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accept several tasks he ordered me, just to offer myself freely, soon after, to help him with some dull works. He wasn't impressed and didn't get my message. He may have even thought I was a fool.

Sixth strategy: open conflict. One day I caught him with a big lie, and I proved this in public! I humiliated him without mercy in front of his subordinates! Everybody was stunned, and the guy himself was like wild! At the end, I told him I quit and I left his office slamming the door! What a scene! "That ought to teach him a lesson!" After ten minutes only (!) he called me back to talk to me about some new research he was planning. He spoke to me in the most natural way, as if nothing had ever happened! The guy was just incredible! His tempers could only last that long! Maybe his rage had been faked in the first place! Later on, he called me again, tried to give me some stupid explanations and told me he loved me. How about that? However, he did not apologize. I cooled down, but I was determined to leave anyway.

Seventh strategy: I left. Yes, I finally quit, resigned, walked out. I was free!
Do you think I lost the fight? Maybe. But, more importantly, I felt that my conscience was victorious. Even when I left, I felt stronger. I knew that I didn't take any moral compromise. I refused to betray my beliefs and to submit to this guy. He would have probably loved to hear me say: "You are my master, I am your slave reign over me for ever". But I was proud I never let him have me. And, anyway, I did try everything I could.

Still there may have been one last strategy I didn't try: kill him. But this would have made a different story...

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