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Ten Great Reasons To Try The Year Without Pants

If you’re not sure if the book The Year Without Pants: WordPress.com & The Future of Work  is for you, here’s a list:

  1. 9781118660638_cover.inddAmazon.com named it one of the best books of 2013
  2. This Internet thing might be important and WordPress powers ~20% of it. Shouldn’t you know how they did that?
  3. WordPress.com is the 8th most popular website in the U.S. Their methods are worth studying.
  4. Remote work is on the rise and is probably in your workplace’s future. What’s it really like?
  5. Email is the bane of most of our lives: how does WordPress.com work without it? (that’s right, without)
  6. 150+ positive reviews for TYWP: more than I’ve ever had for a book this quickly
  7. It’s the only business book where an “expert” puts themselves to the test of a real job (See Call BS on a Guru)
  8. It has the words pants in the title, which if you say five times fast will make you smile. Yet you can buy the book for work!
  9. It’s a fast and entertaining true story. I’m good at this writing thing.
  10. It explains the bad things you’ve experienced at work with good advice on how managers can change them.
  11. There’s a compelling argument for treating employees like adults and not children or machines.
  12. (Bonus) You can read the first chapter, watch the movie trailer or read expert reviews for free.
  13. (Extra Bonus) Read the Frequently Asked Questions about the themes from the book.

I hope I changed your mind:  If I didn’t leave a comment or question and I’ll write better reasons.