How To be a Complete and Utter F**k Up: 47 1/2 Steps To Lasting Underachievement, 3rd edition

Published by Pearson Business (November 18, 2020) © 2022
Steve McDermott

Table of contents

  • 1 Don't decide what you want. If you do decide what you want, don't think about why you want it. And if you do decide why you want it, commit to believing you can't have it
  • 2 Don't do things on purpose
  • 3 Don't stop working for a living
  • 4 Don't know what you value in life (and if you do, lose sight of it)
  • 5 Don't spend any of your time in the future
  • 6 Don't have any goals
  • 7 If you do have goals, don't put them in writing, and if you do, don't think too big
  • 8 Don't plan your priorities
  • 9 Don't involve other people
  • 10 Don't have a mentor or be a mentor
  • 11 Don't get advice from people you've never met or who are dead
  • 12 Don't take action right now
  • 13 Don't get feedback on your actions
  • 14 Don't adjust
  • 15 Don't get even more feedback, don't be flexible . . . (you get the idea)
  • 16 Don't practise continuous improvement
  • 17 Don't wear a parachute
  • 18 Don't change your beliefs
  • 19 Don't stop having a deep fear of fucking up and of making a fool of yourself
  • 20 Don't take personal responsibility for your life and results
  • 21 Don't stop believing in luck
  • 22 Don't expand your comfort zone
  • 23 Don't use inside-out thinking
  • 24 Don't put things in before you try to take things out
  • 25 Don't control your moods
  • 26 Don't transform your language
  • 27 Don't think about the first four minutes
  • 28 Don't talk and think about what you want
  • 29 Don't go to the movies
  • 30 Don't stop being an unthinking dog
  • 31 Don't ask, “How do you do that?” Don't act 'as if'. And don't be naïve
  • 32 Don't change the meaning of things
  • 33 Don't stop thinking only about money, money, money
  • 34 Don't have a good laugh
  • 35 Don't be creative or innovative
  • 36 Don't think of your own idea to go here
  • 37 Don't stop always taking 'no' for an answer
  • 38 Don't be grateful
  • 39 Don't commit to lifelong learning
  • 40 Don't be a leader
  • 41 Don't learn to communicate
  • 42 Don't understand the secrets of great teams and great customer service
  • 43 Don't develop winners and winning relationships
  • 44 Don't start moving
  • 45 Don't believe you can be a fun-loving non-drinker
  • 46 Believe you can beat depression
  • 47 Don't step up. Don't do extraordinary things
  • 47 ½ Don't stop doing everything by halves, that's if you do anything at all
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Author bios

Steve McDermott has been established as one of the UK's top motivational speakers and his personal brand is growing. His work includes being a motivational speaker, coach, trainer and consultant.

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