National Association of Serious Studies Names the Greatest 'Executricksters' of All...

National Association of Serious Studies Names the Greatest 'Executricksters'
of All Time
Association Reports Findings of Lengthy Project, Profiling Those Who Have
Earned the Benefits of Retirement While Pursuing Successful Careers in
Business, Politics, The Arts

NEW YORK, June 6 /PRNewswire/ -- A New York City-based research
organization today identified the greatest "Executricksters" of all time -
notable historical and current figures who knew the secret to attaining the
joys of retirement while still gainfully employed.
Association President Stanley Bing, said: "This is an important area for
anyone interested in the arts of leadership, management and personal
fulfillment. The work being done to identify executricks, and their
relationship to a solid, lucrative working retirement, will push the
boundaries of organizational tolerance for such behavior, freeing millions to
do pretty much what they want and get paid for it."
Bing is a columnist for FORTUNE Magazine and the author of a new book
reporting on these findings, Executricks, or How To Retire While You're Still
Working (Collins).
Under Bing's leadership, the newly-created National Association of Serious
Studies compiled this list after months of exhaustive research and legwork,
which in the spirit of the enterprise he largely delegated to other people.
Among the names included in this "pantheon of executive tricksters" are:
-- Tiberius Caesar, Ruler of Rome: "Ran the Roman Empire mostly from his
seaside villa far from the Forum. . . . Think the Hamptons in August,
only that's possibly more vicious."
-- Benjamin Franklin: "Particularly distinguished himself as an
Executrickster during his tenure as Ambassador to France, where he
managed to live like a rock star and charm just about everybody out of
their pantaloons."
-- Winston Churchill: "Perhaps he did not, as reported, down a bottle of
his favorite spirit before noon. Perhaps it was only half a bottle.
Whatever it was he was doing, it worked for him. And that's what it's
all about."
-- Ronald Reagan: "Perhaps the greatest practitioner of executricks who
ever ran the world."
-- Stanley O'Neal, former head of Merrill Lynch: "In honoring Mr. O'Neal
in this venue, he is meant to represent an entire generation of
Executricksters who have deposited us into our current economic morass
by sitting on theirs."
-- Yoda, Jedi Knight: "Perhaps the most effective delegator in the
pre-history of the universe."

"These guys raised the concept of retiring at work to an art form," Bing
added, "many of them without benefit of even a Blackberry or an expense
account. There is much we can learn from them."
The entire list of Executricksters, with commentary by Bing, may be found
at
http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2008/bing/0806/gallery.executricksters.fortune/
/index.html (to view the preceding link, please copy and paste it into your
Internet browser) or accessed through the Association's website,
www.stanleybing.com.
The National Association of Serious Studies is a national association that
engages in a variety of serious studies. It is located in New York City, with
branch offices in San Francisco and Los Angeles.
Stanley Bing's Executricks, or How To Retire While You're Still Working
(Collins) was published in early June. It presents all the ploys, evasions,
ruses, hoaxes, sleights of hand, and clever swindles that anyone, at any
level, can use to become an Executrickster. The research supporting its
findings is built on the presumption, proven out by the data, that those who
emulate executive life and style may construct a rewarding retirement
conducted in the midst of an active career.
SOURCE National Association of Serious Studies

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