Lessons Learned the Hard Way is a collection of strange, absurd or downright bizarre experiences from the real world of business.  John Samuels collected these stories throughout his career and has drawn from them more than one hundred business lessons to live by.  Samuels, a pseudonym, has disguised the stories so as not to identify the innocent or embarrass the guilty.  To get a copy of Lessons Learned the Hard Way (without autograph/dedication, click here (Amazon only, at the present time).