My vast and deep experience working for others and failing miserably at it can stand as inspiration and model for those who also aspire to be lousy employees. For me, my formula for failure starts with my bad attitude. I have been headstrong, some have even said arrogant, in the cause of doing the objectively right thing. Worse still, in my twisted mind, bosses exist primarily to help their people do their job better, not the other way round. That is why, when I was a boss, I spent much of my effort on smoothing the way for my people to succeed, a source of severe criticism from the bad bosses I reported to.

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