51?

Another gift from LinkedIn.

51?

When it comes to business advice the lucky numbers are 3, 4, 5, 7, 10 and 12. As in ‘The 7 habits of successful oberführers’ and ’10 ways to get rich while sitting on your arse’.

I segue here just for those who want to publish their numerically-maligned business advice behind the great firewall.

In China the number 4 is associated with death and should be avoided. The numbers 6, 7, 8 and 9 are all good ones but I have forgotten why (yet again). I do recall that there’s ‘money’, ‘up’ and other things associated with these numbers.

Back to 51.

It would seem to me that following 51 rules for successful leadership would be like painting the harbour bridge. By the time you’d worked through the list you’d have to start again. You wouldn’t do anything else.

Maybe that’s the idea.

In any case you have to give the guru full credit for breaking the rules of successful business writing.

She knows rule 52 – ‘they are just guidelines lassy’.

By the the way, 51 is my current favorite number so, trust me on this, I bear no grudge against the guru for her attempt to make this rather awkward number appear sort of sexy.