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How to Self-destruct: Making the Least of What's Left of Your Career

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Plenty of books promise the secret to success, but who has the energy for the personality overhaul needed to become an achiever? Personal change is difficult, stressful, risky. and there is no guarantee that your efforts will result in an improvement. In "How to Self-Destruct: Making the Least of What's Left of Your Career," author Jason Seiden shows you how to use what you do every day as the foundation for a far more attainable life goal: self-destruction. This, Jason contends, is something that anyone can learn to do well, with no practice, no soul-searching, and no behavioral change whatsoever.

His suggestions include the following:


Avoid responsibility like the plague-Taking responsibility is, in and of itself, an act of self-improvement. Don't do that.
Avoid power-Frankly, other people are probably more qualified to guide your life, so you may as well let them. Eschew all positions of power if possible.
Don't put effort into anything-Failing while actually trying to do something well still takes courage. Don't have any.
The world is a complex place, and there are many opportunities to succeed. "How to Self-Destruct" will show you how to make the least of whatever it is you've got going for you.

92 pages, Paperback

First published September 29, 2006

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July 12, 2022
This was a really great book, with a comical approach to self-help. I used to be in financial services as a sales person, and bought about 20 copies of this book to give to my small business clients. But I also loved reading it myself
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April 9, 2011
Another impulse buy, this time at a Borders in Chicago over the summer (there was a big display in the front of the store and the cover is such a delicious shade of red that I could not resist). Unfortunately, I missed the reading by a day or two. The book has two modes: sarcasm and advice. The author alternates between the two in each chapter and once you catch onto the conceit and become familiar with his two tones, How to Self-Destruct gets a bit tedious and it was hard for me to get to the end. (It took me weeks!) Based on the cover art and marketing copy, I thought this was going to be something entirely different.
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June 26, 2008
Great gift idea for students grad high school or college....very creative approach to the real world!
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May 31, 2013
Pretty simple, intuitive stuff, but it bears reading again to reinforce the ideas. This would be an excellent book to receive upon one's university graduation - or maybe earlier.
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