So I recently found out from my publisher that Killing Cockroaches is in its fifth printing. I guess that means people are buying the book. And, given the fact that the book has only been out for 9 months, that’s probably a positive sign.
Since everyone will be in the Christmas shopping mood on Friday, I thought I might offer some helpful advice:
- Order a copy of Killing Cockroaches and wrap it as a gift to yourself. If you do it this week, you’ll forget about it by Christmas and it’ll be a fun surprise.
- Order a copy for your spouse. That way they know how to support you when the cockroaches begin to creep into your life.
- Order a copy for your boss…but make it an anonymous gift. Your boss doesn’t need to know you think they’re addicted to cockroach killing.
- Order a copy for everyone on your team and read through it together.
Oh, and just to get you in the holiday mood, I also have ten copies of Killing Cockroaches that I’m ready to give away. Just leave a comment on this post and I’ll put your name in the hat. The drawing will take place on Black Friday.
(Bonus points will go to the best cockroach carol.)
i ordered a few. i’ll order some more.
I so need to learn how to kill the cockroaches in my life, definitely need a copy!
Cockroaches roasting in an open fire… ;)
Congrats on the 5th print!
mark
Away in a manger, no cockroach in bed.
would love to read it!
for your listening pleasure..
Cockroaches we have heard down low, annoyingly buzzing around the floor,
.. and the Cockroach Killers in reply, madly chase them all around.
Oh me….pick me!
Hark the herald cockroach sings, glory to the cockroach king!
Would love to read the book!
With young kids crawlin’ all over the house, we sure could use some help killin’ cockroaches here! :)
A carol you say? Further down in the lyrics to cockroaches roasting on an open fire one would hear…
And every mother’s child is going to cry,
To learn that roaches really know how to fly!
(congrats on another print!)
“Joy to the world the cockroaches are dead.
I stepped on their head.
When I read tony’s book, that’s all it took.
Productivity at its best.Productivity at its best.Pro-OH-ductivity at its best.”
If you sing it in my head it makes perfect sense…Mike.
I would love a copy!
Carol me this:
Christmas, Christmas time is near
Time for roaches and time for stomping
We’ve been good, but we can’t last
Hurry Christmas, hurry fast
Up on the rooftop roaches crawl…
It’s terrible that I haven’t read this yet…pick me!
Jingle Bells, Cockroach Smells
I would love to win a copy! I have heard great things!
I saw Mommy killing a cockroach underneath the kitchen sink last night! :)
For a while I was in the pest control industry as a salesman. Worst job I ever had. But I did learn, not only how to kill cockroaches, but identify them by species. If that doesn’t deserve some type of free gift or at least an overflowing abundance of sympathy, I don’t what does. Love your blog, surely your book would be therapy.
I would love to have a copy to read.
Throw a copy my way!
count me in. congrats tony.
–Terrace Crawford
http://www.terracecrawford.com
http://www.twiter.com/terracecrawford
I’d love a copy!
Hey Tony, I read the book this summer and never took time to comment on its awesomeness. Thanks for writing such relevant and thought provoking stuff.
Cochroaches, cochroaches
Can’t keep them at bay.
Oh what fun it is to kill
A cochroach every day!
Silent night, quiet night, all is well, until all becomes bright. Coachroaches scatter when they see the light. Holy crap so many that fly. Sleep with light on, Slee-eep with lights on.
I’d love a copy of the book.
I have wanted a copy of this for a while. I plan to read a lot of leadership stuff next year.
Have this on my wish list. Can’t wait to read it! Happy Thanksgiving!
It’s beginning to look a lot like a Coackroach Christmas! Hook me up with a copy.
Would love to win one of your books! Love your blog.
My Carol (to be sung to the tune of Jingle Bells):
Verse 1:
Dashing ‘cross the floor
Headed for the food
Coming from the door
Man, how they intrude
Roaches are so gross
They get in everything
You try to sweep them out the door
and they just take to wing!
Chorus:
Stomp and splat
Smash and crush
Kill them on the spot
They’ll overtake your life if you don’t give it all you’ve got.
Traps and Bait
Roach Hotels
Driving me berserk
Killing all these cockroaches sure takes a lot of work.
Verse 2:
I found a book online
I know what it’s about
The title says it all
It’s sure to help me out
I read the whole thing fast,
But it won’t aid a bit!
It doesn’t help exterminate!!
It deals with Leadership!!
Chorus 2:
Read at home
Read at work
Read around the town
I’m learning such great principles, I can’t put this book down. But,
Bugs are still
All around
Everywhere I look
I guess when I’m done reading I’ll just smash them with my book.
I have no cockroach carol, but would still like to win a copy of the book :)
Said Santa to the 9 reindeer,
“Do you see what I see?”
In my sack, with the presents, 12 reindeer
Do you see what I see?
A roach, a roach, eating my cookies
He better not drink my milk
Oh, he better not drink my milk
Said the 9 reindeer to the Mr Claus
Do you hear what we hear?
In your sack, with the presents, Mr Claus
Do you hear what we hear?
A hiss, a hiss, from a roach that is miffed
It’s gonna bite you if you take that treat
Oh, he’s gonna bite you if take that treat
9 reindeer, not 12, my bad. :(
I’d love a copy.
Keep up the good work Tony!
5th print!! It must mean that you’re doing something right!
I’d love to check it out,
Eric
I saw Mommy kissing a Cockroach…
Love this book. LOVE it! Whenever I head across the floor to stomp some cockroaches, I can hear your voice in my head reminding me of what I’ve learned.
Carol:
All I want for Christmas is my cockroaches dead,
my cockroaches dead
my cockroaches dead.
All I want for Christmas is my cockroaches dead
so I could wish you
Cockroach-free Christmas!
Grand-Ma got run over by a cockroach
Coming home from our house Christmas Eve
Some people say they don’t believe it happened
But as for me and Grand pa we believe
We wish you a Cockrouch Christmas.
We wish you a Cockrouch Christmas.
We wish you a Cockrouch Christmas.
But may they be dead.
___
I’d love to put my name in for the drawing, but I think Tim’s is pretty darn good.
Count me in. Humm. A cockroach carol?
Cockroach run, are you watching?
Cockroach flee, are you killing?
A disgusting site
We’re sick tonight
Killing all the cockroaches in sight.
Planning on picking up a copy this week. Thanks for the resource.
Tony,
I would love a copy of your book! I have greatly appreciated your previous books with Tim Stevens.
How about this for a carol . . .
Tony, the red-nosed cockroach
Had a very shiny nose
And if you ever saw him
You would even say it grows
All of the other cockroaches
Used to laugh and call him names
They never let poor Tony
Join in any cockroach games
Can I use the book to actually kill cockroaches?
Congrats Tony. I have a copy already, but I must satisfy my inner jingle writer:
roaches roasting on an open fire
six crispy legs, three in two rows
counting the offering and directing the choir
designing bulletins that promote the Chrismas show
every leader knows
the importance of saying “no”
it helps you use your talents right
this book right here
written by Tony Mo
may even help you stay alive
merry Christmas (in papyrus font)
Throw me in the drawing. I could always use another good leadership tool!!
Tony,
I would love a copy of your book! I have greatly appreciated your previous books with Tim Stevens.
How about this for a carol . . .
Tony, the red-nosed cockroach
Had a very shiny nose
And if you ever saw him
You would even say it glows
All of the other cockroaches
Used to laugh and call him names
They never let poor Tony
Join in any cockroach games
looks like it is a great book.. I love the title..
hope you let Canadians win as well!!!
heard about you from another pastor who says this is a MUST read…
blessings to you
If I win will you sign it too?
(Sung to “Jingle Bells”)
Slashing with a hoe,
Cockroaches block my way,
So many more to go,
Limited hours in a day!
Time wasters yes they be,
Efficiency is so slight
“Ah yes”, my strategy,
Will be to work all night!
Ohhhhhh…delegate,elevate, lead out from that paper bag.
Radiate, navigate, the deacons want my head!
Delegate, elevate, I must say honestly.
Radiate, navigate, “Be like them” is my new strategy!
Congrats on 5 printings!!
I celebrate I submit my Cockroach Carol through interpretive dance. Done my myself, Tony Morgan, and a Chorus Line of Cockroaches…
http://elfyourself.jibjab.com/view/gH17eTFJqoMqNB6Dquub
Ok here goes,
To the tune of “ Angels we have heard on High”
Roaches see them as they fly
Lots of tiny buzzing wings
A metaphor for the average guy
Who loses site of important things
Leader, why this distracting need
When so many other priorities plea
Maybe you should kill that bug
And move on to those greater things
Gloria..
That bug is in the way, O
That bug is in the way, O
Readers come and readers buy
Its time to start exterminating
Learn to do your best work for God
All you need is a little educating
Now Tony’s gone and done it again
He’s caused a buzz around Him
We have spent 10 minutes of our own lives
Helping make his new book a win :)
Gloria..
That bug has saved the day, O
That bug has saved the day, O
How about extra points for being a West Ridger? No shipping……
Said the night wind to the little cockroach
Do you see what I see?
Way up in the sky little cockroach
Do you see what I see?
A star, a star
Dancing in the night
With a tail as big as a kite
With a tail as big as a kite
Send a copy my way! It’ll make a great Christmas gift!
Blessings to you and congrats on the 5th printing!
O little town of cockroachville
How still we see thee lie
Above thy deep and dreamless sleep
The silent cockroaches go by
Yet in thy dark floors shineth
The kitchen night-Light
The hopes and fears of all the bugs
Are met in thee tonight
I would love this book!
–To the tune of “Silent Night”–
“Cock-roaches bite
Not a good night
used up the spray
now they have their way
throw the light on they scurry around
but every night they cert’nly abound!
Tony, please give me your boo – -ook!
Cause I could sure use a look!”
please add me to your list… i’d love to get the book for Christmas!
cockroach bells, cockroach bells… cockroach all the way!
Great offer Tony. Hope I win. Thanks
I would love to read a copy of the book. I have heard great things.
I’ve already choose to who i should send a copy. now i need to start saving money to buy it ( I thing that I could get a discount buying a box, isnt it ?_)
I am certainly not a lyricist like Tim Hart, but I need this book. I have told my wife countless time that I run around my workplace with two fire extinguishers to put out all the fires. I know that this is dirrectly related to my boundaries but I am having a tought time coming up with the tools as to equipe those around me so the fires don’t begin in the first place. I will just have to buy the book if I don’t win. Ahhhhhh….. such is life. Haven’t read it yet but thank you.
Deck the shelves with Killing Cockroaches
Falalalala La la la la
It’s a fact you’ll get more focused
Falalalala La la la la
Some want Hybels, some want Warren,
Fa la la Fa la la La la la
All I need is Tony Morgan
Falalalala La la la la
We just moved to D.C. and they have these crazy spider cricket things, I think a book on killing cockroaches would be very helpful.
here’s to hoping that my black friday is declared an awesome friday!
Tony
With Christmas just around the corner, I have to tell you that Killing Cockroaches is just what my momma needs this year. I’ve re-written the following song to express how important this is for her. I think we might even be able to make a Lifetime TV movie about it. If I win a book, you can have the royalties from the movie as a thanks for making my momma’s Christmas perfect.
Peace
Christmas Roaches
It was almost Christmas time
There I stood in another line
Trying to buy that last gift or two
Not really in the Christmas mood
Standing right in front of me
Was a little boy waiting anxiously
Pacing around like little boys do
And in his hands he held
A book about roaches
And his clothes were worn and old
He was dirty from head to toe
And when it came his time to pay
I couldn’t believe what I heard him say
Sir I wanna buy this book for my Momma please
It’s Christmas Eve and this book is just what she needs
Could you hurry Sir?
Daddy says there’s not much time
You see, we’ve had roaches for quite a while
And I know this book will make her smile
And I want her to look beautiful
If Momma sees a roach, tonight.
He counted pennies for what seem like years
And cashier says son there’s not enough here
He searched his pockets franticly
And he turned and he looked at me
He said Momma made Christmas good at our house
Though most years she just did without
Tell me Sir
What am I gonna do?
Some how I’ve got to buy her this roaches book
So I layed the money down
I just had to help him out
And I’ll never forget
The look on his face
When he said Momma’s gonna look so great.
Sir I wanna buy this book for my Momma please
It’s Christmas Eve and this book is just what she needs
Could you hurry Sir?
Daddy says there’s not much time
You see, we’ve had roaches for quite a while
And I know this book will make her smile
And I want her to look beautiful
If Momma sees a roach, tonight.
I knew I caught a glimpse of heavens love as he thanked me and ran out.
I know that God had sent that little boy to remind me
What Christmas is all about
Sir I wanna buy this book for my Momma please
It’s Christmas Eve and this book is just what she needs
Could you hurry Sir?
Daddy says there’s not much time
You see, we’ve had roaches for quite a while
And I know this book will make her smile
And I want her to look beautiful
If Momma sees a roach, tonight.
I’d love a copy!
to the tune of jingle bells:
cockroaches, cockroaches, they hide around the house,
they eat my crumbs, they scour my floors, but at least it’s not a mouse.
Would love to read the book!!!
Killing Cockroaches in a barrel (No that’s fish)
Killing Cockroaches is my favorite carol (no that’s hark the herald)
Killing Cockroaches under my bed (no that’s monsters)
Killing Cockroaches in my closet (no that’s skeletons)
Killing Cockroaches in my office (no that’s time management)
Killing Cockroaches is one of my favorite books; yes, that is true!!
Been suggesting this book to others and would love to give one away!! Seriously a great read!
I’d love a copy of KC for my pastor hubby (and me :))!! Thanks!!
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