Are you ready to launch your career by taking advantage of a skills gap in the finance field? Employers believe that relationship building, writing, and speaking skills are sorely lacking among today’s young finance professionals. In this book, we endeavor to give you the tools you need to build your professional reputation and demonstrate your communication skills. We ask you to adopt the “communicate or die” philosophy to business communication and take personal responsibility for your professional image and career trajectory. In a few short hours, you will learn how to (a) enhance your professional relationships, (b) apply the secrets of effective business communicators, (c) overcome the barriers to effective business communication, (d) become a more disciplined writer, and (e) demonstrate the traits of a virtuous presenter. If you start reading the book now, you will be able to put what you learn to use before the end of the day.