Comedian Turned CEO Helps You Star in Your Career
Ron Shaw's against-all-odds success grew out of his diverse
and colorful experiences in show business and the corporate world. Raised
in a blue collar family that once lived over their Philadelphia candy store,
he received early lessons in tenacity and discovered the importance of
taking initiative for getting ahead.
Later, in Miami, after seeing his father swindled, 10-year-old Ron negotiated a job as a paperboy and a payment plan on a stunning
new bicycle. At 11, he asked for an audition and was suddenly in show business, first as a piano player then, at 15, as a comedian,
eventually opening for such greats as Dean Martin and Liberace. At 22, newly married and needing a steadier line of work, he left
comedy to become a pen salesman for Bic.
Using skills he learned on stage, Shaw earned five promotions in 14 years and became the industry's youngest national sales manager.
After being fired due to nepotism, he joined then-obscure Pilot Pen Corporation of America, where today he is the President and CEO-and
where sales have risen from a plateau of $1 million to nearly $200 million.
A book of great charm and endless good humor, "Pilot Your Life's" engaging stories, dramas and lessons cover the essentials of what you
need to star in your own career, including:
- Selling yourself
- Creating your own opportunities
- Capturing attention for your product and business
- Surviving a tough audience
- Using show business secrets for rave presentations
- Steering your life in the direction you want to go
"Pilot Your Life" delivers inspiration, entertainment and practical wisdom from a man who learned early in life not to wait for
permission to pursue his dreams. There are lessons here that anyone in business today can take to heart with a smile.
