Copyright © 2017 by Rohit Bhargava
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Table of Contents
Is This Book for You?
Why Eat Left Handed?
Chapter 1. The Pomegranate Principle
Chapter 2. Be Forgetful
Chapter 3. Start Smoking
Chapter 4. Reinvent Your Playlist
Chapter 5. Learn to Yodel
Chapter 6. Ignore Your Job
Chapter 7. Never Serve Burnt Toast
Chapter 8. Be a Cross-dresser
Chapter 9. Procrastinate More
Chapter 10. Make Others Cry
Chapter 11. Interrupt Often
Chapter 12. Never Eat Cauliflower
Chapter 13. Write on Walls with a Sharpie
Chapter 14. Leave Your Toys Out
Chapter 15. Rip Your Jeans
Chapter 16. Help People Steal
Chapter 17. Why Most Good Advice Is Useless
Afterword. Why This Book Took 4 Years to Write...
For Rohan and Jaiden,
who I hope will learn the lessons
in this book long before they need to use them
read this first
Is This Book for You?
Let’s talk about you. Right now you are building your career, or maybe you are still finishing school … and you’re surrounded by people giving you well-intentioned advice. Parents, professors, teachers, mentors and even random connections on social media all have an idea of how to help you get what you want, do what you love or supercharge your career.
You are already a master of figuring stuff out and you know that watching a YouTube video is a lot faster than reading a book. You don’t describe yourself with words that fit in a neat little drop down box or any box at all. And you are highly skeptical of any book (or anyone) who offers “secrets” for being successful.
So, what can a book tell you that you can’t already get from a video or buried in some of the unsolicited advice flying your way? Why should you read this book and how do you know it won’t be a waste of your time?
The answer is one word: non-obviousness.
This book is written to share the opposite of what your parents, teachers and professors and bosses have been probably been telling you for years.
In the pages that follow you’ll learn why it’s good to interrupt often, the upside of making people cry, why it pays to be a crossdresser, how procrastinating more is the key to success, why you should start smoking and more unexpected advice like that.
My guess is that the ideas in this book (much like the word I use to describe them), will confuse some people and make many others angry. I am betting that you will not be among them.
In fact, if you’ve made it this far—you’re probably exactly who this book is written for. Or maybe you’re still curious about why to eat left handed.
Either way, keep reading to find out …
introduction
Why Eat Left Handed?
This is not a book about being left handed.
It is curious, though, just how many successful people happen to share this one trait. Left-handedness may offer a distinct advantage in everything from creative thinking to a variety of sports from boxing to bowling.
More than 25% of professional baseball players either bat or pitch left handed. Three of the last five U.S. Presidents (including George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama) were all left handed. Lady Gaga, Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Oprah Winfrey and Jennifer Lawrence are all lefties too.
Despite only making up about 10% of the world’s population, experts suggest that left-handers benefit from their uniqueness both in terms of being forced to stand out at an early age, as well as thinking differently.
In sports, the advantage is so well known that when dominant tennis legend Rafael Nadal (who is right handed) was younger, his father trained him to play left handed to get an advantage on other players.
If you happen to be left-handed, by now you’re probably feeling pretty good about yourself. If you’re not, don’t worry … the truth is, I’m not either.
Wait a minute, what kind of author writes