Brag!: The Art of Tooting Your Own Horn without Blowing It Paperback – May 1, 2004

While Peggy wrote this book primarily for women, as a man I got some valuable tips on how to promote myself. She encourages all of us to have a "brag bag" of sound bites available whenever anyone asks - "So what have you been up to lately". It truly is not bragging to simply tell people what you have done. One point that hit home was the concept of "credit theft" in organizations. If you aren't telling lots of people what you have accomplished, then there is a high probability that someone else will take credit for it.It is hard to keep perspective on what you have done. You may think that you are just doing your job. Peggy gives a way to keep a log of what you have done so you can tap into the brag bag when you need it. If you just take a look once a week or once a month, you would be surprised at how much you did.At first her terms "brag bag", "brag bites", "bragologue" and "brag nags" seem contrived and self serving so she could make her point. However, after the first several chapters, these terms really come to life and help you focus on getting your message across to everyone you meet.This book is an easy read. I found myself going quickly through her material and picking it up again a few months later when I needed a refresher. I'm using it now to help me with my performance review.

I say this with a grain of salt because As a woman, I frequently suffer from imposter syndrome. But this book really taught me some ways to weave in my accomplishments into conversations with my natural humor and grace.

This is a good read for people in business who have a hard time promoting themselves. It is a necessary evil that the author makes natural and sincere to do. It asks lots of good questions to get you thinking and includes strong examples. I wish there was a little more of a "formula" for drafting your personal brag bites, etc.

Superb book to remind you how to point out all the excellent things you perform in your job.

I bought this book quite some time ago, and although I admit I have never read it cover-to-cover, as is my practice with most books of this sort that I have in my extensive professional library, I have referred to it countless times to refresh my self-presentation technique, admittedly a constant work in progress.I will spare you the angst of my personal frustration when, unable to locate my one copy of this advice on self-presentation, I nearly tore the house apart in my failed attempts at locating it.I turned to Amazon in my efforts to find this book, and despite my creative and endless queries and searching, I was unable to find the title. Fortunately, I found my sole copy buried in a box I was unpacking from a recent major residential move.I was so needing a refresher on the topic of this book, and knew that no other resource would provide the same guidance.Bragging is such a negatively-infused word yet the author gently leads the reader to understand differently. Helping others to understand exactly who you are, what you have done, and effectively, why anyone should ever listen to you is an invaluable gift. Read this book.After my desperate, and ultimately successful, search to find my copy of this book, I bought a few more copies. Yes, a few. Now I don't have to search for it again. I have copies in multiple locations.Most of us can learn more effective methods of self-presentation, self-promotion, and how important it is for others to be helped to know who we each are. We are each unique packages of wonderful experience, gifts and talents. Learn to brag without bluster and bravado. This book will guide you toward that end.

Nice ideas and tips about how to let others get the best of you in a casual and interesting way.It's not the most sophisticated book, but still worth the time to think about how you show your accomplishments and personality.I read it while working on some personal project and it was helpful.

What's all this nonsense about not being able to stand up and take credit for the great work you do in the workplace? It's a lesson most of learned back in grade school where we were considered impolite for making it known that we were instrumental in the completion of a project or that we had won at something over someone else. Today's young women, I hope, are learning that it's okay to lead. And for the rest of us, those who don't quite know how to stand up without feeling guilty about it, there's Brag!: How to Toot Your Own Horn Without Blowing It.This book provides not only research in the hows and whys women find it difficult to take credit, but also real-world solutions for how to tackle the problem. Take for example, the issue one woman had who needed to prepare herself quickly for a performance evaluation. This woman had no files or records of her accomplishments, yet the author was able to help this woman map out an action plan. To find out what that plan was, read the book. It could help you, too.Though the author speaks a great deal about the issues women face in taking credit for their accomplishments, she does also acknowledge that some men suffer from this problem as well. Klaus provides examples of both men and women who have learned how to "brag" and come out on top.

It is an easy read.