I'm not good at getting fired. I am personable and don't slack off. Those positive qualities are having a negative impact on my dream. I've wanted to collect unemployment for years.
You get the idea. Or, probably better, ask your boss to fire you for all the good work you did? ;-)
You're right about the first step being more like the CEO. But you don't have to give up the 100%-work-hard track record. Just shift your focus toward working hard at finding a style of ever-so-slightly psychopathical indifference that can work for you.