Most Popular Books by Scott Adams

The World’s Most Influential Book on Personal Success The bestselling classic that made Systems Over Goals, Talent Stacking, and Passion Is Overrated universal success advice has been reborn. Once in a generation, a book revolutionizes its category and becomes the preeminent reference that all subsequent books on the topic must pay homage to, in name or in spirit. How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big by Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert, is such a book for the field of personal success. A contrarian pundit and persuasion expert in a class of his own, Adams has reached hundreds of millions directly and indirectly through the 2013 first edition’s straightforward yet counterintuitive advice—to invite failure in, embrace it, then pick its pocket. The second edition of How to Fail is a tighter, updated version, by popular demand. Yet new and returning readers alike will find the same candor, humor, and timeless wisdom on productivity, career growth, health and fitness, and entrepreneurial success as the original classic. How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big, Second Edition is the essential read (or re-read) for anyone who wants to find a unique path to personal victory—and make luck find you in whatever you do.

From the creator of Dilbert and author of Win Bigly, a guide to spotting and avoiding loserthink: sneaky mental habits trapping victims in their own bubbles of reality. If you''ve been on social media lately, or turned on your TV, you may have noticed a lot of dumb ideas floating around. "We know when history will repeat and when it won''t." "We can tell the difference between evidence and coincidences." "The simplest explanation is usually true." Wrong, wrong, and dangerous! If we''re not careful, loserthink would have us believe that every Trump supporter is a bigoted racist, addicts should be responsible for fixing the opioid epidemic, and that your relationship fell apart simply because you chewed with your mouth open. Even the smartest people can slip into loserthink''s seductive grasp. This book will teach you how to spot and avoid it--and will give you scripts to respond when hollow arguments are being brandished against you, whether by well-intentioned friends, strangers on the internet, or political pundits. You''ll also learn how to spot the underlying causes of loserthink, like the inability to get ego out of your decisions, thinking with words instead of reasons, failing to imagine alternative explanations, and making too much of coincidences. Your bubble of reality doesn''t have to be a prison. This book will show you how to break free--and, what''s more, to be among the most perceptive and respected thinkers in every conversation.

Another collection of comics about the work-place antics of Dilbert and his co-workers.

Soon after Donald Trump declared his presidential candidacy, when most experts dismissed him as a joke who''d be gone before Iowa Scott Adams called Trump a master communicator in the same league as Abraham Lincoln and Steve Jobs. As a student of the art and science of persuasion, Adams recognized Trump''s deep toolbox for persuasion. On his popular blog, Adams predicted that Trump could go all the way. The public response was ridicule, scorn, and even calls to boycott Dilbert. But ultimately, Adams was right and his critics were wrong. So what did Adams see that the pundits missed? The short answer is the power of irrationality. We humans like to think of ourselves as rational beings, but we overwhelmingly make decisions on gut instinct, then invent reasons to justify those decisions after the fact. Emotional persuasion works despite a leader''s flaws, missteps, and tacky behavior. It can overcome all appeals to logic and even self-interest. In his new book, Adams goes beyond politics to look at persuasion tools that can work in any setting. He explains the secret tricks of the world''s greatest persuaders, giving readers what he calls "access to the admin passwords for human beings." You''ll learn, for instance, how to... A Create linguistic kills shots (oLow-energy Jebo!) with unexpected vocabulary and sticky imagery to refuel confirmation bias A Use the High Ground Maneuver-a successful tactic of Steve Jobs during publicity flare-ups-to win almost any debate A Spot the tells for cognitive dissonance so you know when others have abandoned reason Written in the clever but relatable voice that his fans love, this is a must read if you care about persuading others in any field-or if you just want to resist the tactics of emotional persuasion when used on you.

It has grown so quickly that it is now generating a worldwide sensation. "Seven Years of Highly Defective People" revisits the introduction and development of all that is Dilbert, allowing Adams to share with readers his thoughts about the formation of his character''s lives.

A cartoon book featuring the vulnerable and socially challenged Dilbert, an engineer who struggles to cope with the rigours and stresses of everyday life. He lives with Dogbert, his megalomaniac dog, and his two dinosaurs, Bob and Dawn. Dilbert features in nearly 200 newspapers worldwide.

Dilbert, the eternally oppressed engineering peon, returns in his fourteenth collection, gathering the most popular and requested Dilbert strips of all time, all arranged by topics for easy access.

Dilbert''s sarcastic sidekick, Dogbert, proves that you can do anything you want in life with nothing more than a little attitude.

A collection of Dilbert comics featuring white collar workers and clueless management.

Tegneserie. Presents comic strips featuring the characters of Dilbert, Dogbert, and their friends and co-workers, as they try to survive the day-to-day operations of a large corporation

"Provides an outrageously fresh and farcical takes on the work-a-day world and Dilbert''s own pathetic life"--Back cover.

A collection of comic strips from the popular series skewering corporate life features the antics of the deadpan engineer and his clever menagerie of talking animals, including Dogbert, Catbert, and Ratbert

In God''s Debris, best-selling author and creator of Dilbert Scott Adams fashioned a thought-provoking exploration of life''s great mysteries (everything from quantum physics and God to psychic phenomena and dating) that quickly captured the attention and imaginations of readers everywhere. The intriguing story of a deliveryman who meets the world''s smartest person and learns the secret of reality is threaded with a variety of hypnosis techniques that Adams, a certified hypnotist, used to induce a feeling of euphoric enlightenment in readers to mirror the main character''s feelings as he discovers the true nature of the universe.Launched to coincide with the hardcover publication of its sequel, The Religion War (see opposite page), this first paperback edition of God''s Debris will soon make the leap to a broader audience. As Adams designed it, the book will "make your brain spin around inside your skull" and drive readers toward The Religion War as they seek to confirm or deny the dizzying impressions and chaotic memories of reading God''s Debris.The book provides one of the most compelling visions of reality ever experienced on the printed page. Along the way, readers will enjoy the Thought Experiment: Trying to discover what''s wrong with the sage''s explanation of reality. This is a book, as Adams says, to be shared and savored with smart friends.

Cartoons from the comic strip "Dilbert" feature the hapless engineer and his cynical canine companion, Dogbert.

Dogbert, the domineering pet of a nerdy engineer in the nationally syndicated Dilbert comic strip, gives advice on such diverse niceties as elevator etiquette, rudeness warning signs, discouraging a serial talker, and knowing what to say about open zippers and bad hairpieces.

Celebrating the 20th anniversary of Scott Adams''s "Dilbert," the touchstone of office humor, this special slipcased collection--weighing in at more than 10 pounds with 600 pages and featuring almost 4,000 strips--is divided into five different epochs personally selected by the author. Also included is a piracy-protected disc that contains every "Dilbert" comic strip to date and that can be updated as new cartoons are released.

Collects approximately two hundred comic strips chronicling the workplace adventures of Dilbert, Dogbert, Catbert, Ratbert, and the others in their office world.

A collection of cartoons that explore the world of work in the 1990s, featuring Dilbert, the harassed office employee, and his co-workers.

Dilbert and his co-workers continue to navigate a never-ending maze of mission-statement rhetoric, futile team-building exercises, and the torments of Dogbert.

Scott Adams has accomplished a rare feat. In his wildly successful cartoon strip, Dilbert, he has transformed the daily drudgery of the workplace into a fresh, comic commentary on life. Consider the cast: a devious and egomaniacal dog who fully intends to rule the world, a former lab rat so eager for acceptance that he''s willing to work as a temp, a cat that is an evil HR director—and those are just the animals in Dilbert''s world. Mix in the frustrated title character, his clueless pointy-haired boss, and an office full of insecure and dissatisfied white-collar workers and you get the hottest comic strip around. In I''m Not Anti-Business, I''m Anti-Idiot, Adams has truly found a way to relate the sometimes unbelievable craziness of the business world. Since Dilbert first gave a voice to discontented cubicle dwellers, the strip has consistently appeared at the top of comic page popularity polls. Today, the cartoon can be found stuck on office bulletin boards, personal computer monitors, and break-room refrigerators throughout the working world. This volume, I''m Not Anti-Business, I''m Anti-Idiot brings readers more of the bizarre fun. In it, they''ll marvel at the escapades of Antina the non-stereotypical woman, who takes apart the office coffee machine "just for fun." They''ll witness manager Ted, who just happens to have a beard growing from his forehead. And they''ll recoil from Camping Carl, the office''s nonstop self-storyteller, whom Dilbert manages to evade only by taking to his cubicle escape tunnel. No one captures modern office life like Adams, a former Pacific Bell employee. Dilbert evokes many laughs, tears, and "How did he know about our company?" comments from workers while at the same time appealing to supervisors who are certain they don''t personally commit these managerial faux pas. I''m Not Anti-Business, I''m Anti-Idiot is guaranteed to deliver much, much more of what fans love most about Dilbert.

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Delivers a deceptively perceptive take on the place that we all spend so much time in: the office. This treatise on office life is suitable for Dilbert fans.

With publication of The Religion War, millions of long-time fans of Scott Adams''s Dilbert cartoons and business best sellers will have to admit that the literary world is a better place with Adams on the loose spreading new ideas and philosophical conundrums. Unlike God''s Debris, principally a dialogue between its two main characters, The Religion War is set several decades in the future when the smartest man in the world steps between international leaders to see if he can prevent a catastrophic confrontation between Christianity and Islam that would destroy most of civilization. The parallels between where we are today and where we could be in the near future are clear.Adams says The Religion War targets "bright readers with short attention spans-everyone from lazy students to busy book clubs." The book may be a three-hour read, but it''s packed with concepts that will be discussed long after the last page is turned, including a list of "Questions to Ponder in the Shower" that will underline the story''s purpose of highlighting the most important-yet most ignored-questions in the world.

Scott Adams provides an inside view of bosses, meetings, management fads and other workplace afflictions, through his cartoon character, Dilbert. This collection features Catbert, evil human-resources director, whose fluffy appearance is a veil of deception.

A collection of black-and-white cartoon strips about life in the business world featuring Dilbert, the harassed engineer, and his friends.

In Reframe Your Brain, Scott Adams, the contrarian genius behind Dilbert and author of the most influential personal success book of all time--How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big--gives you the complete operating system for lasting happiness. Are you familiar with this old saying? "All publicity is good publicity." That''s a classic reframe. The quote shifts your thinking from the shame of whatever you did wrong to your probable benefit. You can''t change the past, but you can change how you feel about it. Trained hypnotist and persuasion expert Scott Adams has packed more than 160 new, counterintuitive, and effective reframes into Reframe Your Brain.--Publisher.

Whether he''s skewering incompetent managers, double-dealing CEO''s, or dishonest stock market experts, whether revealing the techniques of manipulative spouses, conniving home contractors, or slippery politicians, Scott Adams has never been funnier or more on target. To err is human. To cover it up is weasel.

A volume of 150 illustrated essays by the creator of the Dilbert comic strip ventures out of the corporate world to address such issues as politics, religion, and the author''s doughnut theory of the universe. 100,000 first printing.

The cartoon character Dilbert and his colleagues, through whom Scott Adams provides an inside view of bosses, meetings, management fads and other workplace afflictions, vent their frustrations by beating up the boss.

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First published in 1997, the successor to The Dilbert Principle is this time written by Dilbert''s canine, Dogbert. He teaches new managers vital skills such as how to be leaders without making any decisions and how to inspire employees by giving them worthless knick-knacks. Scott Adams combines the challenges at work with the challenges of life.

Another collection of comics about the work-place antics of Dilbert and his co-workers.