Chapter 6 Success In Spite of Stupidity

The Sixth Step:

“I’m entirely ready for God to remove my stupidity.”

Success and stupidity don’t mix. Your boss’s stupidity is only half your problem. Your own stupidity can easily complete the disaster. With the help of my Higher Power, I’m counting on my recovery process to give me a chance to rise above my own intellectual challenges. Although my Idiot Boss’s mental shortcomings remain beyond my control, I can anticipate his thinking and behavior and proceed accordingly.

Throughout my career, I have done things I shouldn’t have done, not done things I should have done, said things I shouldn’t have said, and not said things that could have made things better. If wishes were Winnebagos, the homeless would ...

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