Kategoria BISAC: Humor >> Topic - Business & Professional

What Would Machiavelli Do?

• He would feast on other people's discord
• He wouldn't exactly seek the company of ass-kissers and bimbos, but he wouldn't reject them out of hand either
• He would realize that loving yourself means never having to say you're sorry
• He would kill people, but only if he could feel good about himself afterward
• He would establish and maintain a psychotic level of control
• He would use other people's opinions to sell his book

The title essay of Coyote v. Acme, Ian Frazier's second collection of humorous essays, imagines the opening statement of an attorney representing cartoon character Wile E. Coyote in a product liability suit against the Acme Company, supplier of unpredictable rocket sleds and faulty spring-powered shoes. Other essays are about Bob Hope's golfing career, a commencement address given by a Satanist college president, a suburban short story attacked by the Germans, the problem of issues versus non-issues, and the theories of revolutionary stand-up comedy from Comrade Stalin. From first...

Have you ever held down a job for money rather than love? Put up with an impossible boss? Been told when and how often to visit the restroom, get a drink, use the phone? Struggled to remember that who you are doesn't depend on what you do?

Meet Claudia Shear, a misfit from Brooklyn who grew up dreaming of adventure. Shear rode a wild wave of employment (sixty-four jobs in all) on her way to realizing her dream of...

• Give the same medical attention to a woman off the street that you would a Major Hollywood star.
• Extricate Vaseline jar from a drunk lady's vagina.
• Endure the horror of hundreds of bodies and body parts scattered over a field after an air accident or an enormous explosion.
• React professionally even though you are fearful that the small boy, dressed as your young...

As educators we often take ourselves a bit too seriously, so veteran educator and illustrator Aaron Bacall offers a little perspective with these lighthearted cartoons.

It used to be that stuff made you cool. That is so twentieth century. Jeff Yeager, the man dubbed The Ultimate Cheapskate by Matt Lauer on "Today," offers a completely fresh take on personal finance, teaching us how to enjoy life more by spending" less." He will show you how to buy less stuff, retire young, and live financially free, while you make a positive difference in people s lives and save the planet along the way. "The Ultimate Cheapskate s Road Map to True Riches" lays out the practices and principles that have made cheap the new cool.
Live within your means at thirty and stay...

The autobiography every true American has been waiting for: a shockingly candid and raw confessional from a national treasure.

From his humble beginnings in a desolate Iowa coal mining town, his years at Our Lady Queen of Chewbacca High School to his odds-defying climb to the dizzying heights of becoming America's most trusted and beloved television News Anchor, Ron Burgundy pulls no punches in Let Me Off at the Top

In his very own words Burgundy reveals his most private thoughts, his triumphs and his disappointments. His life reads like an adventure story complete with knock-down...

The Pitbull of Personal Development and New York Time bestselling author is back with advice on the dumb things people do to sabotage their success

What do people really want? They want what they've got. It's a simple formula. You have what you want because your actions produced your results. Not your words and certainly not your wants.

In his signature caustic yet lovable style, Larry Winget dishes out straight talk on what he calls "life's messes," and offers sound, simple solutions. Taking on business,...

Have you ever noticed that great CEOs, managers and other people in charge always seem to know exactly what to say in every situation? Author Pamela Straker, with more than 25 years experience as a mental health and management professional, has. And in Let Me Stop You Right There, she outlines various common scenarios for effective communication with office archetypes: "by-any-means-necessary" overachievers, gossips, office invaders, negativity-mongering complainers, and many more.
Chapter-by-chapter, Straker addresses effective means of communication in the workplace with great humor...

-The Peter Principle has cosmic implications.-
--New York Times

Back in 1969, Lawrence J. Peter created a cultural phenomenon with his brilliant, outrageous, hilarious, and all-too-true treatise on business and life, The Peter Principle--and his words and theories are as true today as they were then. By posing--and answering--the eternal question, -Why do things always go wrong?- Peter explores the incompetence that runs so rampant through our society, our workplace, and our world in an outrageously funny yet honest and eye-opening manner. With a new...