The Gutless Wonder's Guide to Success

Do you want to learn how to win the hybrid office wars? How to become a master napper? How to get back to gossiping? How to make the most of your day at work (by working the least)? Allow business leader and humor writer Bob Goldman to navigate you through the minefield that is corporate life. He will provide you practical tips and attitude adjustments that guarantee laughter, if not financial success. This is a collection of the best of Bob Goldman from the past two and a half years.


Bob Goldman believes that his readers should skyrocket ahead in their careers and make tons of money. What sets Bob apart is his belief that his readers should have these advantages without going to the trouble of actually having to do any work.


Born in White Plains, N.Y., Bob graduated from Colorado College. Using the writing skills he honed while not doing any schoolwork, he crafted an essay that gained him admission to the prestigious University of Chicago School of Business. Intent on proving his success-without-effort philosophy, Bob ended his first semester with four F's and one D. Sensing that his gifts might be better applied to the practical world of business, Bob left the ivory tower to become a successful advertising copywriter at huge multinational firms in whose bureaucratic superstructure he always found a place to hang his hat — and his hammock.


In between writing ads for detergent and computers, he found time to write articles for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, GQ and Rolling Stone. His column, "Work Daze," is a finger in the eye for business blowhards and boardroom braggarts.