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Informationen zum Autor Will Pearson and Mangesh Hattikudur met as first year students at Duke University. Ignoring the lures of law school and investment banking, the pair co-founded mental_floss and have been grinning ever since. Founded in 2001, mental_floss magazine, with its tagline “feel smart again,” has received rave reviews in a variety of publications. Published bi-monthly, it has 12,000 subscribers and a total circulation of more 100,000 copies (with an impressive 60% sell-thru rate). It’s available at newsstands everywhere and as well as B & N, Borders, Books a Million and elsewhere. Klappentext Be amazing Who says you can't? It's time to get off the couch and take your life to the next level. Step one: stand on the shoulders of geniuses What good are the world's greatest geniuses if you can't muddy their shoulder pads and use their accomplishments as a step stool? mental_floss has combed through every success story in history to deliver this ultimate how-to guide for climbing your way to greatness. Step two: bask in the glow of admiring fans Whether you want to glow in the dark, swallow a sword, quit smoking, find Atlantis, live forever, get out of jury duty, buy the Moon, sink a battleship, stop global warming, become a ninja, or simply be the center of the universe, Be Amazing covers all the essential life skills. Just absorb a few pages, then let the hero worship begin! You will need: A hunger for greatness Some duct tape This book You may want: Sidekicks and/or minions An impressive nickname An amazing outfit Zusammenfassung Be amazing Who says you can't? It's time to get off the couch and take your life to the next level. Step one: stand on the shoulders of geniuses What good are the world's greatest geniuses if you can't muddy their shoulder pads and use their accomplishments as a step stool? mental_floss has combed through every success story in history to deliver this ultimate how-to guide for climbing your way to greatness. Step two: bask in the glow of admiring fans Whether you want to glow in the dark! swallow a sword! quit smoking! find Atlantis! live forever! get out of jury duty! buy the Moon! sink a battleship! stop global warming! become a ninja! or simply be the center of the universe! Be Amazing covers all the essential life skills. Just absorb a few pages! then let the hero worship begin! You will need: A hunger for greatness Some duct tape This book You may want: Sidekicks and/or minions An impressive nickname An amazing outfit ...
