<div><b>Everything you want out of life is in that bubbling vat of failure. The trick is to get the good stuff out.</b><br><br>Scott Adams has likely failed at more things than anyone you’ve ever met, including his corporate career, his inventions, his investments, and two restaurants. So how did he go from hapless office worker to the creator of Dilbert, one of the world’s most famous syndicated comic strips, in just a few years?<br><br>In this funny yet serious book full of personal stories, Adams shares the strategies he has used to invite failure in, embrace it, then pick its pocket. Among his contrarian lessons:<br><br>Goals are for losers. Systems are for winners.<br>A combination of mediocre skills can make you surprisingly valuable.<br>You can manage your odds in a way that makes you look lucky to others.</div><br>