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041 _aEnglish
082 _a814.6 MIC
100 _aMichaud, Al
245 _aMediocrity in ten easy steps :
_band many, many, many more! /
_cAl Michaud
260 _aSan Jose :
_bWriter's Showcase presented by Writer's Digest,
_c©2000.
300 _axxvi, 191 p. ;
_c23 cm.
505 _aA thing, not a people person be Another look-hearing vs listening Art of the boondoggle Be uncomfortable Be unreliable and undependable Better bitter letters Buzz words Changeless change Change jobs often Chase titles Coffee Consultant pox Crush and destroy Delay! Delay! Delay! Delegate? Never! Follow up? Hah! Don't check a company before joining up Dotted line traps The great and terrible frequent flyer rip off Have no "style" Hiding places Hold lots of hands Hold no hands How not to write Ignore customers Label don't analyze Leap to conclusions Less than 9 to 5 is more Let time manage you not vice versa Listen but do not hear Little things Long range planning Look but do not see Loser's limp Lots of VPs Lower standards are great! Make telephone appointments to telephone Mantras for mediocrity Meetings mania Memos to sink with Messy desk Negotiations for failure No knowledge is great No outside interests Old and not so People Phon(y)ing Planning morass Read lots of how to books Share nothing Speak-write-act think-unclearly-fuzzily-obtusely Sports talk Stay put Stubborn is in Take no definite stand Talk but always walk The teaching route to mediocrity The quibble and the nit pick Volunteer ? Ho! Ho! Warm fuzzy words Water fountain sabotage Weave and dodge Wu-wei
650 _aAffaires Humour.
_aBusiness.
_aBusiness Humor.
_aBusiness consultants.
_aBusiness consultants Humor.
_aConseillers d'entreprise Humour.
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