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Recently I attended “Bike Night” at JR Cigars in Whippany, New Jersey, with my 13 year old son, Tommy. It was just the gorgeous, perfect night – blue sky and late summer temperatures as motorcycles of every size, make, year, design, and color descended upon the parking lot for four hours of high-tech nostalgia and testosterone.

I admittedly don’t ride or own a bike, but the middle age crazy, mid life yearning in me really wants to something fierce. I just love motorcycles and the unbridled freedom they represent. My friends who ride say that just like smoking a cigar, cruising on a bike unwinds the mind and recharges your batteries, allowing you to become one with the bike and your surroundings. My wife thinks I’m out of my f’ing mind but why would I expect her to understand? She loathes cigars even thought those checks I get to support the family come straight from the tobacco world.

Long hairs, throwbacks, and white-collar dudes joined in unison to hang and celebrate the age-old joy of “riding on the wind.” They came from all walks of life (Yeah, and that would be me, “posing” on a custom Harley.) It was a male bonding extravaganza and the smell of finely aged burning leaf wafted through the air as Tommy and I oogled and ah’d at many an amazing piece of machinery and art. Of course all of the true blue Harley’s were out in full force as well as some very cool Victory’s, but I was definitely impressed with many of the Japanese bikes that have taken on the American “bad-boy” look. Honda, Yamaha, and Kawasakia make some bikes I couldn’t believe weren’t American made as their engineering and style were flat out awesome. Then there were Triumphs, BMW’s, and some old Norton’s on display, as well as my all-time favorite, the Indian.

A few years ago, Indian Motorcycles went belly up. I decided to check the web and found out that the company has been reformed with a brand new headquarters and a state of the art manufacturing facility in Kings Mountain, North Carolina. Four brand new 2009 gorgeous touring road models should be available this fall and that is just great news for a true American icon. You certainly don’t have to ride bikes to appreciate the amazing beauty and hand craftsmanship that goes into these masterpieces. Seems they’ve received a 30 million dollar cash infusion from investors, and the people at the top are hiring the best in the business at every position in order to bring this much heralded name back into the public eye. God I want one. Please mom and dad, oh can I please have an Indian for Christmas? Check ‘em out for yourself at: www.indianmotorcycle.com

There was this one dude, the classic rebel with the long white ponytail, dressed in the traditional biker garb and rode a beautiful “old school” style chopper that was in super mint condition despite being 40 years of age. With long handle bars, spoked wheels, a tiny little gas tank, chrome everywhere, and a rebellious gleaming swastika mounted above the sissy bar, this mutha was no wannabe poser as many an onlooker smiled in delight. And, the man was a perfect gentlemen which is definitely the norm at a gathering like this.

As riders of every type were in attendance, so was my pal, Dave Runfeldt, the honorable mayor of Lincoln Park, New Jersey (also Chiropractor extraordinaire and volunteer firefighter) and owner of a magnificent Harley Davidson Road King, special fireman’s edition. Emblazoned in screaming fire engine red and adorned with flames flowing up the fenders, this big boy turned a hell of a lot of heads – No, not Dave – the friggin’ bike, you dumbass!

And what bike rally wouldn’t be complete without the smokin’ hottie biker chicks clad in their short denim shorties, leather vests, and bulging twin-v’s. I give major kudos to the older gals – the plus 40 ladies who may have added a little umph to their personal cruising weight, but still had the moxie to parade their wares for a dad and his pubescent kid. It’s a pisser because Tommy tries to pretend he’s not looking but I’m sure he was feeling a tad warmer than usual on Friday night.

Incredible machines, tasty cigars, male camaraderie, and hot babes. Damn, what will they think of next?

Ride the wind, brother.

- ZMAN

Here’s the link for remaining 2010 bike and car shows at JR Cigars in Whippany, New Jersey…

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http://www.jrwhippany.com/index.cfm?page=events_bikecarshow_2010

• All shows 6-10pm
• Grillin’ and Chillin’ outside until 8pm cooking up burgers and dogs
• Beer Specials in the bar and lounge
• Free to spectators and car/bike owners

Room101, the alternative luxury lifestyle brand for those who demand quality with an edge, is proud to announce their new line of Room101 Cigars (www.room101cigars.com). Originally founded in 2003 by Matt Booth, Room101 will introduce the premium cigar into their already successful line of silver jewelry, clothing, and accessories. The Room101 Cigar collection will be a blend of attitude, culture, celebrity, and some of the world’s finest tobaccos.

The cigar, specially blended and created by Camacho Cigars, is a medium bodied cigar, comprised of tobaccos from both Honduras and the Dominican Republic. The wrapper is a Semilla 101 that was exclusively grown for this cigar. The Room101 cigar is available in six formats, all representing different area codes, including the 213 (44×5.5), 305 (50×5), 323 (50×6), 404 (54×52×6), 702 (48×54×48×6), and 808(60×6).

“We are very excited to launch this line of cigars with Room101,” said Dylan Austin, marketing director of Camacho Cigars. “This project has been a year in the making and it really great to see it come to fruition.”

Following the launch of the cigar, Matt Booth and the Room101 Cigar team will embark on a 90 day “Room 101/Camacho Conspiracy Tour” making stops at 45 retailers across the country. Room101 Cigars will also support the Wounded Warrior Project charity and urge people to donate to their cause.

“The Room101 cigar is the first of its kind in many ways,” said Matt Booth, owner and designer of Room101. “I am honored to be working with the Camacho family on this project. No other combination could have possibly done this concept justice.”

About Room101

Founded in 2003 by Matt Booth, Room101 is the premier luxury lifestyle brand, based in Hollywood, CA. What started as a designer’s dream to create unique pieces of jewelry, has grown into an all-encompassing design studio, producing luxury items for all facets of life. Room101 is unmatched in the quality of both design and final products and has quickly become a stand out in the industry.

About Camacho Cigars

Founded in 1961 by Simon Camacho, Camacho Cigars was acquired by the Eiroa family in 1995. Now part of the Oettinger Davidoff Group, Camacho Cigars is one of the key players in the international cigar market. The flagship Camacho brand, made at Rancho Jamastran in Danli, Honduras, is comprised of 9 premium and ultra-premium line extensions: (Super-Premium: Diploma, 10th Anniversary Corojo, Liberty Series, Triple Maduro, Select)(Premium: Corojo, Coyolar, Havana, SLR). Camacho Cigars also has 7 core brands, including Baccarat The Game, America’s #1 selling premium cigar.

Today, our guest rater is my good friend, NY Times Best Selling author and media personality, the incomparable Larry Winget. Larry is a bold personality who happens to love even bolder cigars. I knew he liked the classic Camacho profile, but had never tried the Triple Maduro. So, a UPS box from Jersey to Arizona was sent, and the Pitbull of Personal Development was ready for action.

Now the wrapper, binder, and filler on this cigar is all made from Honduran maduro tobacco leaf, making it the world’s first true triple maduro cigar. According to Camacho, it is the result of almost a full year’s work maduro varieties. The biggest challenge was to get these thick leaves to burn and taste right together.

Now, Larry is an accomplished cigar smoker and has a good palate for rating a cigar. I knew it would be interesting to hear his comments, so without further adieu, Mr. Larry Winget.

Larry Winget is the author of several consecutive Wall Street Journal and New York times Beslling books, the most recent being, People Are Idiots and I Can Prove It. I highly recommend a trip to his website where you’ll find more great stuff than you can possibly handle.

CLICK RIGHT HERE> www.larrywinget.com

I drove past a Smart Car on the weekend and couldn’t believe this ballsy little half pint was zipping along Route 80 with the big boys of the interstate. In fact, I threw a paper clip at it, trying to knock it over, but the little bastid just laughed and kept on going. Then I tossed a handful of loose change and half a half eaten sandwich at it, but it held it’s ground. I then opened my door and farted and as you can imagine, it did give the driver a good scare.

The Smart Car is what gives the Al Gore’s of the world a perpetual woody. It is the green geekazoid’s chariot of triumph. At 8 feet long, five feet wide and five feet high, this hideous looking glorified golf cart is all the rage for the crowd that harasses whaling vessels while sucking down tofu smoothies during lunch break. At 1,500 pounds it gets around 70 miles to a gallon and is all the rage in Europe. But of course those tight little cobblestone streets are made for such a ride, not the American super highways.

The guy who invented Swatch Watches was bored one day and came up with the idea for this diminutive doo-hickey. Sure, it’s fuel efficient and good for the ozone, but it’s without question, one big rolling can of chick repellent. I love old muscle cars like Corvettes, Mustangs, Camaros, Firebirds, Challengers, Chargers, Dusters, etc. I love the look, the feel, and the power. And chicks dig a dude in a 454, plain and simple. They don’t dig 50 horsepower. The ladies go gaga over eight-cylinder super-charged beasts. They don’t get all hot and bothered by three-cylinder wimps. I sincerely ask you – how the hell are you gonna get laid in that toaster with wheels? First off, no self-respecting hottie would be caught dead dating a dud in that oversized Partridge Family lunchbox. And secondly, there just ain’t enough room to bump and grind by the dashboard light. I want a lady who’s turned on by muscle and might, not fiscal and environmental responsibility. Why not go all out and put a bumper sticker on the back that says, “I have a small dick, too.”

Save the Earth? How about saving your self worth? Any real red-blooded American male is not going to be seen behind the wheel of one of those teenie-weenie, Euro machine-ees. And guess what? These little punk-ass vehicles ain’t cheap, either. There’s three models and the base starts at around $12,000 with the high-end model topping out at around seventeen grand! Are these people kidding? You could probably juice up a riding lawn mower and save yourself fifteen thousand. At least attach a couple of rotating blades under the damned thing so you can earn a few extra bucks cutting lawns in your neighborhood. Jezuz H Christmas, man.

Now, supposedly the crash ratings are pretty good on these uglified autos, but how’d you like to drive between a couple of Mac Trucks in that rolling bucket of doom? Something tells me nailing a squirrel at 30 miles an hour would F that mini gas can up something awful. I wonder in the winter if you can pop the wheels off and snap sled runners on.

I simply cannot endorse these ass-wipe automobiles. I’m a man who loves ice hockey, beer can chicken, full-bodied cigars, full-bodied females, and I believe you can put bacon on anything and it will taste better. Why just a few months back I tore a god damned beaver damn apart with my bare hands, for crissakes.

There is no way in hell I will compromise my role as a manly creature by getting behind the wheel of one of those gaudy little go-carts. And if you think this is the way road travel should go, then check your man-card at the door of life, you Mary-ass wuss. I’d download photos of Rosie Odonnell at the Denny’s breakfast bar before I’m seen in one of these death boxes.

NFW. No way, no how, uh-huh. It just ain’t smart.

- ZMAN

July 14, 2009 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL – Altadis U.S.A. announced today that Theo Folz, the company’s President and CEO, will be retiring on September 30, 2009. He joined the company twenty-five years ago and has been in the industry 46 years.

With such legendary company brands as Montecristo, Romeo y Julieta, Dutch Masters, Phillies and Backwoods to name just a few, Folz has lead Altadis U.S.A. to a premier position in the cigar business with unprecedented sales and earnings levels. Highly respected and regarded through out the entire tobacco industry, he is known as an icon.

Folz has made a huge contribution in making Altadis U.S.A.’s cigar business the force that it is today. He has been a dominant figure in the history of the U.S. and indeed the worldwide cigar industry. Theo and his wife, Connie, look forward to global travel, fine food and wine and enjoying their sport fishing boat. Folz says, “It has been an honor to be a part of such a vibrant and historic industry.”

He will be succeeded as President and CEO on October 1, 2009 by Gary Ellis, currently CFO, who has been with the company for over twenty years.

There are some things that scare the absolute living Shineola out of us guys, but like true masochists, we just can’t seem to get enough of it. Some love vomit inducing roller coasters while others enjoy tying thin pieces of cord to their ankles, hurling themselves from five story high railroad bridges. But for the past twenty-one years, millions have tuned to cable’s Discovery Channel to get ravaged and brutalized by the man-eating kings of the deep during the infamous and highly rated Shark Week!

Sharks are devastatingly frightening predators that will make a meal of your torso in seconds, yet we adore these wretched beasts. We love watching some psycho with a camera floating in an underwater cage while a twenty-foot great white attempts to make a pre-dinner snack out of the crazed photographer. Why sharks are so popular, I’m not sure, but back in 1973, that little film entitled Jaws put a fear in people like nothing else before. I was 13 at the time and I don’t think I took a shower for the next two weeks after that flick, because I was so afraid to go near the water. I remember being light on friends during that little time period for some reason as well.

Discovery Channel debuts it’s 22st season of Shark Week and the network is ready for their annual ratings boost. Last year opening night drew 42 million viewers and it is always one of Discovery’s most anticipated events of the year. “It’s a summertime ritual,” claims Discovery president, John Ford. “People are endlessly fascinated by sharks. There’s a lot of variety, they’re fascinating creatures, and also they scare us.”

“The relationship between sharks and humans is a rich topic,” Ford continues. “There’s always something new to find out about sharks – why they attack, what they eat, and how to avoid an attack.”

I’m sure they’d love a paunchy Polak to snack on, so I really would like to stay clear of their whereabouts. Plus, I’m completely full of roast beef, ribs, burgers and snacks, so any damned shark who nails me is basically getting the Royale Polish Buffet! But I really think how to avoid an attack is pretty simple: Stay the f@#k out of waters where they inhabit! Even a stupid bastid whose family originated just west of Warsaw can figure that one out. Jeez.

Here’s the official lineup for you Hammerheads, straight from Discovery’s website…

www.sharkweek.com

The week kicks off with a two hour hair-raising special about the true story behind Jaws. During the week, Survivorman, Les Stroud, takes viewers on a quest around to the world to find the hottest of shark hotspots. Also, specialists, historians and personal accounts reveal the complexities of shark behavior and bring to light the Great White, the oceans most mysterious and dangerous shark of all! Don’t say we didn’t warn you!

Blood In the Water – 2 hour premiere!
Sunday, August 2 at 9 p.m. ET/PT

The true story behind the bloody shark attacks of 1916 that inspired the movie “Jaws.” A 9 foot long shark cruises just off the New Jersey beaches. For centuries its ancestors have done exactly the same. But today there’s unusual company. Swimming in the sea has recently become popular amongst a species the shark has never encountered in his world before: human beings. For the shark it’s a novel feeding opportunity. For the humans it’s the beginning of a new relationship between themselves and the ocean, terrifying and fascinating in equal measure. It’s the first multiple shark attack in American history, and the reason we fear sharks to this day.
Check out a sneak peek of Blood In The Water.

Deadly Waters
Monday, August 3 at 9 p.m. ET/PT
Survivorman’s Les Stroud is back for more nail biting – shark chomping action, and this time, he’s taking on the deadliest waters around the world. His quest is simple – which water is the deadliest? Starting from historical data from the Florida Museum Of Natural History’s famed “Shark Attack Files”, Les will begin his journey to test the waters in the world’s sharkiest “hotspots”. Les will work with a team of experts to compound the “count-down” format as he circumnavigates the globe to initiate a series of intense immersive experiments in an effort to determine why the waters are among the deadliest on Earth!

Day of the Shark 2
Monday, August 3 at 10 p.m. ET/PTSee what happens in this harrowing hour, when a great white breaks through a 300-pound aluminum shark cage and traps the divers inside. Another shark tackles a former Navy Seal in shallow waters off the coast of St. Petersburg, Florida. And a bull shark invades a spear-fishing trip in the Bahamas. When you’re a visitor in the vast and complex ocean, any day could be the “Day of the Shark.”

Sharkbite Summer
Tuesday, August 4 at 9 p.m. ET/PT
The bite-by-bite account of America’s notorious “Summer of the Shark” in 2001. Were the Ocean’s apex predators really taking back America’s shores? Sharkbite Summer revisits the attack sites and — using news archive, interviews with victims, witnesses, surgeons, family members and shark experts — builds an exact picture of the bloody summer of 2001.
Check out a sneak peek of Sharkbite Summer.

Great White Appetite
Wednesday, August 5 at 9 p.m. ET/PT
The Great White is one of the most of the most feared predators on earth as well as one of it’s most efficient hunters. The Great White Shark patrols the shores of more than fifty percent of the world’s inhabited coastlines, and yet, besides the fact that they’ve killed hundreds of people, we know almost nothing about them. Its incredible appetite is more of a mystery than anything else about the shark. Remarkably, scientists don’t have any accurate data on the Great White’s population, mating, traveling or even what drives their feeding behavior. Observe first hand the experiments that let us uncover the Great Whites unique eating habits. We will travel the globe, stopping at three major Great White feeding grounds – Seal Island, South Africa; Adelaide, Australia and Guadalupe Island, Mexico and administer incredibly visual experiments in an effort to answer this and many other fascinating questions!

Shark After Dark
Thursday, August 6 at 9 p.m. ET/PT
Sharks are most aggressive and most active in the dark, but the fact is, we know very little else about the nocturnal nature of these creatures. Now, armed with the latest in infrared thermography cameras and night vision technology, a team of divers travels around the world, and descends into the sharks dangerous after-dark hunting grounds. Their goal is to learn more about how Great Whites, Six-Gills, and Tiger Sharks behave after the sun goes down.

That’s right, stogiphiles and brothers of the leaf -  for two days – September 18 and 19 2009, the Midwest Cigar Summit, one of the finest cigar get-togethers on God’s great earth, makes its triumphant return to the land Bulls, Bears, Cubs, Sox, and Hawks.

In just a few short years, the event has grown from a small gathering of friends, to a full blown cigar smoking happy-fest! This year the festivities will takes place at Jimmy’s Bar, who’s famous beer garden is the perfect venue for a gathering of this size which could reach four to five-hundred lovers of the leaf.

Event organizer and grand poobah, Lucas Woith is genuinely excited about this year’s smoke-a-thon. “Every year just gets better and better with the Summit, and this one will be the finest, by far,” says Luke. “Great vendors, incredible cigars, and all the wonderful people who come make this the greatest time of the year for me.”

Cigar Rights of America will be on hand at the Summit to tell you about their group, which is the only of it’s kind in the country.   You’ll be able to sign up to be a member, and help the fight against oppressive smoking bans and tobacco taxes.

Find out more about the Summit, how you can attend, directions and lodging, contact:

info@midwestcigarsummit.com

2009 Midwest Cigar Summit
Jimmy’s Bar
2801 W. Peoria, Illinois
Friday, September 18    from 5 to 10 pm
Saturday, September 19, from Noon – 10pm.

http://www.midwestcigarsummit.com

By Larry Winget

I am sick of A-Rod, Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and the rest of the professional athletes who used illegal performance enhancing drugs and their lame apologies. I know they are so very very sorry ………. NOW! Big deal – I am NOT impressed with their feeble attempts at remorse. Everyone is sorry when they get caught! These guys and many more have tarnished the entire game through their irresponsibility. In fact, the results of every game they played in is now suspect in my opinion. It’s pure-D-crap folks. Bottom line: They broke the law. Prosecute them as illegal drug users.

Drugs are a problem in our society. We all know that. We have tried to stop it at the source. That hasn’t worked so well has it? No. My feeling is that if you want to stop drug abuse, hit people where it hurts the most: in their pocket. When you take money away from people, when you take their jobs away from them, when you deny them their rights and freedoms, then you will get their attention.

My son and I were talking this past week and he told me that he had to have a UA (urinalysis) test the next day. He is a cop in Phoenix and takes the test routinely as a part of his job. He was also in the Army for eight years and had tests there too. We were talking about how in our city, as in most, police and firemen have to pee in a cup, but other city employees don’t. Somehow, that didn’t hit me as fair. I know that a guy who sits at the DMV and passes out driver’s licenses and the lady who does data entry down at City Hall are not the same as cops and firemen. However, it is my tax dollar that pays them and I think what is fair for one, seems fair for another. I think if one city employee’s job depends on them being drug free, then every city employee’s job should depend on being drug free.

So in typical Larry Winget fashion, my mind started to get carried away with this thought. I think that drug testing should be expanded to include anyone who gets a check from the government. It would be a great way to reduce the workforce. I know it would take some tax dollars to do it, but it would get rid of lots of people who are breaking the law. I think the program would pay for itself pretty quickly and then actually end up helping these governments balance their budgets by reducing the workforce. Plus, I believe it would send a strong signal that we as tax-payers are not willing to pay for people’s drug habits. (If your tax dollars pay their salary and their salary goes to drugs, then you are financing their drug habit.) I’m not willing to do that, are you?

Want to know how far I would take this? I warn you, I am willing to take it pretty far!

1. As I have already said, if you work for any city, county, state or federal entity, you are going to have to take a drug test. If you are found to be a user, you get fired. Period. Tax dollars don’t go to pay drug users.

2. Welfare. No one gets to pick up their check without a drug test. If you have drugs in your system, you lose all rights to your welfare check forever. That should knock out about half of the people on welfare. Gee, at that point, they might have to get a job like the rest of us. Unfair? Deal with it. I’m right and you know it.

3. Unemployment benefits. You don’t get any if you can’t pass a drug test.

4. Student loans. A drug test. I am betting momma and daddy would get very much involved in their kids lives if they thought that all student loans, (plus all grants and scholarships) would be denied if the student failed a drug test.

5. IRS refund check. Yep, it takes a drug test. This one will bother some folks I know, but I’ll stick with it. You don’t get your refund if you can’t pass the test. If you fail, your refund check is forfeited to fund anti-drug legislation, drug rehab facilities and to help children born to drug users.

6. Social Security Checks. Don’t kid yourself. Sorry granny, you take a test to get your check too.

7. Driver’s license – passport – citizenship: Pass a drug test.

I know many of you will have a problem with this and I’m fine with that. And I know it is a drastic step. But isn’t it time for drastic steps? I also know it is costly. But what is drug abuse costing all of us? So while my solution is not perfect by any means – it would work. Or it would at least get some people’s attention!

Have fun with this one!

Larry Winget, billed as the World’s Only Irritational Speaker is one of the hottest and most demanded voices in North America. His is latest book, People Are Idiots and I Can Prove It is a NY Times Best Seller and his PBS Special is now airing nationally.

Learn more about Larry and even get some FREE stuff by CLICKING HERE > LarryWinget.com

Toxic People is a phenomenal book written by Marsha Petrie Sue who is a motivational speaker, author, and best of all (for credibility reasons), an ex-Toxic Person herself. I figured everyone here has worked with an acerbic miserable prick at least once in their lives…or a miserable biotch. And if she’s your boss, well, then life is bloody f-ing hell, every Monday through Friday.

This book gives real “hands-on” practical advice on how to deal with the people at work that suck the life force out of you and everyone else. You know quite well how dangerous and evil these people can be – whether they mean it or not – but the real question is: What the hell are you gonna do about it?

The first words in the preface of the book say: CAUTION: Expect discomfort while reading this book – This is the only life you have so you might as well learn how to manage people who create perplexity, puzzlement, and pandemonium. It sounds overly simple, but the key to managing people is to learn how to manage yourself. Once you learn how – oh yeah, then it’s simple – but removing from your brain the emotional rage, discomfort, loathing and often times hate towards a boss or co-worker – now that’s a task that many would pay dearly to learn. People have lost their minds and their lives in the fight against the Toxic – and it’s time to stop the pain…RIGHT NOW!

I asked Marsha, what about a nine millimeter or biological warfare introduced into the demon spawn’s morning coffee? Let’s face it – there’s nothing we’d like more than to knock this bastard’s teeth down straight down his or her throat. Of course that is an alternative, but 20 years in the slammer sounds like there must be a better way – and there is. You see the part that causes discomfort is realizing that this whole situation is entirely in YOUR hands and only YOU can make it better. God – that sucks doesn’t it…No magic silver bullet to put through the f@#king vampire’s head? Sorry.

Guy’s you know the old saying all too well: It’s not what happens in life – it’s how you deal with it is all that matters – and I’m talking on all fronts: mentally, emotionally, and physically. It’s 100% up to us how we take this on, and fortunately, we do have choices.

“It simply comes down to three choices,” Marsha states. “Take it, Leave it, or Change it. Now taking it means you have a plan of action. Leaving it says you’re going to reject it and walk away. But changing it is the biggest struggle of all – we learn to become more flexible to a negative person or environment by using the proper tools to exist and move forward. This last choice is by far the toughest to conquer, but so empowering because it assures that YOU are in control – and THAT is absolutely worth living for!”

In the early nineties, Marsha was a big corporate executive – a real taskmaster who hit all her goals and numbers but wasn’t very pleasant to be around. “I was actually sent to a sort of charm school to learn how to be nice,” she admits. She was the classic over aggressive, over achiever that made her employee’s lives miserable and when she discovered what she was actually doing – a new Marsha came forth, one that realized she could talk to people and tell them how to deal with those at work who make our lives a living hell.

So why do we choose to just sit back, take it, and remain in our toxic situation with our toxic buddies? “Tommy, I truly believe people do this because they are so friggin lazy! It all stems from change. Change is hard because it means you have to break out of your safe little comfort zone and do things differently. When you hang out in your comfort zone, you get terribly lazy. It’s just so easy. But until things get really, really bad is when they realize change needs to take place. But after a few attempts and things don’t magically work with immediate results, they go right back to where they were. My book is a plan of action and that’s what you need to get through your ordeal.”

Guys, trust Marsha – she’s an expert who’s been there, done that, and can REALLY help! The book is an easy read that breaks down the type of Toxic personalities – the Steamroller, the Backstabber, the Know-It-All, the Needy Weenie, etc. – and teaches you how to deal with them, defuse them, and best of all, eliminate their control over you once and for all. Now you could just duct tape a 20 pound weight to the book and slam it over the persons skull during their morning bagel, but I’d say better use would be to read it and implement the tools and techniques that have helped so many.

Marsha is a daily fan of Planet Zman and her husband is a longtime JR customer and loves a good cigar! It would be great to support her efforts and check out her book! 90% of the readers reviews gave it 5 big stars on Amazon and she is busy as all hell speaking to companies around the country about their environment and what they can do to make their workplace a happy, happy, joy, joy experience. She’s got a great little website too, filled with all kinds of good stuff, including other books and materials she has written all in the name of keeping us from losing our marbles.

Unfortunately, my chair is a tad toxic, but that is again 100% my own doing. Hey, I say READ THIS BOOK because the life you save will most likely be your own.

- ZMAN

Marsha Petrie Sue is a one-of-a-kind professional speaker and author who dares people to take personal responsibility for their choices, success, and life. Her latest book Toxic People: decontaminating difficult people at work without using weapons or duct tape, is a #1 best seller. She is also the author of several other resources including the award winning CEO of YOU: Leading YOURSELF to Success. She has been featured in the New York Times, Newsweek On-Line, Reuters, Investors Business Digest, Legal Management, Well Fargo Business Advisor, The Business Journal and others.

www.decontaminatetoxicpeople.com
www.youtube.com/user/mpsue
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When an author and professional speaker has his fourth consecutive book make the New York Times Best Seller List, you have to figure that his words are powerful and he indeed has some noteworthy things to say. But it’s truly in the WAY he delivers his message that seems to resonate with the populous.

Larry Winget is not a warm and fuzzy, back patting, “You can do anything if you put your mind to it,” sort of fellow. Oh, quite the opposite. Donned the Pitbull of Personal Development, this bald headed, cowboy-shirt wearing som-mo bitch delivers his words of wisdom straight from the steel toed tips of his stylized boots, and aimed directly up that dark, dank cavity where your brain is lodged.

Nobody in this world WANTS to admit that they are an idiot, but it is the true admission that thrusts us forward, leaving a wake of vile and grotesque idiocy behind us.

As stated, Winget points out (in all his acerbic ass-ripping candor) that there is indeed TEN WAYS that people sabotage their success… People are Ignorant, People are Stupid, People are Lazy, People are Don’t Give a Damn, People Lack Vision, People Have Low Expectations, People Don’t Recognize the Consequences of their Actions, People Have Bad Habits, People Have Poor Role Models, People Have No Plan.

Larry’s Bottom Line: It’s ALL about personal responsibility. Just what are YOU gonna do about your problems? It’s usually not until we feel great pain that a much-needed catharsis happens and Mr. Winget is kind of like your personal concierge of pain, if you will. He’ll walk along your side, smash you in the head with a shovel several hundred times, and call you a dumbass until you’re tired of being a dumbass and decide to do something about it.

The drill instructor in the film Full Metal jacket was a fire and brimstone hell of a man, and he said to his recruits, although you will hate me, you’ll be better soldiers for it. I am definitely a better soldier since reading ALL of Winget’s books and now, in an odd and bizarre little way, I love the guy. And what I especially love about this new book is that it’s interactive, as you are required to take action by filling out several sections that help you determine the real direction that you want your life to take. If by chance you don’t like using your brain and taking the time to better your life, then don’t even bother reading as you are without question one of the IDIOTS that Larry so eloquently speaks of. – eyes and ears closed tightly shut, insulated from any pain, hoping for someone else to bail your ass out of trouble.

Take note that there is also a very humorous side to Mr. Winget as well. If you don’t let out several belly laughs while reading, I advise you to check your pulse and call the local EMT’s because your problems obviously run a lot deeper than mental.

This book is outstanding – No fluff, no pats on the back – just tough love from a bad-ass dude who irritated me to no end until I did something about it.

- ZMAN

Larry Winget, billed as the World’s Only Irritational Speaker is one of the hottest and most demanded voices in North America. His is latest book, People Are Idiots and I Can Prove It is a NY Times Best Seller and his PBS Special is now airing nationally.

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