Work Smarts: What CEOs Say You Need To Know to Get Ahead
Award-winning Bloomberg television host Betty Liu compiles the wisdom of the world's best CEOs into a fun, insightful, and practical guide for success. Betty Liu is famous the world over for asking the tough questions of today’s most successful people—and for her uncanny ability to get straigh...
Betty Liu’s Work Smarts distills career advice from the CEOs and business leaders she’s interviewed as a Bloomberg anchor into practical lessons for getting ahead. It’s a straight-talking guide to the unwritten rules of success that schools don’t teach.
Liu covers networking, self-promotion, handling failure, negotiating, and the habits that separate those who rise from those who stall. The recurring theme is that working hard isn’t enough — you have to work strategically, manage relationships, and advocate for yourself.
Key takeaways:
- Hard work alone rarely gets you ahead; strategy and relationships do.
- Self-promotion and networking are skills you can learn, not character flaws.
- Learn from the habits and mistakes of those who’ve already succeeded.
Who it’s for: ambitious professionals and early-career builders who want practical, real-world career advice.
The verdict: approachable and useful, with the credibility of CEO insight behind it. A solid playbook for navigating the parts of success that talent alone won’t carry you through.