[
 {
  "chunk": 45,
  "story": 6,
  "summary": "The son says he cannot work under the gruff foreman; the father replies that the firm cares how the boss likes him, not the reverse, that the foreman is rough but loyal and generous, and that everyone has a boss.",
  "predicament": "Someone declares they cannot work under their gruff superior, not seeing that there will always be someone over them.",
  "advice": [
   {
    "move": "complain that you cannot work under your superior",
    "outcome": "it shows weakness, and the firm cares only how the superior rates you",
    "quote": "the house isn't interested in knowing how you like your boss, but in how he likes you",
    "stance": "avoid"
   }
  ]
 },
 {
  "chunk": 46,
  "story": 6,
  "summary": "Like the boss if you can but give him no cause for dislike; criticism comes from above; make room for older men, keep your temper, approach a kicker gently, and stay clear of the truly vicious.",
  "predicament": "Someone has to get along with a difficult superior whose manner is rough but whose intentions may be good.",
  "advice": [
   {
    "move": "report that your superior is no good",
    "outcome": "the one above them already knows it",
    "quote": "whenever you discover that your boss is no good you may rest easy that the man who pays his salary shares your secret",
    "stance": "avoid"
   },
   {
    "move": "give way to your seniors and let them have the best places",
    "outcome": "they make room for you in turn",
    "quote": "let the village fathers get their feet on the fender and the sawdust box in range, and you'll find them making a little room for you in turn",
    "stance": "do"
   },
   {
    "move": "keep your temper whether you are right or wrong",
    "outcome": "when right you lose nothing by it; when wrong you cannot afford to lose it",
    "quote": "Remember that when you're in the right you can afford to keep your temper, and that when you're in the wrong you can't afford to lose it.",
    "stance": "do"
   },
   {
    "move": "approach a touchy person gently and respectfully",
    "outcome": "you get peace and what you came for",
    "quote": "if you want peace and her nine quarts, you will naturally approach her from the side, and say, So-boss",
    "stance": "do"
   },
   {
    "move": "have any dealings with someone vicious on principle",
    "outcome": "no approach is safe; keep away",
    "quote": "There's never any use fooling with an animal of that sort, brute or human. The only safe place is the other side of the fence",
    "stance": "avoid"
   }
  ]
 },
 {
  "chunk": 47,
  "story": 6,
  "summary": "A newcomer to a Missouri town, a good talker and bad listener, buys a mule with a bad character, ignoring what everyone says about it.",
  "predicament": "Someone too busy telling others what they know ignores every warning about the risky new thing they have taken on.",
  "advice": [
   {
    "move": "talk about what you know instead of listening",
    "outcome": "you learn nothing about the new dangers around you",
    "quote": "Jeff was a good talker, but a bad listener, and so we learned a heap about how things were done in Wisconsin, but he didn't pick up much information",
    "stance": "avoid"
   }
  ]
 },
 {
  "chunk": 48,
  "story": 6,
  "summary": "The quiet-looking mule kicks, strikes and bites the newcomer senseless; the father warns that the dangerous people are not the rough ones but the over-smooth.",
  "predicament": "Someone confidently approaches a quiet-looking danger and is badly hurt, learning that the smooth ones are the ones to fear.",
  "advice": [
   {
    "move": "be on guard against anyone who is too smooth",
    "outcome": "they, not the rough ones, are the ones carrying hidden weapons",
    "quote": "those gentlemen who have more oil in their composition than any two-legged animal has a right to have, that you should be on the lookout for concealed deadly weapons",
    "stance": "do"
   }
  ]
 },
 {
  "chunk": 49,
  "story": 6,
  "summary": "Tell the affable from the too affable; people are most of the business; the foreman is loyal, and loyalty is beyond price; job seekers who run down their old employer never get far with the father.",
  "predicament": "Someone looking for a new place is tempted to win sympathy by running down the employer they are leaving.",
  "advice": [
   {
    "move": "value loyalty in the people who work for you",
    "outcome": "it is worth more than you could pay for it",
    "quote": "It is the one commodity that hasn't any market value, and it's the one that you can't pay too much for.",
    "stance": "do"
   },
   {
    "move": "run down your last employer to a prospective one",
    "outcome": "you are not hired, since you would run them down too",
    "quote": "I never get very far with a critter of that class, because I know that he wouldn't like me or the house if he came to work for us.",
    "stance": "avoid"
   }
  ]
 },
 {
  "chunk": 50,
  "story": 6,
  "summary": "Keep your likes and dislikes to yourself; stop being stiff and chesty around the office, since people of real worth need no airs; the branch is doing badly and its managers will suffer if it does not improve.",
  "predicament": "Someone newly placed puts on airs among their colleagues and lets everyone know what they think of the people there.",
  "advice": [
   {
    "move": "tell people your likes and dislikes",
    "outcome": "it ruins you",
    "quote": "It's generally expensive to have either, but it's bankruptcy to tell about them.",
    "stance": "avoid"
   },
   {
    "move": "put on airs around the office",
    "outcome": "it shows there is little behind the show",
    "quote": "it's good business, when a fellow hasn't much behind his forehead, to throw out his chest and attract attention to his shirt-front",
    "stance": "avoid"
   },
   {
    "move": "let the branch you run fall behind the others",
    "outcome": "its managers will be thrown out",
    "quote": "if they don't do better next month I am coming back here with a shotgun, and there's going to be a pretty heavy mortality among our head men",
    "stance": "avoid"
   }
  ]
 }
]