stage was set. The script had been written. 2016 would be the year that America's two greatest dynasties faced off in an epic showdown. Bush v. Clinton. And then, something very strange happened: Donald Trump burst onto the stage, and politics would never be the same. At first, his presidential run was met with mockery and scorn. The Huffington Post belittled is as a "sideshow," but as Trump single-handedly demolished the once-crowded Republican field, including easily dispatching Jeb Bush, even his critics began to take him seriously. The Republican establishment has declared war on him, going so far as to create the "Never Trump" coalition. And despite carrying a healthy lead over his two remaining rivals, the race appears headed for a showdown in Cleveland, where a cabal of GOP insiders will decide Trump's fate. But whatever happens, the political landscape has been forever changed, leaving strategists, pundits, observers and other candidates to ask the question, "How did this happen?" The answer is simple: Trump's rivals have been playing the wrong game. You don't win an election by playing the same old way. To win on this stage, in these times, in this environment, you need a new playbook.

Are you doing what you want on Wall Street? Are you doing the job you want? Are you getting paid? Promoted? Are you creating the career options you want? You are most certainly working hard, but is your career working hard for you? Fifteen years ago when Geoff Blades stepped back from his career at Goldman Sachs and began asking those questions, he had no idea where it would lead. What began as the goal to find betters answers in his own career led Geoff to become obsessed with how we do what we want in our careers and lives. Over the next decade, reading thousands of books and writing thousands of pages of ideas, Geoff transformed his own career at Goldman Sachs and the the Carlyle Group, before leaving Wall Street to teach others to get what they want. Bringing together Geoff's best ideas researched over fifteen years, this is the book he wished someone had handed him when this work began. To do what you want on Wall Street, this is the only book you will ever need.