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Work sucks. It’s not the job, it’s the people. There’s the guy who hates everything. The woman that derails every meeting. The jackass that built an evil empire around the accounting system. If they’d just go away, life at work would be a lot better. So fire them as nature intended. The law of the jungle has striking parallels in the office jungles of work. I’ll guide you through the wilderness of the organizational predator to show you how to hunt vile coworkers, even bosses, all the way to the pink slip.

In everyday life, what you really need to achieve your goals, meet your targets, and be more likable...isn’t a superpower at all. It’s a skill that anyone can master, and it’s called persuasion. Rather than convincing, pleading, or “leading others to the light”, it’s all about getting them to want what you want.

Exactly what are the rules these days? Is it acceptable to text your boss at home? What is the polite way to ask a colleague to take a distracting conversation behind closed doors? What about the use of smartphones in meetings? Merging classic rules of behavior with new realities of modern business, Excuse Me spotlights dozens of puzzling situations, with suggestions for bridging divides.