No matter what your current station in life, there will come a time when you will be the underdog. To get what you want, you’ll have to change the mind of someone more powerful than yourself.

Influencing others when you’re an underdog isn’t a type of blunt force trauma. Rather, when done well, it retains the goodwill of the top dog.  Amy Showalter brings you tips on how to be a persuasive underdog from her new book, The Underdog Edge: How Ordinary People Change the Minds of the Powerful. . . and Live to Tell About It