January 2008
Beginner
208 pages
3h 40m
English
book
How to Be a Complete and Utter Failure in Life, Work & Everything: 44 1/2 Steps to Lasting Underachievement
by Steve McDermott
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Preface
“I went to a bookstore,” says the great deadpan American comedian Steven Wright, “and I asked the saleswoman, ‘Where’s the self-help section?’ She said if she told me it would defeat the purpose.”
Welcome, America, to this unique and best-selling self-unimprovement guide™. Packed with stories, examples, jokes, actions not to take, and exercises not to do. So now you can learn how to be a complete and utter failure at first impressions, leadership, communication, teamwork, and customer service.
When this guide was first published in the United Kingdom and leaped to best-seller status, many people from all around the world got in touch via email (steve@stevemcdermott.com) to say that they had ignored my advice to not do the exact opposite ...
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