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Power! How to Get It, How to Use It

Mass Market Paperback. Condición: Good. First Thus 1st Printing. Previous Owner Markings (Light Highlighting, Marginalia Throughout); Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Edges Lightly Soiled; Moderate Yellowing Due to Age. AMERICA'S #1 BESTSELLER! This is the book that will get you a bigger raise, a better job and total control over yourself and everyone around you! CONTENTS: PART ONE: POWER PEOPLE - Chapter One: The Power Game; Chapter Two: Stories of Power; Chapter Three: Living with Power; PART TWO: THE WORLD OF POWER - Chapter Four: The Power Spot; Chapter Five: Games of Power; Chapter Six: Power Exercises; Chapter Seven: Symbols of Power; Chapter Eight: Women and Power; PART THREE: LOVE OF POWER - Chapter Nine: Power Rules; Acknowledgments; Notes. SYNOPSIS: THE SECRETS OF POWER! The strategy of raises: Get more for those under you and over you and your raise is almost inevitable. How to work a miracle. Create an artificial catastrophe, then proceed to "fix it." Creeping helplessness: That's the first sign of a rise to power. "The less you have to do, the more power you have." Why office parties are necessary, and what to do about them. When an ambitious person can move in on a powerful person, without seeming pushy or giving offense. Why powerful people rarely sit down (at a party)--even with a leg in a cast, and using a cane. How to handle gossip. (Listen closely, don't comment. Bide your time.) Why Board-room tables are almost never round. Why bad news is nearly always a deliberate leak. The pecking order in and out of elevators. The mystery of feet, cars, and phones, as symbols of power. When to offer your opinion. Be silent, impassive, alert, visible until everyone else has spoken his piece--then fire away, in complete safety. Retirement. How to postpone it (for yourself), and speed it up (for others). Clocks and watches: The ultimate power symbols. The more intricate the watch, the less powerful the executive who wears it. The art of accepting bad news. Learn to stay cool, as if you already knew and didn't care. How to get an expense account, even after it's been refused. Yellow legal pads, the new power symbol. What do you carry to the meeting? The more you carry, the less power you have. Come without papers. The secret of office meetings: Each one belongs to somebody. The miracle word: "No." Every time you say it, your power increases. How to get that promotion--before somebody else beats you to it. Why people who don't talk tough often race ahead of those who do. When, and how, to quit. The game of "I've been trying to reach you." Bulletin boards, and what they reveal. Speak low, to make others lean forward to hear what you have to say. How to defuse a memo that's designed to sink you (the feedback principle). A touch of "mystery." How this hold-back tactic can enhance your power. The ultimate trick: How to become responsible for everything, without having to do practically anything. Why smart men of power never give up control of other people's expense accounts. How color can be used to win the battle of power. Why powerful people are inclined to believe that anything they don't know, or can't do, is useless. Don't cross your legs. Plant your feet firmly on the floor. This projects an aura of solid power. Don't be indispensable. Such people must eventually get fired, for the good of the company they serve. Michael Korda was born in London, England, in 1933, and educated at Le Rosey, in Switzerland, and Magdalen College, Oxford. He served two years in the Royal Air Force and moved to the United States in 1958. Mr. Korda has written for national magazines for several years. His first book was Male Chauvinism! How It Works. He is Glamour's monthly motion-picture reviewer, a member of the National Society of Film Critics, and vice-president of a major publishing house. Mr. Korda lives in Manhattan with his wife and child. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Nº de ref. del artículo: 004541

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