10 Idiot-eat:

Using Meals to Advance Your Career

Always reconnoiter restaurants carefully when you come in. If you spot your I-Boss eating at a table with associates, position yourself with your back to him, but try to stay within earshot. This is always a hoot because the person trying to schmooze the boss knows you can hear what’s going on. This is also why you carefully index the key points your I-Boss makes back at the office. You can proclaim to your table companions how these very ideas will revolutionize the industry. Proclaim, that is, just loud enough for your I-Boss to hear. With you quoting your I-Boss chapter and verse, he won’t hear a word the person at the table with him is saying.

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