Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Seriously Funny

As you can see by looking back on this BLOG, I've found quite a bit of stuff about the Call, Milligan and his cronies but this just makes me laugh. Fowler writes the book, Anthony edits it, Frank reviews it on Amazon. I'm surprised James Stonebraker, aka the Truth Detector, didn't get in on the action. Again, this just shows a lack of objectivity way beyond any acceptable standards. Enjoy.

10 Steps to Success: A Commonsense Guide to Building a Successful Insurance Business (Paperback)by Daniel S Fowler (Author)

Edited by Michael Anthony (the editor from Arnold)


http://www.amazon.com/review/product/0595375561/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt/105-9819108-7296456?%5Fencoding=UTF8&showViewpoints=1


15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
No one would ever pay money for this in a bookstore!, November 3, 2006
By
J. S. Burke
This book shows the problem with internet book orders. I bought it off the title and cover. When it arrived, not only was it extremely thin (think comic book thin) but it is just pure drivel. It is just the author wanking away about how he has had a happy life. It covers nothing at all about the insurance business. You could get more information just doing a Google search. I give it one star because it makes a good coaster for my Dr. Pepper as I read books that give much more real world knowlege...like The Dilbert Principle.


K.I.S.S., November 22, 2006
By
Karl FrankI don't know who came up with the K.I.S.S. principal, but this book personifies it. For those who don't know what K.I.S.S. stands for "Keep It Simple Stupid." A quick search on this principal will tell you the following from Wikipedia: "When dealing with a problem, there exists a frequent tendency toward complication that can lead toward solutions that are far more burdensome than the problem, or clever solutions that don't handle unusual cases within that problem domain. In keeping with such problem solvers, Computer Systems Analysts in times gone by were defined to be those persons who could complicate a simple problem beyond all recognition." That is the genius of Mr. Fowler's book. As a business man and a community leader, my experiences have revealed to me that keeping it simple is the key to success. As soon as you start to complicate matters, the sooner you will find yourself in a mess. The subtitle of the book says it all, "A commonsense guide to building a successful insurance business." The product details clearly state that the book is only 54 pages long. It would have to be some pretty thick paper to make it look like a novel. A smart consumer is a well informed consumer. When I buy books, I generally know what I am going to get before I buy it.

Blogger note: Although nearly every handbook and many dictionaries warn against confusing principle and principal, many people still do. Principle is only a noun; principal is both adjective and noun. The school principal is your pal.

1 comment:

Crestwood Independent said...

It does not look like this "tome" will be up there with some of the greats. In fact this may rival in sales the masterpiece "My life" by Harry Reid!

I will say this though, it appears that the writer has reached his zenith!

Tom Ford