AN UPDATED EDITION OF THE BESTSELLER "NETWORKING FOR SCOUTS".A BOOK BY FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS ELENA VAVILOVA AND HER HUSBAND ANDREY BEZRUKOV, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF APPLIED ANALYSIS OF INTERNATIONAL PROBLEMS AT MGIMO.MORE THAN 50,000 COPIES HAVE BEEN SOLD.Intelligence officers Elena Vavilova and Andrey Bezrukov became famous all over the world when they were arrested in the United States in 2010. They were later able to return to Russia. In this book, the authors share their unique personal experience of working with people, accumulated over 25 years of service under deep cover.The book will help you become a designer of your own human environment and successfully use connections to achieve goals in life and business.Without setting out to make a scout out of the reader (although, perhaps, it will inspire someone!), the authors will teach you how to understand people and create long-term productive relationships.They will tell you how to manage your own human "ecosystem", including:- how to quickly evaluate a person in order to properly build a relationship with him;- how to strategically build a network of contacts;- how to effectively establish and develop connections;- how to systematically raise the status in society;- how to quickly strengthen your position in a new organization;- how to create a circle of reliable friends and, perhaps, find a companion or companion.Quotes from the book:"Scouts are fixated on working with smart people, and an intelligent person recognizes insincere flattery, even if deep down he likes it.""It is quite predictable that in the head of the person you meet, at first it flashes: 'Who is he?' He will immediately mentally begin the verification process, similar to the Dangerous-Interesting-Difficult test that we described earlier. Your task is to successfully pass such a test.""We hope that your plans related to this or that organization are not limited only to pressing problems. It makes no sense to spend months and even more years of your precious time developing relationships if you don't have long-term plans to influence future corporate decisions."