{"id":134,"date":"2006-05-28T13:14:46","date_gmt":"2006-05-28T13:14:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alephnaught.wordpress.com\/2006\/05\/28\/the-big-moo-stop-trying-to-be-perfect-and-start-being-remarkable\/"},"modified":"2008-11-02T07:13:44","modified_gmt":"2008-11-02T15:13:44","slug":"the-big-moo-stop-trying-to-be-perfect-and-start-being-remarkable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2006\/05\/28\/the-big-moo-stop-trying-to-be-perfect-and-start-being-remarkable\/","title":{"rendered":"The Big Moo : Stop Trying to Be Perfect and Start Being Remarkable"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content_div-134\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Title: <\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1591841038\/sr=8-1\/qid=1148846940\/ref=pd_bbs_1\/103-7138889-9966214?%5Fencoding=UTF8\" target=\"NewWindow\">The Big Moo : Stop Trying to Be Perfect and Start Being Remarkable<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Author: <\/strong>The Group of 33, Seth Godin<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hardcover: <\/strong>208 pages<\/li>\n<li><strong>Publisher: <\/strong>Portfolio Hardcover (October 20, 2005)<\/li>\n<li><strong>ISBN: <\/strong>1591841038<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I actually read this one a few weeks ago and forgot to enter it here &#8211; big mistake, this is a must-read book.<\/p>\n<p>I want to be remarkable, and most, if not all, the people I work with want to be remarkable as well.  This book can give you some hints on how to do that, and its written in a fun, easy-to-read way.  I truely enjoyed the &#8220;Tuesdays with Shecky&#8221; article &#8211; I use the underlying meaning of the three jokes as my signature for office emails now:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">&#8220;Uncle Shecky: Stop doing things that hurt, do what you love.  Ignore what authority figures tell you. And most important of all &#8230;.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">&#8220;Ben: Practice, practice, practice!&#8221;<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">I couldn&#8217;t tell my colleagues anything more important than that I think (and I especially like telling people that report through me that they should ignore authority figures &#8211; causes very important conversations sometimes).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"translate_block\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<hr class=\"translate_hr\" \/>\n<a class=\"translate_translate\" id=\"translate_button_post-134\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\" href=\"javascript:show_translate_popup('en', 'post', 134);\"><span>Translate<\/span><\/a><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/google-ajax-translation\/transparent.gif?resize=16%2C16&#038;ssl=1\" id=\"translate_loading_post-134\" class=\"translate_loading colorbox-134\" style=\"display: none;\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Title: The Big Moo : Stop Trying to Be Perfect and Start Being Remarkable Author: The Group of 33, Seth Godin Hardcover: 208 pages Publisher: Portfolio Hardcover (October 20, 2005) ISBN: 1591841038 I actually read this one a few weeks ago and forgot to enter it here &#8211; big mistake, this is a must-read book. 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