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How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying by Shepherd Mead is a business book available to read on EtoBox.

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How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying: The Dastard's Guide to Fame and Fortune is a humorous 1952 book by Shepherd Mead. It inspired a successful 1961 musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, which was made into a movie in 1967.DescriptionThe book is a satire of an instructional manual, very similar in form and subject matter to Stephen Potter's Gamesmanship. How to Succeed satirizes office life in the United States in the guise of a self-help book. Its subtitle is "The Dastard's Guide to Fame and Fortune".InspirationHow to Succeed was inspired by Mead's corporate experiences at the Benton & Bowles advertising agency, which he joined in 1936 as a mail-room clerk, eventually working his way up to a vice-presidency. During his journey up the corporate ladder, Mead wrote the book in his spare time—before work and on weekends. The book was a best-seller.

Who reads How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying?

Author

Shepherd Mead

Publisher

Simon & Schuster

Published

1952

Language

EN

Category

business

Subjects

Management, Fiction, Humour

Rating

3.7 / 5 (54 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14