I AM NOT YOUR ENEMY BUT WHY ARE USING THESE TO ME? TAKEN FROM THE 48 LAWS OF POWER by: ROBERT GREEN 5. SO MUCH DEPENDS ON REPUTATION – GUARD IT WITH YOUR LIFE. Wisdom in a nutshell: • Sow doubt and spread rumors about your rival. Even if they vehemently deny it, people will still be wondering why they are so defensive. • Use humor or gentle mockery at your rival’s expense. • A solid reputation increases your presence and exaggerates your strengths without your having to spend much energy. • Never appear desperate in your self-defense against the slander of others. • Be careful not to go too far in attacking another’s reputation, it draws more attention to your vengefulness than to the person you are slandering. Use subtler tactics like satire and ridicule. 10. INFECTION: AVOID THE UNHAPPY AND THE UNLUCKY. Wisdom in a nutshell: • In the game of power, the people you associate with are critical. • An infector can be recognized by the misfortune they draw on themselves, their turbulent past, a long line of broken relationships, unstable careers, the very intensity of their emotions, and the force of their character. • Gravitate towards prosperous, cheerful, and gregarious people. • Never associate with those who share your defects. 12. USE SELECTIVE HONESTY AND GENEROSITY TO DISARM YOUR VICTIM. Wisdom in a nutshell: • The essence of deception is distraction. An act of kindness, generosity, or honesty will distract and disarm people and turn them into gullible children. • Give before you take. • Nothing in the realm of power is set in stone. Overt deceptiveness may sometimes cover your tracks. If you have a history of deceit behind you, then play the rogue, be consistent and this will be interpreted as you simply being yourself. Your dishonesty becomes an act of honesty. 43. WORK ON THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF OTHERS. Wisdom in a nutshell: • Aim at the primary emotions: love, hate, and jealousy. Be alert to people’s individual psychologies and their basic emotional responses. • Maintain a stable of writers, artists, or intellectuals who are very good at appealing to people’s hearts and minds. 15. CRUSH YOUR ENEMY TOTALLY. Wisdom in a nutshell: • Show no mercy. Crush your rivals or else you will give them time to regroup and plot their revenge. • Banish enemies or plot for the best time to render them harmless. • Leave your enemies no options. • Sometimes enemies will destroy themselves. • Thoughts of reconciliation will open you up to attack. 17. KEEP OTHERS IN SUSPENDED TERROR: CULTIVATE AN AIR OF UNPREDICTABILITY. Wisdom in a nutshell: • A person of power instills fear by deliberately unsettling those around him to keep the initiative on his side. • Only the terminally subordinate act in a predictable manner. 26. KEEP YOUR HANDS CLEAN. Wisdom in a nutshell: • Conceal your mistakes. Your good name and reputation depends more on what you conceal than on what you reveal. • Always have a convenient scapegoat. • Never do the dirty work yourself.
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