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THE CONFESSIONS OF A MARKETING MADMAN: How I Failed My Way to Everything That Mattered— and the Life Lessons I Learned Along the Way & Ended Up Building a Multi-Billion Dollar Brand

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THE CONFESSIONS OF A MARKETING MADMAN: How I Failed My Way to Everything That Mattered— and the Life Lessons I Learned Along the Way & Ended Up Building a Multi-Billion Dollar Brand

By: William Napier
Narrated by: Rufus Hurt
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The Confessions of a Furniture Marketing MadmanWhat a Fatherless Boy Learned About Business, Life, Leadership, and What Really MattersWhat if everything that went wrong was the reason anything ever went right?Bill Napier was 3 when he lost his father, a decorated World War II hero. That absence drove a lifetime spent searching for identity, purpose, success—and proof that he was good enough.His journey took him from a rebellious youth, military service, addiction, and a federal drug conviction to creating award-winning campaigns, advising major consumer brands, and helping transform Ashley Furniture into North America’s #1 home furnishings brand.At 72, Bill could have written a polished success story.Instead, he wrote the one most people are afraid to tell.No sanding down the failures. No polishing the victories. He confronts the mistakes, betrayals, broken relationships, depression, devastating losses, spectacular failures, and unlikely comebacks behind a life and career that repeatedly collapsed—and somehow rose again.Part memoir, part business book, and part confession, It’s about what ambition can build, what success can cost, and what remains when the titles, money, applause, and recognition disappear.Told with humor, heartbreak, and brutal honesty, Bill shares:- How failure can become your greatest teacher- Why solving problems matters more than selling products- Leadership lessons learned across four decades- The power of resilience, second chances—and NEVER QUITTING- Why family, integrity, and purpose ultimately matter mostThis book is for anyone who has failed, lost their way, sacrificed too much for success, hit bottom, or wondered whether it is too late to begin again."Because you can’t think yourself into acting. You must act yourself into thinking."- Your beginning is not your verdict.- Your bottom is not your ending.- Your comeback begins when you refuse to stay down.“I wrote what most people are afraid to admit.”©2026 Napier Marketing Group, LLC (P)2026 Napier Marketing Group, LLC Business Career Success Professionals & Academics
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