Street Smart: The Primer for Success in the New World

A primer on how to spot, seize, and exploit, and create lucky breaks in the post-COVID world—written for Millennials, but compelling and relevant to anyone.

The essence of being street smart is the ability to take advantage of lucky breaks. And everyone—at least once in their lifetime—gets a lucky break. What they do with that lucky break varies tremendously from individual to individual. Street smart people don't just sit around waiting for something to happen and fall into their laps—they create their lucky breaks. It's certainly not taught in school and formal education!

Why is it so important to take advantage of these lucky breaks? Because...
• Working hard isn't enough.
• Networking isn't enough.
• Diligence isn't enough.
• Brilliant strategizing isn't enough.
• Old school ties aren't enough.
• Internal politicking isn't enough.
• Working around the clock isn't enough.
• Professional competence isn't enough.

You need something more. You need to be street smart. And successful people will tell you how—right here in this book—and will explain some of the techniques they employed that brought them to the head of the class.

John Positano, Esq., co-author of Dinner with DiMaggio, has written extensively on law, the military, and surfing for the New York Daily News, the Huffington Post, and the Long Island Pulse. His law practice centers on federal matters, specifically as a litigation attorney in the Federal Second District of New York. John has won several awards for journalism, including the George Polk Award, the Society of Professional Journalism Deadline Club Award, and the St. Bonaventure Award for Student Journalism. In addition to his law practice, he was head of public relations for fourteen years at a prestigious college preparatory high school in Brooklyn, New York. Father of two and a grandfather, he lives near Stony Brook, Long Island, New York.

Dr. Rock Positano is the Director of the Non-Surgical Foot and Ankle Service at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City. Internationally renowned and lauded as a medical pioneer in the non-surgical approach for the treatment of foot and ankle disorders, Dr. Positano graduated from Yale School of Medicine, where his thesis on foot health was approved “with Honors” and “with Distinction.”

He is also on staff at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical College and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.

Dr. Positano is a clinical associate professor at the Yale School of Public Health/School of Medicine and an advisory member of both the Yale School of Management Council of Global Advisors and the Yale School of Public Health Leadership Council.

Dr. Positano has also authored and edited numerous peer reviewed articles. He has served as the editor of a wide array of medical textbooks ranging from foot and ankle orthopedics to sports medicine. Frequently quoted as a trusted and leading medical authority by national and New York City media, Dr. Positano was featured on the front page of the New York Times in an article concerning the dangers of cosmetic foot surgery.