Some people can kiss ass naturally, some can’t do it to save their lives, and many just don’t know how! Kissing Ass: The Art of Office Politics is a no-bullshit, jargon-free, non-sloppy guide that breaks down typical workplace situations and offers you not textbook advice but real sucking-up solutions to them. From nervous first days to elated farewell mails, Kissing Ass gives you tips and tricks on how to act, react, or play dumb as per the scenario. Learn different types of ego massage techniques, what to say to the CEO in the loo, how to reply to work emails over weekends, and, yes, even how to deal with sex at work! So polish your corporate lips, pucker up, and get ready to kiss your way to success.

Kissing ass is one of the most important things job seekers and employees need to learn. Fortunately for the majority of our population, you do not need a degree from an Ivy to learn this skill.Nearly every one of us has the capacity to be a kiss ass. People like to feel good about themselves! If you put someone else before yourself for just a little bit of time, that person will take care of you. In life, it doesn't matter if you want to be a teacher in France or an intern on Wall Street, it's not about what you know, it's who you know, so pucker up.If you're sick of hearing this saying, then it's time to get over it and face the music. It's the truth. Thankfully, I have learned to take the "who you know" aspect to the next level. Although you are probably well over school by now, please allow me to teach you a little lesson.There will always be someone above you who will be the reason that you do or do not get the job/promotion/boyfriend etc. Whether it's your boyfriend's mother or a networking opportunity, put on your game face and kiss ass like you've never kissed one before.Here's a trick to getting on someone's good side: always ask about his or her family. Do your research and know what's going on. Don't act like you haven't already Facebook stalked their entire family tree.Keep it simple with something like, "Hey Mark, how's Becky doing? I see she's working really hard on her music." Cue the fireworks because you are in. There is nothing someone cares more about than his or her flesh and blood.If you let them know that you have taken the time to not only ask about them, but to check up on their family...can you say brownie points?Stay up to date on what is going on in your target's life. If he or she has been working hard at the gym, let them know that you see results (regardless of what he or she actually looks like).Kissing ass is basically the same thing as being someone's b*tch. Offer to get your boss a coffee on your way out the door or go out of your way to pick up their favorite pastry from the shop down the street.This will let him or her know that while you have taken the time to invest in his/her interests that you are also just a friendly and nice person who enjoys doing nice things for people. Whether you are this person or not, fake it till you freaking make it.This is where this notebook becomes essential. To know the correct ass kissing topics, you must record everything about your boss while the information is fresh. You never know when a comment the boss makes may become a valuable asset in your ass kissing mission. The boss may mention in passing on day that he is a huge Yankees fan. How fast will your stock rise when you happen to mention that you have two tickets to the game that you aren't using. You never would have been in position to pull off that nuclear ass kiss if you hadn't jotted down "Big Yankees fan" in the notebook.Good luck and happy ass kissing.

This remarkable manual will help anyone to enter the important brotherhood of employee ass kissing. After all, everything is worth doing when the reward is worth having. Here, at your fingertips, are the 'recipes', that should be studied and restudied.

A biography of singer, dancer and actress Ruta Lee

This final installment of The Claire Trilogy picks up where An Alien Appeal leaves off, expands the roster of mystical characters and introduces the next generation of Terran-Centauri hybrids. When the interstellar childrens' powers are inadvertently exposed to the Internet, Machiavellian twin tech tyrants attempt to kidnap them for their own nefarious purposes. During the ultimate showdown between Claire and her family of misfits, one of the most powerful corporations on earth and the United States military, love is tested and lives are forfeited. Where will the survivors go from here? Be ready to say goodbye.

This book is his journeya Black Kiss-story thats full of funny, entertaining, and in some cases, heartbreaking stories of his years as a die-hard Kiss fan committed to the hottest band in the land. Its the voice for everyone who was there and remembers what it was like being a hardcore Kiss fan back in the day, with all the mystery, excitement, anticipation, and mania, but also the rejection, taunting, and funny looks. So get ready to go back to a time before you had a full-time job, responsibilities, commitments, the stress of daily life, and when Kiss was the most important thing in your life. Get ready to relive your magical Kiss years all over again.