Tryin' Hard to Mellow Out

by John Emery Arnold

Overview

Tryin´ Hard to Mellow Out treats serious subjects lightly. If follows from Arnold´s notion that people can do serious work exceptionally well best in an atmosphere of fun. Creativity and humor provide that atmosphere.

Writers know that sex and violence are the elements of a good story. Arnold´s Tryin´ Hard uses both to communicate—along with satire. His section on Change, Governance, and Perspective is filled with both as you might expect when politicians are key elements. His section on Help for Leaders and Followers is filled with both when political leaders and news media are featured. It´s a Strange World Today is filled with both as the unusual connections between us all are observed. Looking to the Future shows the expectation and hope that both sex and violence will continue to be with us in the future.

Arnold has other fun treatments of serious subjects. The Fallback Position "for Managers and Others Who May Be Fired at a Moment´s Notice by an Employer with the Potential to be Completely Unfair, Unreasonable, and Inconsiderate." It was written for those in danger of being right-sized, down-sized, and re-organized out of a job.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781462820825
Publisher:	Xlibris Corporation
Publication date:	11/15/2001
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	413 KB

About the Author

Tryin’ Hard to Mellow Out treats serious subjects lightly. It follows from Arnold’s notion that people can do serious work exceptionally well only in an atmosphere of fun. Creativity and humor provide that atmosphere.

Sex and Violence are the elements that make a good story. Arnold’s Tryin’ Hard uses both to communicate—along with satire. His section on Change, Governance, and Perspective is filled with both sex and violence as you might expect when politicians are key elements. Likewise Help for Leaders and Followers is filled with both when political leaders and news media are the subject. It’s a Strange World Today is filled with both as the unusual connections between us all are observed. Looking to the Future shows the expectation and hope that both will continue to be with us for the future.

Arnold has other fun treatments of serious subjects. The Fallback Position, “for Managers and Others Who May Be Fired at a Moment’s Notice by an Employer with the Potential to Be Completely Unfair, Unreasonable, and Inconsiderate,” was earlier published. It was written for those in danger of being fired—for today’s downsized, right-sized, and re-organized world.

In Tryin’ Hard, “Arnold’s humorous essays make you smile as you recognize your friends and yourself in them, but it is his revealing insights into America and her people that make this book worth reading,” said Jack Sears, a prescient and literate reviewer of Arnold’s work.

Other books include Arnold and Roberts’ Rules for Successful Job Interviews, with Norman Roberts, and Syzygy, “The Synergy of Working Together for Mutual Success.” It’s a Career Advice Trilogy: Rules is about how to get the job, Syzygy is about how to do the job, and The Fallback Position is about what to do when you lose the job.