| Getting ahead. It's been an American preoccupation for over 200 years. Most people want to do it, but very few have the tools and knowledge to maximize their dreams and fulfill their potential. This issue of Pctyrant we review four new books that represent the bleeding edge of self-help books for the executive. | ||||||||||||||
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Exploiting Your Inner Child From the authors who brought us "Maximum Success : Changing the 12 Behavior Patterns That Keep You from Getting Ahead" comes this new book on leveraging your inner child into financial success. As a society we hold children and childhood as something sacred and special ... but profitable? In their new book, James Waldroop Ph.D. and Timothy Butler Ph.D. present a compelling argument in favor of introspection as a pathway to financial success. Based upon their work at the Center for Executive Privilege and Insight, James Waldroop and Timothy Butler demonstrate techniques in which the needs of the inner child provide the genesis for market domination and financial independence. "Even though as adults we feel we are grown up, part of our psyche still remains in a child like state... this "inner child" is the place where he hold our youthful idealism our spontaneity are naivety.... traits that until now have been considered a hindrance to the accumulation of wealth. We feel there is no reason that an adult cannot engage in online day trading, fire an employee or negotiate a million dollar merger with the same enthusiasm and exuberance of a young child." According to the authors,the first step in exploiting the inner-child is adopting its language. "We teach our clients to embrace such phrases as" Weeeee!!! Lookie at the money I made on the NASDAQ today!" and "I'll sue your ugly piggy-butt off in court you big poopy faced jerk-off !" In fact, one client actually beat a sexual harassment case by frequent use of the phrase " Oooo, girls are gross!" and "Uuugh, I got cooties!" Flailing your arms or screaming while you plug your ears are also highly effective." An excellent book for the jaded, world weary executive. |
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| Exploiting
Your Inner Child by James Waldroop Ph.D., Timothy Butler Ph.D Publisher: Doubleday Price:$29.95 245 pages- Hardcover Using the inner child as a stepping stone to financial success |
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The Politics of Apology
Simular in outlook and style to the groundbreaking book "The Art of Lying" by Kazuo Sakai Chet Stone's new book "The Politics of Apology " has as its basic premise that it is always easier to ask for forgiveness than ask for permission. Building on this idea, Chet exposes the ethical fallacies that holdback our financial and personal potential. "Human beings are forgiving by nature... we have a predisposition towards giving second chances. In the business world this fact has been underutilized or even ignored for decades. Using my groundbreaking techniques of "Sympathetic Ethical Reversal" and "Cognitive Reality Dissonance" you can begin exploiting the innate human qualities of forgiveness for maximum personal benefit. Look, if you're not willing to accept "no" as an answer, then why ask at all... just do it and ask for forgiveness later." When asked about the typical outcome of such a tactic Chet responed. "Most people will quickly resign themselves to the facts, bite their tongue, and move on...never giving your transgression a second thought. You see, when you ask permission you're asking someone to make a decision, a decision that they may or may not be prepared to make or take the responsibility for. Most people will take the easy way out and just deny your request rather than take that responsibility. Why should you be punished for someone else's incompetence or cowardice.I ask you, why?" Good question Chet...good question. |
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Politics of Apology by Chet Stone Publisher: Harpers Books Price:$19.95 290 pages- Hardcover Exploiting the innate human qualities in others for personal gain |
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The Tao of Hitler |
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Tao of Hitler by Wess Roberts Publisher: Warner Books Price:$19.95 195 pages- Hardcover World domination through Feng Shui and Taost principles |
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Everything I Learned In Kindergarten Was Bullshit... How Socialist Propaganda is Hurting Competitiveness Among Children Ages 3-5 Part parody, part conservative deconstructionist treatise,
and part knee jerk rebuttal to the popular "Everything I Needed To
Know In Life I Learned In Kindergarten" books, Darcy
Olsen director of education and child policy at the Cato
Institute argues against the social skills based early childhood education
program and in favor of a more competitive, merit based academic program.
Funded and published by the Cato Institute " Everything I Learned
In Kindergarten Was Bullshit..." presents a compelling argument that
an education program emphasizing sharing, cooperation, and empathy leads
to complacency, fuzzy headed thinking, and ultimately the end of our capitalistic
meritocracy. We recently caught up with Darcy Olsen at a Cato Institute
Teach-In entitled "Why NOT Kick'em While They're Down: Compassion
as Pathology. DO: Exactly, why should Johnny have to share his ball with anyone... after all it's his ball, or, if not his ball, he obviously was quicker and stronger than the other children and thus able to get to it first. Should he be punished for his superior ball acquiring skills. The act of sharing in itself creates a codependent situation. If we teach children that they must share with others, the converse is that people must share with them.... therefore they learn that nothing must be earned and society just "owes" them...whether it's a chance to ride the tricycle, play with the ball or even play house. It's this idea that the world owes you something that has such devastating consequences into adulthood. PCT: Still, these are just kids... |
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I Learned In Kindergarten Was Bullshit... by Darcy Olsen Publisher: Cato Institute Books Price:$23.95 235 pages- Hardcover Fighting the oppressive tide of compassion based curriculum |
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