 Never attack a powerful guy by my advice in business networking. Start out nice, nice, nice, nice, nice. If they're a little mean, go nicer. But don't start out mean. It goes against game theory. And here's what happens. Like attracts like. So the second you're an a**hole to start out with, all the a**holes congregate around you and all the good people scatter. So unless you're in prison, where you gotta act tough to start with, just chill. I don't know where this thing comes from, but I will tell you in business, if you wanna be broke, I mean broke, be an a**hole. So don't ever listen to people that tell you people at the top are fake or mean. They're really not.