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The E-Myth: The most depressing book ever written in human history. by Mischief Maker 05/15/2012, 4:24pm PDT I'm back. The premise of the E-Myth is that if you're really good at a job and want to go into business for yourself doing that job, you're doomed to failure because you won't be able to balance the job, managing the books, and keeping up with marketplace trends. If you try to fill this gap with qualified employees, the rat bastards will betray you at the worst possible moment and you'll be stuck unable to pick up the pieces where they left off and keep the business afloat. The solution? Copy the model of McDonalds. Write ridiculously comprehensive operations manuals covering even the minute tasks at a retard-accessible reading level (pictograms a plus!), avoid educated employees because their superior expertise will threaten the authority of your precious operations manuals, and transition yourself away from doing the actual work you enjoy, and into becoming a penny-pinching company bureaucrat obsessive-compulsively micro managing his employees and churning out a product of expertly calibrated mediocrity. I tried teaching for Kaplan once, and they used that model. It SUCKED! My lesson plans were mapped out down to the individual minute. Why have a thinking breathing human teaching the class? It's the same difference if you roll in a TV and play a tape. I loved training new employees in previous jobs but I'd never want to work for Kaplan again. Can anyone suggest a book with a less dreadful method of hanging out your shingle? Or am I gonna have to move to California and try to get a job mediating in some other guy's firm?

The E-Myth: The most depressing book ever written in human history. by Mischief Maker 05/15/2012, 4:24pm PDT     McDonalds doesn't care about a fry cook leaving to start their own burger joint. by They care about product consistancy 05/16/2012, 12:51pm PDT         Didn't say anything about non-compete contracts. by Mischief Maker 05/16/2012, 1:26pm PDT     did you ever take an accounting class? by jeep 05/16/2012, 1:20pm PDT         Not going into business as a Lawyer, going into business as a Mediator. by Mischief Maker 05/16/2012, 1:32pm PDT             going into business as a Mediator by jeep 05/16/2012, 5:02pm PDT                 Re: going into business as a Mediator by Mischief Maker 05/16/2012, 7:54pm PDT         Agreed. Back in a former life, I used to work for a bunch of guys... by Fullofkitttens 05/16/2012, 1:37pm PDT             I do appreciate these stories, btw. NT by Mischief Maker 05/16/2012, 1:41pm PDT