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This book can change the way you listen to BigShots-mostly businesspersons with a snapshot or two of politicians---as they pontificate for public consumption and personal gain. You'll recognize the spin, that dastardly polite euphemism for lies that the advertising/PR folks coined years ago to anoint their profession with a bit of undeserved dignity. In the process you might gain a more realistic grasp of what's going on around you and how your mind is being manipulated, a.k.a. brainwashed. In all modesty, you're in good hands; some would say the best, which could be considered bullshit in itself: Who decides? I would be first in line for an honorary doctorate in bullshit if, by some stretch of academic chutzpa, it were tendered by any of the world's great universities. (Actually, I could easily make the case that degrees in Business Communications or Political Science are really degrees in bullshit, but that's another book.) I am a master at crafting bullshit and you, dear reader, will do well to listen to me. I've written millions of words-speeches, strategic plans, articles, and all sorts of marketing lies and spins that I too politely call corporate gargle. I've done that for a gaggle of executives who toil for businesses large and small, manufacturers and service providers, technologists and accountants. I've been practicing this dark, draconian art, and teaching others how to follow my lead, for 40 years, and, as I say jokingly, it shows in my wrinkled face and cynical attitude that I, with a straight face, call realistic, a true reflection of the world. You'll laugh out loud many times as you wander through these pages. My cheeky, witty, acerbic, in-your-face style is sprinkled with the irony of a true gadfly. You'll resonate-see yourself and your bosses in many of my damning examples as clearly as if you had lived them ... ...which is surely one sign of a book worth reading, I shit you not. This is wicked, irreverent entertainment with a serious purpose: to expose the bullshitters around us and bring them to their knees in true penance and supplication. I might say that the book itself is bullshit, that the medium is the message. I could be right. You can decide for yourself. Enjoy.
About the Author: Pete Geissler has had a ball writing more than three million words during his 40-year freelance career. He has worked for major business firms, and his words have been published or spoken in formal settings. Four books that focus on management and personal success fill out his portfolio. Pete has also taught professional and technical writing at Carnegie Mellon University and Duquesne University and at various companies. Throughout the decades, Pete has always been impressed by the superior language skills of those happy folks at or near the top of the corporate hierarchy and by the students who earn the highest grades, thus sparking the inspiration for this book. Pete's other books include: The Power of Writing Well, The Power of Dignity, The Power of Ethics (with Bill O'Rourke). Divorce Can be Such Sweet Sorrow, and The Power of Being Articulate. All are available from the publisher that Pete founded: TheExpresssivePress.com. You can learn more about Pete at peteswriteshops.com and .www.TheExpressivePress.com Enjoy, prosper, and be happy. Thanks.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781514395660
  • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Publisher Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Height: 216 mm
  • No of Pages: 154
  • Series Title: English
  • Sub Title: Deception, Deceit, Disconnect, and Duplicity in the Corporate Sewer
  • Width: 140 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1514395665
  • Publisher Date: 17 Jun 2015
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 8 mm
  • Weight: 236 gr


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