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The biggest one for me is "never let 'em see you sweat" or "cooler heads will prevail".
I worked at a company a few years back where I was the shit. I ran an animation department, and could do no wrong in the eyes of my boss.
Some kid was hired to work under me who was smooth with people, and excelled at working the system. It took him 3 years, but he used every underhanded tactic to undermine me and somehow get me behind the 8 ball with the boss.
I remember the one moment where I fucked up. It was when I finally broke down to tell the boss what was going on, and how this kid was a sack of shit that did just enough work to not get fired, etc. The sack of shit was sitting in the meeting also.
When the boss didn't see what I saw(he was a sucker), I expressed my point with such a rage and intensity for about a half hour, I must have looked like a psycho.
Sack of shit was cool headed, and acted like nothing phased him.
I was on my way out of the company I had helped build from that point on. It took about 3 months of me being a lame duck manager to realize I should get the fuck out of there and leave them with a useless turd whose only skill is creating the perception of value, where there is none.
I work for myself now, because if I'm going to work for an asshole, it's going to be me.
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