Outmaneuver the Bureaucrats: Bend Them to Your Will

Stop getting the run around by bureaucrats (and they don’t all work for the government).
Bureaucratic red tape is a fact of modern life that has all of us tied up in knots. We feel its grip in our personal affairs and in how we make a living. Mountain of conflicting rules and the hoops we must jump through are very burdensome. Worse yet, much of it doesn’t seem rational or fair.
Frustrations that come from dealing with “the system” are not going away. But you will discover how to beat officials on their own turf. It will add more tricks to your bag of tricks. This book is written by an attorney, but it is quite different than a typical legal approach.

Once readers put these strategies into practice, they can navigate through the bureaucratic minefields like “insiders.” Its 56 pages (about 25,000 words) is packed with little-known and under-used techniques to put the power in the hands of the “little guy.”

You will learn how to:
- Reduce the bureaucratic run-around so you get the yes’s you need
- Navigate the system like an “insider”
- Keep your project on track, with less frustration to you
- Feel more confidence in your goals and game plan
- Develop alliances that strengthen your hand
- Gain control—get more service from your attorney and others you hire
- Spot the timing traps early on so you can sidestep them

Contents - Outmaneuver the Bureaucrats
Chapter 1 - Never fear the impersonal system again
Chapter 2 - Overcome bureaucratic obstacles and conquer your dread of “The Rules”
Chapter 3 - Know the pieces and players to assure successful results
Chapter 4 - Preparation reduces rejection, while promoting faster responses
Chapter 5- Bureaucrats are people who can respond to kind treatment
Chapter 6 - Tricks to get you through bureaucratic minefields
Chapter 7 - Avoid being caught by timing traps
Chapter 8 - Persistence keeps your proposal alive and moving
Chapter 9 - Wrapping it up