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In fact, most of the stealing he was accused of was done on behalf of the kings and with the king's permission.). In one fell swoop, Galileo gained more with his new strategy than he had in years of begging. The reason is simple: All masters want to appear more brilliant than other people.
NEVER PUT TOO MUCH TRUST IN FRIENDS, LEARN
HOW TO USE ENEMIES
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CONCEAL YOUR INTENTIONS
USE DECOYED OBJECTS OF DESIRE AND RED
Imagine this story from the Countess's perspective: after a few moves by the Marquis, she felt that the Marquis was playing some kind of game, but she was intrigued by the game. After all, this was the man who years later would say: "The great questions of our time will be decided not by speeches and resolutions, but by iron and blood."
USE SMOKE SCREENS TO DISGUISE YOUR ACTIONS
After Geezil was out, Gross stood up under his own steam. The blood that had come out of his mouth was filled with chicken blood and hot water that he had hidden in his cheek. Their action is never subtle and rarely causes suspicion. The colorful smoke screen should be used with caution, if and only when appropriate.
ALWAYS SAY LESS THAN NECESSARY
At the court of Louis XIV, nobles and ministers spent days and nights debating matters of state.
SO MUCH DEPENDS ON RE PUTATION—GUARD IT
Bamu used two different tactics to destroy Peal's reputation. The first was simple: he cast doubt on the stability and solvency of the museum. In Wei, it was a law that "whoever secretly rides in the emperor's carriage will have their legs cut off," but when Mi Tzu-hsia's mother fell ill, he used the royal carriage to visit and pretended to be.
COURT ATTENTION AT ALL COST
SURROUND YOUR NAME WITH THE SENSATIONAL AND SCANDALOUS
What generosity, New Yorkers thought, and they flocked to hear the free concerts. But Barnum set about hiring the worst musicians he could find, and soon before the band broke up, people would rush to buy them tickets. After several months, the crowd began to disappear, so Barnum sent an anonymous letter to the newspapers, claiming that Heth was a clever con artist. AltczmmlertheGreat.is suit!tohave appeared di.rgL1isc(1asthe rmkt-cf Ht'r.':ule.x wlzm the monarchwasxittizzgin jzrdgnzciiz.
Litigation disputes, even scandals. It is better to be attacked, slandered, ignored. All professions are established by this law, and all professionals must be spectacular for them.
CREATE AN AIR OF MYSTERY
When the flames burned down to the hides of the oxen, they dashed in all directions, shouting like madmen and setting fires everywhere. There will seem to be no method to your madness, no rhyme or reason, no single explanation. There are times when the need for attention must be postponed, and when scandals and notoriety are the last thing you want to create.
So the audience got it very early, and when the queen entered the hero's box, they followed the convention of standing up.
GET OTHERS TO DO THE WORK FOR YOU, BUT,
ALWAYS TAKE THE CREDIT
Tesla's obsession was to create an alternating current (AC) system of electricity. Edison believed in the direct current (DC) system, and not only that. In 1917, during his later impoverished years, Teslava said he would receive the Edison Medal of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. The other pole is that of the artist PeterPaulRubens, who, late in his career, found himself inundated with requests for paintings. He created a system: In his largest studio there were dozens of distinguished painters, one specializing in clothes, another background, etc.
There are times when taking credit for the work others have done is not the wise course: If your power isn't firmly established, you'll appear to be pushing people out of the spotlight.
MAKE OTHER PEOPLE COME TO YOU—
First, he overcame the urge to try to convince his fellow statesmen that they must drive Napoleon far away. It's only natural to want to convince people by arguing your case and imposing your will with words. But this often backfires on you. He was aware of man's weakness, his impetuosity, his need for fame and the love of the masses, and he played. He knew that Ghiberti got the job through his connections and that he would do all the work and get half the credit.
If you make it a point of dignity for others to come to you on one occasion and you succeed, they will continue to do so even after you.
WIN THROUGH YOUR
ACTIONS, NEVER
THROUGH ARGUMENT
It was heard endlessly with the soldiers who submitted the request: The small mast, they were told, was much better suited to the task. And it really would be easier to transport. In 1502, in Florence, Italy, a large block of marble stood in the work department of the church of Santa Maria del Fiore. The problem with trying to prove a point or win through argument is that in the end it may never affect how it affects the people you're arguing with: They may appear to agree with you politely, but inside they may present to you.
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Born in Limerick, Ireland, in 1813, Marie Gilbert came to Paris in 18405 to make her fortune as a dancer and performer. Only one man could save Lola's dancing career: Alexandre Dujaxier, owner of the newspaper with the largest circulation in France, and also the newspaper's drama critic. Jonmrr.When I found my husband, if I made the piece of the cruel(row41 wow.rim!1}ll:'S('d]}L'(lI would end my life in:2 little hole.'.
If you tend to isolate yourself, force yourself to make friends with society. Never associate with those who share your flaws——~they will reinforce whatever is holding you back. Only create links with positive affections.
LEARN TO KEEP PEOPLE DEPENDENT ON YOU
He was convicted on a false charge the next day in Piazza San Marco, before a trial. When Ottovon Bismarck became a deputy in the Prussian parliament in 1847, he was thirty-two years old and had no ally or friend. Ilml/rumthatday. totl1l.\,liersrBzelmal. . threw the right Mmout. uffivcwill always throw I/aingxmaCu: .. lam.and all good l)og.rwill ('ham him up.
If, on the other hand, you understand the laws of power and make others depend on you for their welfare, if you can counteract their weaknesses."
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You don't have to have the talent of 3. Michelangelo; you must have a skill that sets you apart from the crowd. You should create a situation where you can always lock onto another master or patron, but your master cannot easily find another servant with your special talent. Cohn messed with Lawson, he wanted to destroy a hugely profitable relationship. It was worth more than the terrible publicity he got him despite the selection.
USE SELECTIVE HONESTY
AND GENEROSITY TO DISARM YOUR VICTIM
He looked at the count: the same thing about the man was different---his elegant style, his mana-r-and so on. By the time he was thirty-three, he was already a multi-millionaire, mainly through fraud and strong-arming. The two men were now good friends, and every time Gordon—Gordon came to Gould and asked for money to buy stock, Gould gave it to him.
Authority: When Duke Hsien of Chin was about to attack Yii, he presented them with a jade.
WHEN ASKING FOR HELP,
APPEAL TO PEOPLE’S
SELF-INTEREST,
NEVER TO THEIR MERCY OR GRATITUDE
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Most people never succeed because they are completely trapped by their own wants and desires. They assume that the people they appeal to have a selfless interest in helping. Still, you can sidestep the differences between you and him by appealing to his self-interest. Don't be subtle: you have valuable knowledge to share, you will fill his treasury with gold, you will make him live longer and happier. This is a language we all speak and understand.
When Khan captured the city of Kaifeng, after a siege, and decided to kill its inhabitants (as he did in other cities that opposed him), Ch'u~Ts'ai told him that the best craftsmen and engineers in China it had.
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He had arranged for his servant to befriend Mellon'svalet, and on the fateful day he had chosen to make his move, Mellon's servant told Duveen's servant, who told Duveen that he had just helped Mellono with his coat and that the industrialist had become-. If he noticed, for example, that two of his colleagues had become particularly friendly, he would call. one of them aside and they say he had information that the other was a traitor and would soon be killed. more than anyone, and he keeps this information secret. He would bar the second judge from his court. letting him know that the whole business had been only a test, but this. even thinking the man had done nothing wrong, he could no longer believe.
And this kind of knowledge is often the most. Most valuable of all: armed with it, you can predict your actions in the future. the two-eyed, the third eye. gives you the omniscience of God.
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At one point on the northern front, Hsiang's commander, Sung Yi, hesitated to send his troops into battle. After crushing his next n'val – the King of Ch'u, his own former leader – he crowned himself emperor, defeated everyone in his path, and fell. in history as one of China's greatest rulers, the immortal HanKao-tsu, founder of the Han dynasty. If you have someone in trouble, then – but only if you are sure there is no chance of recovery – you.
Let them be the agents of their own destruction. The result will be the same and you won't feel half bad.
USE ABSENCE TO INCREASE RESPECT
AND HONOR
At the start of an affair, you need to increase your presence in the eyes of the other. All over the country the law had fallen into disrepute - - the judges were corrupt, and no one trusted their cases to the courts anymore, resorting instead to violence. At the height of his power as a judge, however, Deioces realized the truth of the law of absence and presence: by serving so many clients, he had become conspicuous, too accessible, and had lost the respect he had previously enjoyed.
This only applies once a certain level of power is reached. The need to withdraw comes only after you have established your presence;.
KEEP OTHERS IN SUSPENDED TERROR
CULTIVATE AN AIR OF UNPREDICTABILITY
He didn't like the hall where the match was supposed to be. struggled, he criticized the lighting, he complained about the noise. cameras, he even hated the chairs he and Spassky had to sit in. But on the day of the official introductions, Fischer arrived very late, and on the day the "Fight of the Century" was to begin, he was late again. They prefer the comforts of routine, of giving in. the animal nature that makes them repeat the same compulsions.
Always mislead, mislead and surprise the enemy, if possible,” he said. Such tactics will win every time and a small army can thus destroy large ones."
TO PROTECT YOURSELF- ISOLATION IS DANGEROUS
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He had conquered all the kingdoms surrounding his own kingdom of Chin and united them into one vast empire called China. The first emperor had become so afraid of human contact that when he had to leave the palace, he traveled incognito, completely disguising himself from his care. During such a journey through the provinces he died suddenly. The order of entry was precise: first came the king's illegitimate sons and his grandchildren, then the princes and princesses of the blood, and then his physician and sur-.
He had many great painters to choose from, and in the end he chose jacopodaPontonno. In years to come, Pontormo wanted to make these frescoes his chefd'oeuvre and legacy.
DEALING WITH- DO NOT OFFEND THE
WRONG PERSON
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The man also becomes the dominator and often tries to get rid of his wife, the queen, like Darnley tried to get rid of Mary. learned the lesson well. She had two goals as an aruler: to get married. In the year 1490 he married Isabellad'Este, daughter of the ruler of another small Italian duchy, Ferrara. The mighty king of France breathed down her neck: She decided to see him, as she was~. befriended Lodovico Sforza before him——-with alluring gifts, witty, intelligent letters, and the possibility of her company, for Isabella was known as a.
As one danger faded, however, another, more troubling one arose, this time from the south, in the form of CesareBorgia. From 1500 Borgiahad marched steadily north and swallowed the little king whole.
A SUCKER-——~SEEM DUMBER THAN YOUR MARK
JUDGMISNT
Butadiamondmineinthe West' Haipending showed the cable to his fellow financier Baron Roth Schild (one of the richest men in the world), saying it must be a joke. But the Baron replied: “Be not sure of that. America is serious. The logistics of the confetti were pretty simple. A few months before Arnold and Slack announced the "discovery" of the diamond mine, they traveled to Europe, where they bought some real gems for about $12,000 (part of the money they saved from their gold mining days). The Chinese have a phrase: "Disguised as a pig to kill a tiger." This refers to an ancient hunting technique in which the hunter dresses up in the skin and tusks of a pig and imitates its grunts. The mighty tiger thinks that sapigi is coming and approaches him, relishing the prospect of a light meal.
The critic studied it for a while and finally said, “You know, I don't think this Diire is right.” He followed the young woman as she hurried to tell her father what he had said, and listened like the magnate, deeply fidgety.
USE THE SURRENDER TACTIC: TRANSFORM
You know well," said the delegates, "that the standard of . have to accept.” When the Melians replied that this rejected the concept of fairplay, the Athenians said that it was they who had the power to decide what was ... fair and what was not. The Melians claimed that this authority belonged to the . the gods, not to mortals, “Our opinion of the gods and our knowledge of . ." The Melians debated the question among . himself and decided to rely on the help of the Spartans, the will of the gods and the strictness of their cause. They politely refused the Athenians. offer. The Melians fought nobly, even without the Spartans, who did not come to the rescue. It took .. several attempts before the Athenians could surround and besiege their .. capital city, but the Melians eventually surrendered.
No," I replied, "I wrote a German poem, which is very different from this one." The author's evasive answers astounded the committee members, but his politeness and the manner in which the authority led.
CONCENTRATE Y()[JR.F()R(3ES
The Rothschild banking family had humble beginnings in the Jewish ghetto of Frankfurt, Germany. The city's strict laws made it impossible for Jews to mix outside the ghetto, but the Jews did it in a. For the weeks or months that one of these women lived in his orbit, he thought of no one else.
