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The Steve Jobs Guide To Manipulating People And Getting What You Want

Nov 1, 2014, 20:43 IST

Mike Nudelman/Business Insider

Steve Jobs didn't launch two of the most valuable companies in modern times by following the rules all the time.

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Jobs faced many obstacles to get Apple, and later Pixar, off the ground. But Jobs had a unique way of crafting his own reality, a "distortion field" that could persuade people that his personal beliefs were actually facts, which is how he pushed his companies forward.

And he also used a blend of manipulative tactics to ensure his victories, particularly in boardroom meetings with some of the most powerful company executives in the world.

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Many consider Jobs a genius, but there's no reason we could all learn a thing or two from his tactics.

Here, we teach you how to get what you want - whether that's in your career, or in your life in general - by using examples from Jobs' life. Most of these stories were taken from Walter Isaacson's biography of Steve Jobs, which you can buy here.

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