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How to Win Fiends and Influence People: 666 Wicked Ways to Guarantee Success in the Workplace
From the master of stolen ideas, sycophancy, and blame shifting, here is a kick-ass, take-no-prisoners management and manipulation manual—which, by the way, works as well at home as it does in the office.
How to Win Fiends and Influence People presents information in bite-size chunks to give the illusion of efficiency. For extra brand reinforcement, everything is divided into multiples of six—e.g., “The Six Fundamental Steps to Sycophancy: Making People Fear and Love You,” “The Six Ways to Shift Blame,” and “The Six Ways to Steal Others’ Ideas so that They Thank You for It.” Other features include “Controlling Communication” (how to spread buzzwords and acronyms to create confusion and destabilize rivals); pasted-in cuttings from The Dark One’s favorite business books; and a foldout contract.
How to Win Fiends and Influence People presents information in bite-size chunks to give the illusion of efficiency. For extra brand reinforcement, everything is divided into multiples of six—e.g., “The Six Fundamental Steps to Sycophancy: Making People Fear and Love You,” “The Six Ways to Shift Blame,” and “The Six Ways to Steal Others’ Ideas so that They Thank You for It.” Other features include “Controlling Communication” (how to spread buzzwords and acronyms to create confusion and destabilize rivals); pasted-in cuttings from The Dark One’s favorite business books; and a foldout contract.
- GenresHumor
159 pages, Hardcover
First published July 1, 2009
108 people want to read
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January 7, 2019
Le doi 2 estrellas por diseño, no por el contenido...
July 20, 2024
The book is a parody of Dale Carnegie's classic "How to Win Friends and Influence People" and the whole avalanche of self-help books.
The book's approach is deliberately exaggerated and cynical, offering "advice" on how to exploit people and situations to one's advantage through capital vices.
This ironic style is intended to highlight ethically questionable behaviors that, although unacceptable, are prevalent in social contexts.
It's a small book, written in small font. However excellently printed and bound. By now it can only be found used. Do not spend more than 10 euros on it!
The book's approach is deliberately exaggerated and cynical, offering "advice" on how to exploit people and situations to one's advantage through capital vices.
This ironic style is intended to highlight ethically questionable behaviors that, although unacceptable, are prevalent in social contexts.
It's a small book, written in small font. However excellently printed and bound. By now it can only be found used. Do not spend more than 10 euros on it!
July 27, 2018
Very Funny and entertaining
September 2, 2017
I love this book, it's fun but also it is painfully truthful, it isn't a virtue to think of others when it is a detriment to your own happiness.
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July 22, 2012helpful :)
April 19, 2013
Dos estrellas por la magnífica y original presentación del libro. Una pena que el contenido no valga nada, no es ni gracioso.
September 24, 2013
Pilla este libro y aprende algo! O mejor, aprende lo que no debes hacer en el trabajo jaja
October 9, 2011
This thing made me laugh so hard!
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