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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Drawmack" data-source="post: 3250558" data-attributes="member: 4981">At a job where I was middle management all of the other Jr. Managers and some of the Jr. VPs were complaining about my "influence" in the company. Apparently it seemed that I had more power then other people on and even above my level in the company. They were very concerned that I was using back room dealing and blackmail to get people to do my bidding. After months of listening to the complaints the COO brought it up at a meeting. I told them that I was not doing anything shady, however to explain how I was accomplishing this would take much much longer then was scheduled for the meeting but I would be more then happy to put a presentation together for the next monthly meeting and everyone agreed. I can to the next meeting and handed out coppies of The Prince by Machiavelli and Presentation of Self in Everyday Life by Irving Goffman. Then I did a 45 minutes presentation on the contents of the books and how they can help you be a better manager. My presentation was greeting by a resounding I don't have time to read and next he'll be telling us to read The Art of War.After the meeting the COO handed me back the books and said he already owned very well read coppies of those books, assured me that I was on the right track, and asked if I would like to borrow his copy of The Art of War.So yes the average american does not read. On the other hand the average american is not wealthy, does not reach executive chair in a company, and is generally displeased with life. Do you really want to be the average american?</blockquote>

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