So what if you're dealing with someone that won't let you just do your job the way you see fit? What if you have a boss that's constantly butting in to check up on how you're doing, and giving you pointers about how you should be doing your tasks?

Here's how you take the offensive: ask a ton of clarifying questions about every little detail. And I mean a ton. Dozens and dozens each day. Don't wait for them to come over and bother you. Go bother them, in their office, with lots of serious and thoughtful questions.

Remember the carpenter on Seinfeld who was hired to re-design Jerry's kitchen? He drove Jerry insane asking about every little detail. If you're being micro-managed, your homework assignment is to watch that episode (along with several others to de-stress yourself) and then go into work tomorrow ready to act like that guy. Well-meaning but annoying.

If nothing else, take consolation in the fact that the micro-manager is mostly responsible if you screw something up.