Admittedly, this book pushes the picture to the extremes. Here in the American corporate culture, we don't eat each other. We don't have shamans. Our CEOs don't eat too much out of the common pie, do they? If you are a wise person, you will find a lot of sound advice on how to be a successful manager. Then again, if you are wise, why would you want to be a manager in the first place? If you are smart and have a sense of humor, you will have fun, and the advice in this book will aid your success as well. If you don't have a sense of humor and you are not a manager, you will satisfy your grudge against them. And if you have no sense of humor and you are a manager... Well, maybe you should not read this book. Just continue to do whatever you do, and let the rest of us have fun watching you. Disclaimer: If you choose to follow this book to build your management career, we strongly advise against following it "literally."