HOW TO BECOME A TOTAL FAILURE

After I read about the class action suit against Network Solutions on Vnunet today, I came to the conclusion that Network Solutions may have forced consumers to pay their yearly fee for a domain name just for the money. According to the article written by Clement James, he stated that the suit filed against Network […]

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We recently found a kindred soul in James McIntosh, author of Make the Nonsense of Work Work for You and other books. If you’d like to learn more about James and his work, go to http://www.nonsenseatwork.com/        
        

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Bill found this article on NBC24.com by Arielle Berlin. Let’s see how these 10 things fit in with the 10 Rules for Failure.
Here are the ten things you should never say at work, according to careerbuilder.com:

“That’s not my job.”  (Rule #9, do the least that’s necessary for success.)
“Yeah, no problem.” (If you don’t mean it.) […]

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After this picture of Barack Obama wearing Muslim clothing was circulated (we of course don’t know who would do such a thing right?), Hillary was heard saying that if she had donned Muslim clothing there is no way she would be elected. Politics is one of the dirtiest playing fields we know, but I suspect […]

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I was at a book club meeting on Saturday introducing our new book, How To Become a Total Failure: 10 rules of highly unsuccessful people and it was interesting hearing people’s comments. One lady, a fourth grade teacher, said the book would be her lesson plan the following Monday. A man said he uses rules […]

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The press often gets bad press, but today it seems to be well-deserved. When entrenched organizations like the New York Times begin publishing stories based on dubious sources, how can we hold out our trust in them? Rule #8 is all about truth being in the eyes of the beholder. I’m a firm believer that without […]

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I received one of those chain emails today and this one got through to me. I liked it so much I thought I’d share it here. I was impressed with how this young girl seemed to convey an emotion opposite of failure. Read it and I think you’ll see what I mean. Here’s the email […]

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Bill and Phil announce the release of their new book, How To Become A Total Failure: The Ten Rules of Highly Unsuccessful people. The book covers 10 rules that in the short-run appear to be rules for success, but in the long-run often turn into rules for failure. The authors explain each rule primarily […]

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Rule #3 says that jerks get what they want because decent behaviors are not expected. One of the first stories we use to explain this rule is about how relatives can sometimes be a little insensitive when visiting. But our story is mild compared to some of the relatives in the stories I found this morning […]

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This whole Roger Clemens story reminds me of a story we have in Chapter 8, Truth is in the mind of the beholder. The story in the book is about gossip and the harm it causes. In the Roger Clemens story, we have his personal trainer, Brian McNamee, saying “that he injected Clemens more than […]

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