Seuss-isms for Success: Insider Tips on Economic Health from the Good Doctor
- Book Review,
by Dr. Seuss
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Looking for a laugh after a hard day of corporate takeovers? Seuss-isms for Success is chock full of clever quips on topics from micromanagement to market speculation. Didn't know Dr. Seuss wrote about the business world, did you? You'll be surprised at just how well his simple rhymes have adapted. In this pocket-sized hardcover, perfect for tucking into a desk drawer, you're sure to find a quick comeback for any naysayer, like "if I wait long enough, if I'm patient and cool, who knows what I'll catch in McElligot's pool." Just right for a recent MBA or graduate, these Seussisms will keep you smiling no matter how irritated you are with your boss. --Jill Lightner
Review
"Since business is life, who better to guide and amuse us than Dr. Seuss!" -- Tom Peters, September 1998
Review
"Since business is life, who better to guide and amuse us than Dr. Seuss!" -- Tom Peters, September 1998
Book Description
Leading indicators project that this dose of levity is just what the Good Doctor ordered! Who knew that Dr. Seuss's pithy words could offer the right mix of insight and inspiration to help business-minded readers get ahead in the one place wackier than Seussdom--the corporate world! This collection, culled from the entire Seuss canon and introduced by renowned business thinker Tom Peters, will help put your workaday world in proper perspective.
From the Inside Flap
Leading indicators project that this dose of levity is just what the Good Doctor ordered!
With a mix of insight, humor, and inspiration, this collection of pithy quotes from Dr. Seuss will help business-minded readers get ahead in the one place wackier than anything Seuss himself could conjure up -- the corporate world.
With an introduction by Tom Peters.
From the Back Cover
"Since business is life, who better to guide and amuse us than Dr. Seuss!" -- Tom Peters, September 1998
About the Author
Dr. Seuss was born Theodor Geisel in Springfield, Massachusetts on March 2, 1904. After attending Dartmouth College and Oxford University, he began a career in advertising. His advertising cartoons, featuring Quick, Henry, the Flit!, appeared in several leading American magazines. Dr. Seuss's first children's book, And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street, hit the market in 1937, and the world of children's literature was changed forever! In 1957, Seuss's The Cat in the Hat became the prototype for one of Random House's best-selling series, Beginner Books. This popular series combined engaging stories with outrageous illustrations and playful sounds to teach basic reading skills. Brilliant, playful, and always respectful of children, Dr. Seuss charmed his way into the consciousness of four generations of youngsters and parents. In the process, he helped kids learn to read.
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1984 and three Academy Awards, Seuss was the author and illustrator of 44 children's books, some of which have been made into audiocassettes, animated television specials, and videos for children of all ages. Even after his death in 1991, Dr. Seuss continues to be the best-selling author of children's books in the world.
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Introduction
I've had a problem with the "spirituality movement" in business.
Business is not a religion. (No matter what the Wall Street types say!) But I do consider myself charter member #1 in the "spirited movement."
Which is why I want to endorse this book. And heartily recommend it.
Business can be shabby. And demeaning to the individual. And tragicomic. Look at how we all identify with Dilbert's days of rage.
But business can also be inspiring! Creating cool stuff that millions of people fall in love with -- from supersonic aircraft to Post-its and Ziploc bags and Velcro and Magic Markers.
Business means pushing paper. And filling out forms. And people shouting at other people in frustration. But while we get irritated at flight delays and lost luggage, we also enjoy the business-made miracle of planes with millions of parts getting us safely and rapidly home from school for the holidays and on time to a best friend's wedding 1,800 miles from home...tomorrow.
Business, then, is life. For worst. And for better. The endless meetings. The tons of paperwork. The bruised egos and lack of appreciation. And: the romance of the new. The chance for growth and travel and exotic association with exotic people.
Since business is life, who better to guide and amuse us than Dr. Seuss!
--Tom Peters, September 1998
On maintaining a competitive edge
So I said to myself,
"Now, I'll just have to start
To be twice as careful
and be twice as smart.
I'll watch out for trouble
in front and back sections
By aiming my eyeballs
in different directions."
-- I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew
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