HOW TO BECOME A TOTAL FAILURE

I was listening to my favorite morning radio show the other day and they were discussing the divorce petition filed by NBA star Shaquille O’Neal. They said that Shaquille earns $1.8 million a month and spends $1.3 million (they weren’t clear if this was before or after taxes, not that it really matters. That’s still […]

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 I’m sure they thought it was a good idea at the time . . .
‘I wanted a better life,’ woman says in explaining armored car firm heist 
 
CLEVELAND - A couple accused of stealing millions of dollars from an armored car company did it to escape financial hardships, the woman told the FBI in court documents […]

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One of the rules for failure is to always look out for number one. I recently read Barack Obama’s autobiography titled Dreams From My Father. As I was quietly reading along I came to the following passage. Barack is living in New York and he’s speaking with a friend named Sadik. Here’s the passage:
“I want to make […]

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Do we really want to be this crazy about money? Sure, having money is important, taking care of our families and our businesses and so forth. But when it gets to this point, it’s out of control.

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Rule #8 says, Truth is in the eye of the beholder. A new study by two nonprofit journalism groups concluded that hundreds of false statements were made by the Bush administration preceding the war with Iraq.
“The study counted 935 false statements in the two-year period. It found that in speeches, briefings, interviews and other venues, […]

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The basic premise of “How To Become a Total Failure” rests in the idea that true transformation of behavior comes from what each of us experiences and some of our best experiences are our failures. With this in mind, we set out to write a book that prompts readers to think of their own mistakes […]

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