An internal team 'hoodwinked' Bill Gates into launching the Xbox project
&#x27;He tells us: &quot;Eventually somebody would come back to you with your idea – they would say, &#x27;Hey, you know, this doesn&#x27;t need Windows at all&#x27;. And you have to control your urge to fucking kill them, because you&#x27;ve been telling them that for two years and now they finally come up with it like it&#x27;s their idea. But that&#x27;s the Jedi mind trick.&quot; &#x27;<p>OMG. I learned this a few years ago working in a corp environment with stubborn senior people with big egos. Basically, to get one of these types on board with your idea you have to find a way to convince them the idea was originally theirs. Sounds strange I know..