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How to Win Arguments and Manipulate Managers

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This essay is brought to you by Making Websites Win, the extraordinary bestselling growth playbook that has fueled the success of companies like Amazon, Apple, Google, and Facebook to grow their conversion rate, revenue, and profit. Though it typically retails for $19.99, we're offering you a chance to claim your copy absolutely FREE today. Everyone has a boss, and God, in his infinite appetite for cruelty, will almost certainly ensure that said individual is a dumbass. Maybe you spit on an Indian burial site and got cursed. Maybe low IQ is a prerequisite for VP titles or board seats. Who knows. Regardless, you are going to have to learn to deal with people more powerful than you. So learning how to navigate an organization is one of the most important skills for a career. Yes, it is trite and bleak and horrible, but I would prefer a colleague who can get the VP to agree with what our team wants over any other capability. The need for this skill is especially acute for those of us who

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