Scott Adams' Memoir; I just reread this on my Ipad ...

I was out of reading material and started rereading this one from Scott Adams:

I quite enjoyed it and it spoke to me at this stage of my life. I just came up with a trading strategy, I think, that will solve my current family set of financial problems.

His story is very interesting:

• How he decided to move to California from upstate New York
• The idea for Dilbert and its background
• Some physical challenges he's faced and mostly overcome
• Some other business ventures he's tried, including the Dilberito vegan burrito
• His use of affirmations, which he says works for him though he doesn't think it's "magic"

And more ... I think it's well worth reading for anyone, but especially younger people. Four stars!

Scott Adams on Trump and Reality in general

Scott Adams was an early viewer of Trump as a Master Persuader; this book gives details up through early 2017:

I read this in one sitting ... I've always been a fan of Dilbert, but I especially was interested in Adams' view of Trump as a Master Persuader ...

His story of Hillary supporters' threats during the campaign was also compelling; he also discusses hypnosis and the alternate versions of reality that we all inhabit.

Finally, he's a fan of Robert Cialdini, who apparently was advising Bernie Sanders and then Hillary (too little too late), and I've been a Cialdini fan since I read his first book decades ago:

Adams also has a "blog" which he's relaxed into a sloppy-sounding podcast and is begging for nickels on Patreon ... I would think he could self-fund this as he says in the book he has "fuck you money" and can therefore maintain his independent voice ...

I think both of these books would be of interest to any politician or sales person ...