Lay Low and Don't Make the Big Mistake: The Lazy Person's Guide to Success on the Job

by Brian Harris, Rich Herschlag, Travis Foster (Illustrator)

The workplace revolution you've been waiting for has begun, and here's your manual to it- tips, tactics, and techniques for reclaiming our lives, our sanity, and our midday naps.

More daring than Dilbert, more subversive than Marx, this ultimate manifesto for millions of lazy "workers" at every level presents the never-before-published lowdown on: *The No-Sweat Job Search *Faking the commute and camouflaging the office *Low-maintenance ways to relationship-manage your boss *The art of calling in sick *The joys of imaginary parenthood

With inspiring profiles of famous lazy people (from Jack Kerouac to Ronald Reagan), a lexicon of indispensable words to buff up a shabby r?sum?, and the invaluable "Ten Commandments of Highly Lazy (and Successful) people," Lay Low and Don't Make the Big Mistake is the guide to life in the slow lane.

128 pages, Paperback

First published August 29, 1997

About the author

Brian Harris is a writer of both humorous non-fiction and plays. He co-wrote Lay Low and Don’t Make the Big Mistake, a business humor book published by Simon and Schuster, as well as the Off-Broadway dark comedy Tall Grass, published by Samuel French. His plays have won awards in NY theater, including winning the Strawberry One-Act Festival twice and the Jean Dalrymple Award for Best Comedy Playwright. He has an MBA from the University of Chicago and worked for most of his career as a Wall Street analyst covering the airline sector. He lives in Miami Beach with his wife, daughter, and puppy. He is currently at work on the sequel to Calling Mr. Beige.

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Reviews

[Cheryl's Lit · Rating 4 out of 5]

I re-read this book 17 years later; and had to laugh.
I know a few people who follow these principles; and it actually seems to work for them.