Archive for Survival Tactics

  • How To Avoid Being Ripped Off By The Fake Chinese Retail Websites How To Avoid Being Ripped Off By The Fake Chinese Retail Websites

    GOOD INTENTIONS - BAD INFORMATION This morning I was driving to work, listening to my favorite radio station (99.9 The Hawk) and favorite morning show, Michaels and Layne, when I heard Rick Michaels mention that fake Chinese websites are ripping people off. It happens every year around Christm...

  • Avoiding The Rip-offs Of Website Building and Affiliate Marketing Avoiding The Rip-offs Of Website Building and Affiliate Marketing

    With so much website software for new people wanting to build websites and looking to become affiliates in order to earn money, it can become a daunting task to locate software that actually helps you make the most of your hard earned dollars. There are simply too many unscrupulous developers and In...

  • Surviving The High Cost Of Basic Services Surviving The High Cost Of Basic Services

    If you are like me, you may read about your services like electricity, cable, and other companies raising rates. They get approved for the hikes and we suffer for them to increase profit. It's time to fight back with the means we have available to us. Over the years I've gotten a number of em...

  • Play Dumb And Keep Backstabber Notes Play Dumb And Keep Backstabber Notes

    If you hear word of you being backstabbed by a co-worker, boss, or friend - play dumb and don't make others aware you know of it. It may give you the opportunity to gain more information from others until you are ready to present the knife evidence. In the office situation, keep notes and retain ...

  • Dump The Backstabbing Trash Dump The Backstabbing Trash

    For the boss it is often a fairly easy task to get rid of a backstabber. Start a paper trail for every infraction that results in the backstabber being fired, or simply put them at the top of the list for any downsizing opportunity that arises. But, what about in a personal relationship? That can...

  • Learn How To Be Subtle Against A Backstabber Learn How To Be Subtle Against A Backstabber

    Until you are ready to start presenting knife evidence to management it can be beneficial to ease that knife out slowly and point it in the general direction of the backstabber without getting specific, or direct. You simply have to create doubt in the minds of your co-workers (and sometimes frie...

  • Keeping Your Self-Control Against Backstabbers Keeping Your Self-Control Against Backstabbers

    Here is a golden thread of surviving the backstabber that would have helped many I've known through the years. BTW, I hope you know these posts are so friggin' valuable I should be charging a subscription, but that would just be greedy and not very profitable since I'm a big believer in Karma; What ...

  • Talk Less and Listen More Gives Backstabbers A Dull Knife Talk Less and Listen More Gives Backstabbers A Dull Knife

    This advice is the hardest for most to put into practice: "An open mouth always leads to a dead end." So many times I have watched this happen to fellow employees, and sadly, I have been a victim myself until I learned the hard way to follow my own advice and disarming backstabbers. It is ...

  • Don't Be Pulled In By Backstabbers At Work Don’t Be Pulled In By Backstabbers At Work

    "Believing others will cover your back will only leave your ass exposed." No matter how a "team member" insists they will back you over an office issue, don't depend on it! You are not, I repeat, you are not the inspirational leader rallying the troops against your oppressive manager. No, you...

  • Make Yourself Indespensible To Thwart A Backstabber Make Yourself Indespensible To Thwart A Backstabber

    "A useful tool never gets left in the toolbox." This fortune cookie-esque analogy is sweet, and completely useful to prevent a successful backstabbing attack. People, not tools (although some people can be tools), are at their safest when they are at their most useful. You must learn to becom...

  • Loyalty Is Good But Have A Lifeboat Loyalty Is Good But Have A Lifeboat

    Alright loyal readers, here is another snippet of Backstabber Survival for you to ingest, learn, master, and then turn loose on your unsuspecting backstabbing co-workers. "Those most loyal to the king were always buried with him, whether they were dead or not." Loyalty is a funny issue. It has...

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