It was mentioned as a book that helped launch the Dilbert comic strip to greater success. It was said to have been inspired by fans who created their own organised binders of Dilbert comics based on subject matter.
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But what really mattered is when I wrote the book called the Dilbert principle.
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It was mentioned as a book that helped launch the Dilbert comic strip to greater success. It was said to have been inspired by fans who created their own organised binders of Dilbert comics based on subject matter.
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But what really mattered is when I wrote the book called the Dilbert principle.
It was described as an inversion of The Peter Principle, suggesting that incompetent people are promoted to upper management to avoid interfering with productive workers. A passage was read, discussing idiocy.
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I proudly include myself in the idiot category.
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It was described as an inversion of The Peter Principle, suggesting that incompetent people are promoted to upper management to avoid interfering with productive workers. A passage was read, discussing idiocy.
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I proudly include myself in the idiot category.
Life is just too complicated to be smart all the time.
The book's publisher and several newspapers dropped the Dilbert comic strip after the author made controversial and racist remarks about Black Americans.
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Publishers dumping his book and newspapers around the country dumping the strip.
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The book's publisher and several newspapers dropped the Dilbert comic strip after the author made controversial and racist remarks about Black Americans.
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Publishers dumping his book and newspapers around the country dumping the strip.
He basically said that black Americans were, quote, a hate group and that white people should, quote, get the hell away from them.
It was mentioned as an example of 'skill stacking', where the author became proficient in multiple areas, rather than excelling at a single skill, to achieve success.
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Scott Adams created Dilbert so he says I'm not the best cartoonist in the world, I'm not the best humorist in the world, I'm not the best businessman or marketer in the world, but I'm in the top 25th...
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It was mentioned as an example of 'skill stacking', where the author became proficient in multiple areas, rather than excelling at a single skill, to achieve success.
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Scott Adams created Dilbert so he says I'm not the best cartoonist in the world, I'm not the best humorist in the world, I'm not the best businessman or marketer in the world, but I'm in the top 25th or so percentile somewhere of each of those things and then put together that makes him a good cartoonist that's a good humorist that's also really good at business and good at marketing and that has provided a very nice living for him.
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It was used as an example of 'skill stacking', where someone can be in the top 25% of a number of different skills, such as cartooning, humor, and business, and combine them to become successful in a unique niche.
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Scott Adams created Dilbert so he says I'm not the best cartoonist in the world, I'm not the best humorist in the world, I'm not the best businessman or marketer in the world, but I'm in the top 25th or so percentile somewhere of each of those things and then put together that makes him a good cartoonist that's a good humorist that's also really good at business and good at marketing and that has provided a very nice living for him.
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It was mentioned as an example of 'skill stacking', where the author is not the best at any one skill but is good at multiple skills, combined for success.
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Scott Adams created Dilbert so he says I'm not the best cartoonist in the world, I'm not the best humorist in the world, I'm not the best businessman or marketer in the world, but I'm in the top 25th or so percentile somewhere of each of those things and then put together that makes him a good cartoonist that's a good humorist that's also really good at business and good at marketing and that has provided a very nice living for him.
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