Work Like You're Showing Off!: The Joy, Jazz, and Kick of Being Better Tomorrow Than You Were Today

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1. Showing Off 1

2. Grand Stupidity and Absurd Bravery 9

3. All Hat and No Cattle 15

4. Let It Go 17

5. The Gold Standard 25

6. Get in the Damn Boat and Go 27

7. As Good as You’re Going to Be 31

8. We See Things as We Are 35

9. Stupid Promises 43

10. Let’s Be Too Much 47

11. Imagination Will Take You Everywhere 51

12. Get Back inside the Box 59

13. Expect to Connect 63

14. Going All In 69

15. Joe and Muhammad 75

16. We Haven’t Seen That 81

17. The Pursuit of Happiness 83

18. The Enemy of Future Success 91

19. What You Think of Me Is None of My Business 95

20. Whatever Happens Is Normal 99

21. Guess What I Want and Other Stupid Mind Games 105

22. I Said I Don’t Know 109

23. The Golden Circle of Ignorance 113

24. What Have You Done for Me Next? 119

25. The Power Strategy 123

26. Your Next Best Idea Is Everywhere 127

27. What Matters Most 137