How to Outfight Your Rivals Directly

You will often come across people who are outwardly charming but treacherous behind the scenes. It does no good to confront them directly - a subtle, won up campaign can work wonders. Your goal is to get these rivals to put their ambition and selfishness on display. The way to do this is to pique their latent but powerful insecurities. If you seem too ambitious, you stir up resentment in other people. Overt power grabs and sharp rises to the top are dangerous, creating envy, distrust and suspicion. Often the best solution is to take small bites, swallow little territories, playing upon people's relatively short attentin spans. Stay under the radar and they won't see your moves.