The Joy of Failure: How to Fail Your Way to the Top [Paperback]

Wayne A Root (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 17, 1997

You might be down...you might think you're out for the count...but if you think failure has to be the end of the story, you're going to be surprised.

Product Details

• Paperback: 262 pages
• Publisher: The Summit Publishing Group (January 17, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1565302060
• ISBN-13: 978-1565302068
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #140,261 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Wayne Allyn Root is one of the most charismatic, colorful, passionate, fiery, and outspoken political personalities in America today. Wayne was the 2008 Libertarian Party Vice Presidential nominee. A college classmate of Barack Obama at Columbia University (Class of '83), he is now the face and voice of Libertarian-conservative politics in the mainstream national media. The media calls him "the Anti-Obama." Wayne calls himself a REAGAN LIBERTARIAN- modeled after his heroes Ronald Reagan, Barry Goldwater and Thomas Jefferson.

He is regular guest on many of the biggest television and radio networks in America including: FOX News Channel, FOX Business Network, CNBC, and radio shows like Glenn Beck, Michael Savage, Jerry Doyle and Mancow Muller. Wayne recently added his own radio talk show, "W.A.R: The Wayne Allyn Root Show."

Wayne's political and business careers have been profiled by CNBC, CNN/Money, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, TIME magazine, Newsweek, Fortune, Equities, The Financial Times, Millionaire, Success, Entrepreneur, Worth, The Robb Report, and even Emmy magazine (among many others).

Customer Reviews

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Must Read for Anyone who's been Knocked Down,Rejected,Failed, September 1, 1998

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Gary Perman ([e-mail]) (Vancouver, WA.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Joy of Failure: How to Fail Your Way to the Top (Paperback)

I had owned several businesses over the past 18 years, some marginally successful, some failed. Decided I'd do better in Corporate America and ended up fired from 2 jobs. I Read Wayne's Book twice while starting my new business. In it are all the key ingredients for success. Many other books seem to contain only a few ingredients, while "The Joy of Failure" has them all. I used each and every one of those ingrediates... I now earn over six figures, have more time to do what I want and enjoy life. There is no rocket science or majic here. A lot of basics, but packaged and delived in a way to realize success. His methods worked for me. If you've ever been rejected, beat up, knocked down, told you can't do something, scared to death that you might fail again... get up and read this book!

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Motivating/insightful, real-life concepts for business/home!, November 21, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Joy of Failure: How to Fail Your Way to the Top (Paperback)

Wayne Root writes of "how to turn lemons into lemonade" in his encaptivating book. He uses many parables and short stories of his life as well as the lives of many famous and not-so-famous people. The book has given me the courage to pursue my dream of operating a home-based advertising/graphic design business, ADVISIONS. Now in my second year, I am able to spend more time with my family, and more time doing the things I enjoy. I owe so much to Wayne's message and recommend this book's program to all of you. I listen to the tapes not only when I'm feeling challenged, but also when I am motivated and on a roll. Life is full of so many negatives, you need to keep plugging in the positives. I bought the tapes for ease of use during long commutes and repeated motivation. Please feel free to email me at [e-mail] with any positive or negative feedback that you have on the program.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent self-help book, December 13, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Joy of Failure: How to Fail Your Way to the Top (Paperback)

This book is fun to read, and often very inspiring. The main reason I like it, however, is the emphasis Mr. Root puts on discipline as being a key component of success...something most books of this type ignore, much to their discredit. All in all, a worthy read.