Networking for Spies: How to Benefit from Any Acquaintance

Intelligence officers Elena Vavilova and Andrey Bezrukov became famous worldwide when they were arrested in the USA in 2010. Later, they were able to return to Russia. In this book, the authors share their unique personal experience of working with... people, accumulated over 25 years of deep cover service. The book will help you become the designer of your own social environment and successfully leverage connections to achieve goals in life and business. Without aiming to turn the reader into a spy (although it may inspire some!), the authors will teach you how to understand people and create long-term productive relationships. They will explain how to manage your own human "ecosystem," including: - how to quickly assess a person to build the right relationship with them; - how to strategically build a network of contacts; - how to effectively establish and develop connections; - how to systematically raise your status in society; - how to quickly strengthen your position in a new organization; - how to create a circle of reliable friends and possibly find a partner.