Gene Perret

New Tricks for Old Dogs

28 Laughable Lessons for People Too Stiff to Change . . . or Bend . . . or Move

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Produktbeschreibung

New Tricks for Old Dogs is a gentle, but hilarious spoof of self-help literature especially as it applies to more mature practitioners. Self-improvement is applicable and beneficial to the young, but much more difficult for older followers. Award-winning comedy writer Gene Perret brings wit and wisdom for those who wish they had, and wish they still could, but discover they can¿t.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Harry N. Abrams
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 386g
• ISBN-13: 9781942934462
• ISBN-10: 1942934467
• Artikelnr.: 43750564

Autorenporträt

Gene Perret has been a professional comedy writer since the early 1960s, writing stand-up material for Slappy White and Phyllis Diller, among others. He began in television in 1968 on The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show . He wrote for Laugh-In and collected three Emmys as a staff writer on The Carol Burnett Show. Gene was on Bob Hope's writing staff for twenty-eight years, the last twelve as Hope's head writer. He traveled with the Hope troupe to several of the Christmas shows from war zones. He produced Welcome Back Kotter, Three's Company, and The Tim Conway Show. Today, he lives in Southern California and teaches email classes in comedy writing. His hobbies include painting, sketching, and playing the guitar. He paints rather well and sketches adequately, but you don't want to listen to his guitar playing. No one does.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter One:  Decide What You Want To Do
Chapter Two:  Desire is the Key to Achievement
Chapter Three:  Setting Goals
Chapter Four:  Prioritize
Chapter Five:  Your True Self vs. Your False Self
Chapter Six:  Positive Thinking
Chapter Seven:  Visualization
Chapter Eight:  Meditation
Chapter Nine:  The Subconscious Mind
Chapter Ten:  Auto-Suggestion
Chapter Eleven:  Manifestation
Chapter Twelve:  Singleness of Purpose
Chapter Thirteen:  Do the Work
Chapter Fourteen:  Go the Extra Mile
Chapter Fifteen:  Avoid Procrastination
Chapter Sixteen:  Evaluate Your Potential
Chapter Seventeen:  Recall Your Triumphs
Chapter Eighteen:  Live In the Present
Chapter Nineteen:  Overcoming Fear
Chapter Twenty:  Self-Esteem
Chapter Twenty-one:  Get Educated
Chapter Twenty-two:  Learn from Others
Chapter Twenty-three:  Work With Others
Chapter Twenty-four:  Persistence
Chapter Twenty-five:  Technology
Chapter Twenty-six:  Self-Discipline
Chapter Twenty-seven:  Learn To Say “No”
Chapter Twenty-eight:  How To Get People To Like You
Chapter Twenty-nine:  Making Decisions