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Table of Contents
Nice Guys Finish First
Prologue: It’s Only Rock n’ Roll, But I Like It
From Music Fan to Rockin' CEO
How I Came to Be a Music Man
Having a Rockin' Good Time
Today in the Business World
| Part I: |
Money Changes Everything |
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We’ll Get Rich a Few Days Later
Adhering to ethics |
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What Goes Around Comes Around
Getting back what you put out |
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Greed is NOT Good
Screwing people over for the love of money |
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License to Kill
Fighting the urge to do whatever it takes |
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Money Can Buy Fun Toys
But it can't buy love |
Behind the Scenes With Barrie
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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Dining at Michael Jackson’s |
| Part II: |
No Donalds Allowed |
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Don’t Defecate Where You Live
Creating a fun place to work |
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He Said She Said
Squelching the gossip mill |
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357 Magnum Style Management
Managing by intimidation |
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Who Gets the Credit?
Leave your ego at the door |
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Firing Someone is Never Easy
Procrastinating only makes it harder to do |
Behind the Scenes With Barrie
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Moments to Remember
Meeting extraordinary people |
| Part III: |
The Pyramid Starts at the Top |
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Follow the leader
Glance over your shoulder, is anyone following? |
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The Pyramid Theory
Good people beget good people |
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The Hiring Decision
Listening to your gut |
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Organizations Owe Loyalty to People
Layoffs are a serious breach of trust |
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A Corollary to The Peter Principle
Sometimes jobs outgrow people |
Behind the Scenes With Barrie
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The Celebrity Circuit
Hanging out in the fast lane |
| Part IV: |
People Who Are Successful, Are Successful |
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Don’t Give it All at the Office
Beware of the workaholic culture |
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Winners Win
Identifying the good people |
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Customer Service is an Art
Where everybody knows your name |
Behind the Scenes With Barrie
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She’s Got Bette Davis Eyes
Amazing elevator encounters and more |
| Part V: |
People Are The Best Game |
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The Secret to Relationship Success
Learning to love and appreciate yourself |
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How We Present Ourselves
Observing human behavior |
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Second Degree Unawareness
Not knowing what you don’t know |
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One Person Can Make a Difference
The face of Bare Escentuals |
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One Person Can Cause a Disaster
Identifying the bad apple |
Behind the Scenes With Barrie
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Close Encounters of the Personal Kind
Experiencing celebrities without paparazzi |
| Part VI: |
Three Singles and a Grand Slam |
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Organizational Inertia
Dealing with organizational fear |
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The Theory of Hanging Around
Do what you do, and keep doing it |
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Boy Was I Dumb, and Boy Did I Get Smart
How I almost bankrupted my company |
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If It Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fix It
Mergers, acquisitions and destructions |
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The Big Picture Theory
Taking a smaller piece of a bigger pie |
| Epilogue: |
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Work is Vastly Overrated |
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