How to Win Fiends and Influence People presents information in bite-size chunks to give the illusion of efficiency. For extra brand reinforcement, everything is divided into multiples of six—e.g., “The Six Fundamental Steps to Sycophancy: Making People Fear and Love You,” “The Six Ways to Shift Blame,” and “The Six Ways to Steal Others’ Ideas so that They Thank You for It.” Other features include “Controlling Communication” (how to spread buzzwords and acronyms to create confusion and destabilize rivals); pasted-in cuttings from The Dark One’s favorite business books; and a foldout contract.