"Succeeding with Difficult Bosses" is a book to help YOU deal successfully with your difficult Boss. Feel left out, unappreciated, put down, 'less than, ' unrecognized? YOU are the key to success. Yes, you may have a jerk for a boss - control freak, perfectionist, manipulator, criticizer, exploder, or just a plain curmudgeon - you can still find your personal power and be successful with them. To be successful with any difficult person there is one absolutely key idea: you can't change them; you have to change yourself, your approach to them. When you change your reaction, your behavior to someone, they will change how they interact with you. If you are willing to make the effort, you can make a difference for yourself.Develop an Understanding of how to work with authority figures.Understand your boss and his/her behaviors.Understand yourself and how your behavior affects the situation.Learn skills and tools that will help you make personal changes that will make a difference.Create a work-life that is best for you.Understand that YOU have the power to make a difference