Not quite a fan of the advice given in this book. For example, Korda suggests personally blaming others for your failures as a way to deflect responsibility. Also he suggests throwing a small tantrum whenever something doesn't go your way, or also feigning sickness as a way to guilt people into not giving you extra responsibility.Another idea he endorsed is that if you are in for a job interview, you really want to get a candid view of the office from the employees rather than the rosy picture that the HR person gives you. Understandable, but how does he choose to go about this? Two possibilities: one, bring your lunch in your briefcase, once the interview is over, go to the bathroom, take out your lunch, leave your briefcase and suit in the bathroom, and go out and have lunch in the regular employee area and listen to gossip. Another possibility, whip out a clipboard and walk around to different desks of important people and jot down their phone number extensions, because no one would question a guy with a clipboard. Where have you ever had an interview that the hiring manager let's you roam the office freely afterwards instead of escorting you out of the office?Advice is outdated, but that's something you can't help. I wouldn't expect a book written in the 70s to apply 100% today.Stories are entirely anecdotal. Look for how many times he starts off with "I know of a time." If he gives X as an example of why something is a power move, he'll also give an example of a seemingly contradictory statement Y, and claim that it, too, is a power move, even though X and Y are opposites. The impression I got from his stories is that you can do pretty much anything, and it will be a power move.He provides no evidence for his claims, his explanations for why things are power moves are so forced, they're almost embarrassing. For example, as a generally right-handed culture, who read to the right, who value our "right-hand man," where do you think is the smartest place to sit next to the boss in order to be visible as a power player? To the bosses right, perhaps? While I haven't backed up that statement, it sounds plausible.Korda suggests to the left. Ok, I'm fine being wrong, but at least give me a good explanation. If you have something more convincing than the "right-hand man" idea, I'm all ears. His rationale is that in the days of yore, it would be easier for someone on your left to stab you, rather than your right. So if your on the bosses left, it means that he trusts you, or something to that effect.I'm going to chalk this all up to the difference in office culture that 40-50 years produces. The reason I didn't give this a 1/5 is that some of these stories are genuinely interesting from a historical perspective. Would I buy this book again? From a general non-fiction or historical perspective, maybe. From an advice book perspective, absolutely not.