tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29601521791170521752024-03-14T05:00:35.872-07:00Principles of Power"Knowledge is power, and power corrupts. So study hard and try not to be too evil."BLUERADhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01144030533794617764noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2960152179117052175.post-14215921192783383882011-02-01T20:01:00.000-08:002011-02-01T20:48:41.748-08:00Rule #10: Infection - Avoid the Unhappy and the Unlucky<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">F O R E W O R D</span></b></div><br />
<a href="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQwUgo7izt31o776XqgEHEPR1QjqiVPvnNCTRUAdFS3hZ8w6pbfSw" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQwUgo7izt31o776XqgEHEPR1QjqiVPvnNCTRUAdFS3hZ8w6pbfSw" /></a>Hey bloggers, i'm back to write a post on this blog after a long hiatus. As you may have already known, I ran into a bit of a trouble spot with Google in regards to some of the content I was posting, which led to my account being temporarily disabled, and then further investigated for "invalid activity." Although I have appealed a few times, it does not seem like I will get a chance to recoup on this blogger platform so I will likely be working on different projects in the next few months, and I will hopefully be able to transfer all of these posts onto a different website in the near future, and continue updating with interesting and thought-provoking posts.<br />
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In any case, I still enjoy writing various posts on my different blogs and if your still around and manage to read this, i'll do my best to continue to improve and write good content<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>I N F E C T I O N - A V O I D T H E U N H A P P Y </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>A N D T H E U N L U C K Y </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><br />
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</b></div><blockquote><i>"You can die from someone else's misery - <b>emotional states are as infectious as diseases</b>. You may feel you are helping the drowning man but you are only precipitating your own disaster. The unfortunate sometimes draw misfortune on themselves; they will also draw it on you. <b>Associate with the happy and fortunate instead</b>."</i></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRFBmLRaSwGfljUP7-8a9-utr3BQbvzc4zSer72q0wBFs-WGsss" /> </div><br />
Though I have lived only for a short time, the importance of this law of power is definitely one that <b>cannot be underestimated</b> and should be carefully considered when speculating about what you should do in a delicate situation where someone is going to be hurt, maimed, or directly cut off in some way or form. Lovers are torn apart each day, family feuds spout hatred, scorn, and misery, and friends turn to foe after betrayal, deception, and irresponsibility. Would it not be great if we had the power to raise them all up and make them see the errors of their ways, understand <b>the patterns that keep them from replicating the actions that we (and others) want to see so ardently changed?</b><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR2XmYufD4AeD7z-h8LfAtmhzCAWW3sPw3n9nw3LVAIcanefbtk" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="210" src="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR2XmYufD4AeD7z-h8LfAtmhzCAWW3sPw3n9nw3LVAIcanefbtk" width="320" /></a></div>Of course there are people that we know that have suffered from tragic accidents or misfortunes that were beyond their control, and I am in no way condoning the abandonment of these people since in most cases they deserve all the help and support from their loved ones and friends. In an ideal world everyone would fall under this category, but instead there are the "<b>dregs of society"</b>, the '<b>infected' people</b> who draw it upon themselves by their <b>self-destructive</b> actions, habits, and mindsets which produce that <b>unsettling effect</b> on others..... We try to understand these <b>actions, habits, and mindsets, </b>the <b>patterns of destruction</b> and misery <b>that end up getting inside and changing us instead....<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Self-inflicted</b> pain can become addictive, and passing on the unhappiness, the unluckiness, and spreading the infection becomes subliminally programmed into the minds of those who cannot do any more for themselves. The reason is because they have characters and emotions that are so intensely powerful that they draw awe and inspire wonderment, fear, and torrents of emotions that people would rather feel opposed to the emptiness that comes from loneliness, boredom, or restlessness. <b>The downside is that before you understand and see the true nature of their problems, you have already been infected by them</b>....<br />
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There is definitely a grower cancer in this world, not just within our bodies, but also in our minds and the way we treat each other when it comes to the bare basics: Decency, respect, and tolerance. There are those around us, that no matter how foolish their actions, or how sick, perverted, and deluded they become, we can never bare to leave because they are too close to our minds and permanently rooted to the pit of our souls. Just remember that carrying the weight of the sins of others is a tremendous burden on oneself, and can result in early death due to the unbearable strain and fallacy of your efforts.<br />
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</u></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">Playing the game of power can be difficult and hard to bare alone, but that difficult will be multiplied exponentially by adding the misery and unluckiness of those around you. <b>Who you group yourself with in your limited time on this earth is critical since associating yourself with the "wrong" people will end up with you wasting all of your time and efforts to break free from the chains that will invariably bind you to pain and suffering</b>.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Image: A Virus. Unseen, it</div></div><blockquote><i>"How can you protect yourself against such insidious virtues? The answer lies in judging </i></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">enters your pores without</span> </div><blockquote><i>people on the effects they have on the world and no on the reasons they give for their </i></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">warning, spreading silently and </span></div><blockquote><i>problems. Infectors can be recognized by the misfortune they draw on themselves, their </i></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">slowly. Before you are aware of </span></div><blockquote><i>turbulent past, their long line of broken relationships, their unstable careers, and the very </i></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">the infection, it is deep inside <b>you</b> </span></div><blockquote><i>force of their character, which sweeps you up and makes you lose reason. Be forewarned by these signs of an infector; learn to see the discontent in their eye. Most important of all, do not take pity. Do not enmesh yourself in trying to help. The infector will remain unchanged, but you will be unhinged"</i></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTo71wWs16xq2lfRVoXFjS_X3Z9w4fuQFxOaetx6nnkiEuAPQdC" /> </div><br />
I strongly believe that there is a possibility in <b>everyone</b> to stimulate the changes within themselves to lead happy lives, but only a small percentage of those people have the strength, grit, tenacity, and determination to see things through even if all their attempts lead to a bitter end. Try to meet genuinely cheerful and happy people with depth and intelligence, and they will bring you towards a prosperous future filled with unlimited possibilities.<br />
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<blockquote>"<i>Authority: Recognize the fortunate so that you may choose their company, and the unfortunate so that you may avoid them. Misfortune is usually the crime of folly, and among those who suffer from it there is no malady more contagious; Never open your door to the least of misfortunes, for, if you do, many others will follow in its train... Do not die of another's misery."</i></blockquote><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTW8Busqh4CznHRH21BWOfPX2zZC_dcD7-T_Aa7kZC6JuV4o7dkHw" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTW8Busqh4CznHRH21BWOfPX2zZC_dcD7-T_Aa7kZC6JuV4o7dkHw" /></a>On a closing note, i'm pretty sure some people who read this will feel dejected and think, "Goddamn, am I really a virus and a dredge upon society and my friends...?" Well.... The choice is up to you, solving your problems and changing your bad habits isn't something that happens over night. I would not go on a leap of faith and say that, "Yes, you will become a good person and be happy one day," since I might be wrong... All I can say is choose the path you walk down carefully and be especially diligent when it comes to handling your personal relationships with others. Smokers know they bother people with their second hand smoke, yet they continue to do so while ignoring the potential cancerous effects. If you choose to do something that harms yourself, at least keep it within yourself or seek help from within your family or friends or consult a professional, and don't spread it to others. In the long run, if your reading this you are likely a young man or woman, and there is plenty of time to reanalyze your long term goals and become a benefit to those around you and not a burden.<br />
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Make sure to check out my <b>financial blog</b> and my <b>awesome blog</b>, just updated both of them not too long ago. Glad to read all the great comments, and look forward to hearing more of your thoughts and opinions. Please feel free to criticize, praise, or completely overturn some of the things I say. We all learn by testing each others thoughts and opinions, and become more <b>powerful </b>from it.<br />
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</b>When we were young, we were told not to argue with our elders, to keep our mouths shut, and to do as we were told. As we grew older, our freedoms became greater and greater, and by high school, many of us had already become <b>rebels</b> and could not go a day without arguing.<br />
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Most of the time we argue with our parents, our siblings, and with our friends, but after so many hours of battling with each other, what have we truly gained? There are times when it is <b>appropriate to argue</b>, however in your quest for power, you must learn how to <i>win through your actions</i> to develop your power base.<br />
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Since Soderini considered himself a well-connected and powerful patron of the arts, he carefully studied Michaelangelo's creation, the masterpiece he had created from a single mutilated block of marble that most had thought would be impossible to sculpt anything from. He thought that Michaelangelo's sculpture overall was incredible, however he paused and observed the nose of <b>David</b>, and decided that it was too big. Michaelangelo knew that Soderini was standing at the wrong angle and could not get an accurate view on the perspective, however <b>he did not argue</b>.....<br />
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<blockquote>"<i>Without a word, he gestured for Soderini to follow him up the scaffolding. Reaching the nose, he picked up his chisel, letting the bits of dust he had gathered in his hand to fall little by little. He actually did nothing to change the nose, but gave every appearance of working on it. After a few minutes of this charade he stood aside: <b>"Look at it now." "I like it better," replied Soderini, "you've made it come alive."</b></i></blockquote><br />
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Michaelangelo was too smart to start an argument with a man he knew would have become easily offended and may have damaged his career and also loosened his purse strings at the same time. <b>The problem</b> was that Soderini's perspective was flawed, so Michaelangelo realized that if he could simply get him to the place (above the scaffolds) where he could get the <b>CORRECT</b> view of the nose in it's proper perspective, he would be killing two birds with one stone. First of all, Soderini did not realize what was the cause of his misperception, and believed that he had made an improvement even though Michaelangelo did nothing.<br />
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Now fast-forwarding back to our current day and age, imagine the hundreds or thousands of times you were arguing with your girlfriend, parents, neighbors, and anyone else. <b>Sure on the outside it may seem at times as if they were convinced by your arguments,</b> <b>but no one can read the other person's mind and some people will become really offended and despise you without ever letting the words escape from their mouth</b>.<br />
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<blockquote><i>"When aiming for power, or trying to conserve it, <b>always look for the indirect route. And also choose your battles carefully</b>. If it does not matter in the long run whether the other person agrees with you - or if time and their own experience will make them understand what you mean - then it is best not even to bother with a demonstration. <b>Save your energy and walk away."</b></i></blockquote><br />
It's hard to keep our mouths shut sometimes, but often times when you reflect upon the mistakes that you have made in the past, you realize that in many cases it could have been avoided if you had only just carried out an action instead of wasting your time going <b>up and down the see-saw of arguing</b>. This was probably one of the hardest laws for me to write about because it is one of the most difficult to master and practice on your own. We have been honed through many years of education to keep arguing, sometimes for the wrong reasons.<br />
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The only reason you should be arguing is if you are trying to cover something up, lying to hide your tracks. But remember that doing this may dig you into a hole in which you may never escape from, unless you are skilled at this practice and are clever enough to plan ahead and devise a smokescreen to escape into a hidden tunnel and onto safety.<br />
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<b>Thanks for reading, </b>hope you enjoyed this post.... Took me longer than usual to write it, and even now I have mixed feelings about it, but feel free to leave comments/criticisms.<br />
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Thanks for the comments on my last posts, and I mentioned this before, but expect some <b>surprises</b> in this blog in the near future. Wouldn't want you all to get bored and <b>used to</b> what i'm writing about anyways. My goal is to to keep it <b>interesting day in and day out</b>, also feel free to leave any feedback that you wish. Hope you enjoy this post, keep updated, the next topics i'm going to be blogging about are going to be <b>quite interesting</b>. Make sure you keep tuned in so that you don't miss out!<br />
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I bet you know of someone, maybe your friend, neighbor, or parents, who are constantly saying things like: <b>"It's too expensive, i'll never be able to afford it," </b>or perhaps <b>"It's too difficult, I won't even bother trying."</b> When you think about it, we say A LOT of things everyday that affect the way we think, the way we feel about things, and the way we react to other people and base our decisions upon.<br />
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Whenever we speak, the words are etched deep into our own minds, and also into the minds of the people that hear our message. Over time, <b>patterns</b> are created and <b>good</b> or <b>bad</b> habits can be formed and sometimes, <i>we get used to the words that we repeat <b>over and over</b> again. </i>This is not always a good or happy thing.<i> </i><br />
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Now consider this, if I told you that words have the power to shape your reality, you might instantly become cynical and say, "Thats ridiculous, I could keep saying happy things over and over but i'd only be deluding myself." To that, I would answer, <b>YES</b>, you are screwed, that is the reality you are creating for yourself with the words you have just spoke to me. Afterwards, you might say "W-What..? I thought you were trying to help me?..."<br />
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People love turning themselves down, since they want positive reinforcement by saying things like, "Oh i'll never be able to do it...." Or " I'm sure i'm going to fail that test," because they want others to come in and tell them that they can do it. <b>If you have to rely on others to motivate you all the time</b>, you are not going to get very far in life. Self-motivation is crucial, and makes all the difference between a <b>powerful</b> and a <b>weak</b> individual.<br />
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In both cases, the first quotation shows how people can become <b>locked</b> to a <b>reality</b> that they essentially created on their own accord. The problem is <b>solidified </b>endlessly by negative words which are not <b>open ended</b> at all. There is only one reality you make when you speak with this sort of mindset, and that is <b>failure</b>.<br />
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How many times have you seen one of those <b>success stories</b> on television and thought, "Man, I wish that was me, that guy is so lucky but i'll never be able to do that." Why do you think like that, what mental/physical/health barriers must you overcome before you can start to say or think "<b>How did that man become so successful? I ought to re-evaluate my own skills and weaknesses, and i'm sure that i'll be able to accomplish even more than I would expect."</b><br />
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</b></div><blockquote><i>"When you force the other person to act, you are the one in control. It is always better to make your opponent come to you, abandoning his own plans in the process. Lure him with fabulous gains – then attack. You hold the cards.</i><i>"</i></blockquote><br />
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I've read some of your feedback, and if you haven't posted something there already, I would really appreciate it if you tell me how I can better write interesting posts. This particular topic I found to be a bit more boring than the other laws, but do not worry, theres a lot more good stuff to come. <b>Anyways i'll begin</b>....<br />
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</b></span></div><a href="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRr0VoLL4npE3GOKx0f-IL-zSMM7mu40xVXsCnJ00h88iaEFdc&t=1&usg=__7uQvQk2E7naCUE_fMWZpj5-0POY=" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRr0VoLL4npE3GOKx0f-IL-zSMM7mu40xVXsCnJ00h88iaEFdc&t=1&usg=__7uQvQk2E7naCUE_fMWZpj5-0POY=" /></a>Did you know the President of the United States has a well furnished (and intimidating) Oval office within Air Force One? The reason why great leaders make people come to them is because they understand that one of the keys to power is to try and maintain a "home court" advantage, holding negotiations where you feel comfortable. For thousands of years, powerful warriors knew that they had a better chance of defeating their enemies if they could bait them into a scenario where they could exercise <b>full force</b> and keep their opponents on their toes at all times.<br />
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<blockquote><i>"Good warriors make others come to them, and do not go to others. This is the principle of emptiness and fullness of others and self. When you induce opponents to come to you, then their force is always empty; as long as you do not go to them, your force is always full. Attacking emptiness with fullness is like throwing stones on eggs.</i>"</blockquote><div style="text-align: right;">Zhang Yu, eleventh century commentator on <i>The Art of War</i></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.instablogsimages.com/images/2008/09/30/art-of-war_YfrCX_5784.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="art-of-war_YfrCX_5784" border="0" height="149" src="http://www.instablogsimages.com/images/2008/09/30/art-of-war_YfrCX_5784.jpg" width="200" /></a>Throughout history, great leaders have fallen because they were <b>too aggressive</b>, not knowing when to fall back and <b>lay traps </b>which saves energy and time while drawing your opponent into a situation where they will be weakened. In the game of power, you should be focusing on long term power rather than quick victories. "Remember: The essence of power is the ability <b>to keep the initiative</b>, to get others to react to <i>your</i> moves, to keep your opponent and those around you on the defensive."</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</b></div><blockquote><i>"Use the wisdom, knowledge, and legwork of other people to further your own cause. Not only will such assistance save you valuable time and energy, it will give you a godlike aura of efficiency and speed. In the end your helpers will be forgotten and you will be remembered. Never do yourself what others can do for you."</i></blockquote><br />
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Think about the people in power today, and how they are doing it. Everyone can learn something from someone else, it is up to you whether or not to reach your true potential by putting everything on yourself, or allowing yourself to release some of that burden on others.<br />
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Mark Zukenberg and Facebook is a contemporary example of the truth that lies within this law of power. No one is going to remember the Harvard twins on the rowing team who claimed that they had their idea stolen from them by Mark, the history books have already been written, and you can guess who is left smiling. Even in the <b>past</b>, great men like <b>Thomas Edison </b>will not be remembered as the thief who stole <b>Tesla's </b>ideas, but instead a brilliant entrepreneur and business man.<br />
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</b></div><div style="text-align: left;">Remember that there is a reversal to this rule. Do not be openly trying to steal peoples ideas from their noses or you will likely get burned and shot down, and perhaps never trusted again. If you don't even have any power base to begin with, it will appear that your are greedy and someone that cannot be trusted. Make sure to play to your strengths, figure out how those around you can help you with your own weaknesses, and create a team filled with the experiences you've learned from all the failures around you, and it will be hard for you to lose.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br />
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</span></div>BLUERADhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01144030533794617764noreply@blogger.com38tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2960152179117052175.post-15806450947358721882010-10-19T14:56:00.000-07:002010-10-19T14:57:47.336-07:00Powerful Pictures : Part Two<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Hey everyone, not going to write a long post today, since i'll be fairly busy with completing a few assignments that are near their due date, however expect some fresh new content in the near future. Today i'm going to post some more </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Powerful Picture</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">, ones that have already or are still changing the world as we see it today.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">P O W E R F U L P I C T U R E S : P A R T T W O</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Starting off with a video, *turn up the volume WAY UP*</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">One small step, I feel that the running race is about to begin</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">A little girl whose parents were just shot and killed</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Taken during the segregation riots in Boston</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">John Lennon's glasses, after he was shot in the head</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">I posted this picture before of the student at Tienanmen Square, but this is the more well known angle</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><br />
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</span> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Thà ch Quảng Ãức was a Vietnamese Buddhist monk who burned himself to death at a busy Saigon intersection on June 11, 1963. His act of self-immolation, which was repeated by others, was witnessed by David Halberstam, a New York Times reporter, who wrote:</span> </span></span></span></div><ol><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">" I was to see that sight again, but once was enough. Flames were coming from a human being; his body was slowly withering and shriveling up, his head blackening and charring. In the air was the smell of burning human flesh; human beings burn surprisingly quickly. Behind me I could hear the sobbing of the Vietnamese who were now gathering. I was too shocked to cry, too confused to take notes or ask questions, too bewildered to even think.... As he burned he never moved a muscle, never u</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">ttered a </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">sound, his outward composure in sharp contrast to the wailing people around him.</span></span></span></ol><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><img src="http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m179/pinguy1982/nagasaki1945ur2.jpg" /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><br />
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This is the picture of the "mushroom cloud" showing the enormous quantity of energy. The first atomic bomb was released on August 6 in Hiroshima (Japan) and killed about 80,000 people. On August 9 another bomb was released above Nagasaki. The effects of the second bomb were even more devastating - 150,000 people were killed or injured. But the powerful wind, the extremely high temperature and radiation caused enormous long term damage.</span> </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><br />
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Image of a young US sergeant at the moment he learns that the body bag next to him contains the body of his friend, killed by "friendly fire".<br />
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The widely published photo became an iconic image of the 1991 Gulf war - a war in which media access was limited by Pentagon restrictions.</span> </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><br />
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In 1957 he began taking pictures with an endoscope, an instrument that can see inside a body cavity, but when Lennart Nilsson presented the rewards of his work to LIFE's editors several years later, they demanded that witnesses confirm that they were seeing what they thought they were seeing. Finally convinced, they published a cover story in 1965 that went on for 16 pages, and it created a sensation. Then, and over the intervening years, Nilsson's painstakingly made pictures informed how humanity feels about . . . well, humanity. They also were appropriated for purposes that Nilsson never intended. Nearly as soon as the 1965 portfolio appeared in LIFE, images from it were enlarged by right-to-life activists and pasted to placards.</span> </span></span></div>BLUERADhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01144030533794617764noreply@blogger.com49tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2960152179117052175.post-88674916856823689882010-10-15T15:43:00.000-07:002010-10-17T14:49:58.102-07:00<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b> Law 6</b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Court Attention at all Cost</b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><blockquote><i>"In a world growing increasingly banal and familiar, what seems enigmatic instantly draws attention. Never make it too clear what you are doing or about to do. Do not show all your cards. An air of mystery heightens your presence; it also creates anticipation - everyone will be watching you to see what happens next. Use mystery to beguile, seduce, even frighten. " </i></blockquote><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.rankopedia.com/CandidatePix/30667.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://www.rankopedia.com/CandidatePix/30667.gif" width="232" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So this is part two of the sixth law of power, creating an air of mystery. Imagine, in the past, the world was filled with an infinite number of mysteries, from earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, and many more. Whatever we did not understand, became myths, legends, and spirits or gods, but now in our modern society, "<i><b>We have managed, through science and reason, to illuminate the darkness.</b></i>"</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">To create an air of mystery, you do not need to be "<i>grand or awe-inspiring,</i>" but instead weave the mysterious aspects of yourself subtly in your everyday actions. Remember, most people in today's world are as easy to read as an open book, they take little care in crafting their image and choosing which words escape their mouth. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><blockquote><i>"By simply holding back, keeping silent, occasionally uttering ambiguous phrases, deliberately appearing inconsistent, and acting odd in the subtlest of ways, you will emanate an aura of mystery. The people around you will then magnify that aura by constantly trying to interpret you."</i></blockquote><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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Imagine someone like Leonardo Da Vinci, one of the most famous men who ever existed in this world. He was a genius in many areas including art, science, sculpture, engineering, and much more. His mystery, however, heightened his name exponentially, and he knew how to invoke curiosity and wonderment from his peers. For example, he did some strange things such as writing his notebook entries in mirror script which made his work discernible for many years after his death until people actually figured out what he was up to.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Also, we can see the mysterious layers hidden in his art work, which are still being constantly debated and interpreted today. The Mona Lisa, for example, has sparked controversy and debate for centuries, as well as The Last Supper and the Vetruvian man. He enjoyed a unique fame throughout his whole lifetime, and has been forever immortalized through his mysterious actions and subtly layered brilliance in all of his works.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><blockquote><i>"Authority: if you do not declare yourself immediately, you arouse expectation ... Mix a little mystery with everything, and the very mystery stirs up veneration. And when you explain, be not too explicit ... In this manner you imitate the Divine way when you cause men to wonder and watch. " (Baltasar Gracian , 1601-1658)</i></blockquote><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lastly, I will discuss the reversal of this law, and that is of course to never apply this law to the point where you are repeating the same thing over and over, tiring people out and making them think you are desperate for attention. There are times when the best course of action is to remain hidden with the crowd, and not to defend or attack the reputation of someone who will destroy yours if given the chance.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><blockquote>"Never appear greedy for attention, then, for it signals insecurity, and insecurity drives power away." This goes back to the other laws of power I discussed earlier in my blog posts, "Never outshine the master," and in general, be prudent of your actions, and always take time to reflect and consider ways you can improve yourself in other ways.</blockquote><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Thanks for reading, keep tuned for the next post, will be different in some way but you'll have to wait and see ;)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div>BLUERADhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01144030533794617764noreply@blogger.com39tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2960152179117052175.post-9933920131313052842010-10-10T22:02:00.000-07:002010-10-10T22:02:53.219-07:00Rule #6: Court Attention at all Cost - Part 1<div align="center" class="MsoNormal"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Law 6</span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Court Attention at all Cost</span><o:p></o:p></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><br />
</b></div><blockquote><i>"Everything is judged by its appearance; what is unseen counts for nothing.</i><i> </i><i>Never let yourself get lost in the crowd, then, or buried in oblivion.</i><i> </i><i>Stand out.</i><i> </i><i>Be conspicuous, at all cost.</i><i> </i><i>Make yourself a magnet of attention by appearing larger, more colorful, more mysterious, than the bland and timid masses."</i></blockquote><br />
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</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">Good evening everyone, here to deliver another interesting and informative post on the laws of power. In the near future i'll probably be mixing it up with posts related to different books and not just Robert Greene's. This is one of the laws that I personally find to be the most intriguing, significant, and also at same time, quite <b>dangerous</b> if not applied properly. I appreciate all the great comments and feedback on my other posts, make sure to read some of the other posts in the archives and leave a comment as well! I'm going to start including "headers" and please let me know if you like it or not. This post will consist of two parts since I don't want to make it super long. Now i'll begin...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><blockquote><i>"Draw attention to yourself by creating an unforgettable, even controversial image. Court scandal. Do anything to make yourself seem larger than life and shine more brightly than those around you. Make no distinction between kinds of attention - notoriety of any sort will bring you power. Better to be slandered and attacked than ignored."</i></blockquote><br />
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"Once peoples eyes are on you, you have a special legitimacy," and this attention is one of the most valuable things attainable in your quest for power. I love to use the Kanye West/Taylor Swift picture above as an example of how smart Kanye was for pulling a stunt like that. All good actors/actresses, and anyone else in the media business knows that it is of unequivocal importance to stay in the <b>limelight</b>, and to <b>keep everyone's eyes</b> focused on them. Nowadays the attention span of the average human is <b>extremely limited</b>, there are a <b>tremendous</b> amount of funny, smart, and educated people that have a knack for attracting attention to themselves.<br />
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Our society, and future generations, will always desire "larger than life figures," those who shine brighter than the rest and illuminate what would otherwise be a grey and dull world. That is why the entertainment industry has grown consistently and rapidly over the last few centuries, and is evolving with the times, always adapting and anticipating the needs of both the young and the older audiences. Even <b>professionals</b> of any kind must follow this law of power, since there is always a showmanship part to every job which separates the successful and the mediocre.<br />
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According to Robert Greene, if you are in a position of low power and have very little attention paid to you, you should attack the "most visible, most famous, and most powerful person you can find." Personally, I think this is a strategy that is very dangerous, and I would probably not recommend it unless you have a very clear plan of what you are going to do next, and how you will defend the potential attempts of people who want to take your life afterwards. Also, doing this may make you appear weaker and desperate, so you must plan ahead and make sure that it is worthwhile before doing something that might damage your reputation beyond repair.<br />
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</b></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><blockquote><i>"Reputation is the cornerstone of power. Through reputation alone you can intimidate and win; once you slip, however, you are vulnerable, and will be attacked on all sides. Make your reputation unassailable. Always be alert to potential attacks and thwart them before they happen. Meanwhile, learn to destroy your enemies by opening holes in their own reputations. Then stand aside and let public opinion hang them."</i></blockquote><br />
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To a degree, everyone around us is like a mystery that can never be solved or understood fully. No matter what sort of appearances someone presents, there is always a part of it that is simply an act, and it is nearly impossible to penetrate and probe the hidden layers of the mind. That is why most people choose to rely on appearances to make their judgement on an individual instead of carefully investigating their actions and true motives.<br />
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<i>Thanks for all the great comments on the last few posts, i'm going to put up a poll pretty soon to gauge what you guys are liking about these posts, and how they can be improved. I'm still fairly busy with school, but i'll try to find the time to update this blog as often as I can, as I know there are some readers out there who really enjoy reading these posts. </i><b>Make sure to check out my other blogs, their are links above</b>. <br />
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"A picture is worth a thousand words," but I think its much more than that. A picture can define an era, it can destroy one. It can raise fear, hope, spread unity, or discord. It can make one famous, or ruin someone elses life. Why do we take pictures of everything around us? The answer again, although sometimes deep rooted, is <b>power</b>.<br />
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Many great and powerful families have fully documented their lives with pictures and have professional scribes to recount their lives since they were small. Imagine people like the Rockerfellers, old families who have established power bases so huge, it is almost incomprehensible to some.<br />
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</span></b></div><blockquote>"Keep people off-balance and in the dark by never revealing the purpose behind your actions.<span> </span>If they have no clue what you are up to, they cannot prepare a defense.<span> </span>Guide them far enough down the wrong path, envelope them in enough smoke, and by the time they realize your intentions, it will be too late."</blockquote><div class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://angelawileman.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/wolf20-20sheep2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="193" src="http://angelawileman.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/wolf20-20sheep2.jpg" width="320" /></a>Good afternoon everyone, hope everyones doing well, i've been busy with school and work but here I am to talk more about the principles of power, based on some of my own examples and using some useful quotes to illustrate my points. Thanks again for all your great comments, I really hope that you are all learning something from reading this blog that you can apply to your everyday life to achieve a greatest sense of power within. Writing about this helps me too, and I truly appreciate all the great comments and even the criticisms.</div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: left;">Concealing your intentions is a crucial aspect of building power, and one of the most neglected ones in my opinion. It may sound terrible, and evil, to even consider this as a rule of power, but even those who speak out against it are often the ones who are most adept at its practice. </div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: left;">Have you ever heard of a chessmaster who revealed his strategies to his opponents before a major tournament? Or a general who announced his battle plan before waging war on his enemy? Why do you think celebrities think of so many ways to gain publicity through seemingly random occurrences, when in fact they are creating a smokescreen to draw attention away from their true motives? When you meet a girl that you like, you never go straight up to them and tell them directly that you love them and want to be with them, you have to learn how to play the rules of the game, and that often involves concealing your true emotions and motives.</div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: left;"><br />
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Everyday when you meet people, most of them are like an open book to be read, I personally feel that at least 85-90% of the population fails to practice this law, and thus brings them a lot of stress, misfortune, and potential failure. There are times when honesty is the right way to go about things, but it is dangerous to be too honest, since it is a "blunt object" which "bloodies more than it cuts."<br />
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Imagine, you have great plans for the future, everything is going your way, and success seems within your grasp, yet your friends and allies are doing poorly. If asked, "How are you doing," and you go on and spew out all your plans and reveal the whole truth, whether it be to a friend or a stranger, you are actually alienating them more than anything. Being truthful all of the time with your motives makes you predictable and altogether too familiar, and people will not respect nor inspire any fear from your actions.<br />
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Instead, you should tell people what they want to hear, tell them anything except for your true goals. Again, this may sound perverse, evil, and perhaps cruel, but these tactics are being used against you every day, unwittingly by some, but there are other people who are naturals and will strengthen their own power base while confusing you by using these tactics.<br />
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Also on a final note, since I have to go to class soon, remember that most of these laws have a reversal where applying them can lead to a negative effect. Use your judgement and apply the laws as you see fit, but do not go overboard with our actions.<br />
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<blockquote><i>"Hide your intentions not by closing up (with the risk of appearing secretive, and making people suspicious) but by talking endlessly about your desires and goals -- just not your real ones. You will kill three birds with one stone: You appear friendly, open, and trusting; you conceal your intentions; and you send your rivals on time-consuming wild-goose chases"</i></blockquote><br />
Thanks for taking the time to read this and your continued support and comments are very much appreciated. Make sure to check out my other blogs, i'll try and update them as much as I can with the limited time I have between school and work and always keep it interesting and relevant!<br />
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If necessary, i'll add and edit more to this post depending on the comments and questions you have!<br />
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</span></div><div><a href="http://my.pokernews.com/usr/38729/photos/495f5a6a3587e_mid.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://my.pokernews.com/usr/38729/photos/495f5a6a3587e_mid.jpg" width="219" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">In other words, they play tight and aggressive and fold most of their hands, and play tight on the button, when they are at the most powerful position. Those who play poker probably know what i'm talking about, but for those who don't, i'll try and rephrase that. Basically your utilizing a system that requires a strict discipline in the hands you play, depending on your position on the table. Minimum bets called blinds force the players to make bets on the pot (prize money) before each hand is dealt.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">I'm not a very great player yet, but I know that it takes commitment to study and learn the game before being able to grind to a higher bankroll, meaning winning and making money and playing in higher stakes games. Theres a lot of resources online for beginner poker players who want to raise their next game to the next level, and that is how powerful poker players end up playing consistently throughout tournaments and also sometimes cash games.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">I bet there are a lot of principles that could be applied to the game, depending on your style of play, and how you are successful. Poker is just one way that people earn their living, and it's not really a very large population. The only way the industry can be successful is if people are losing... The fish in the ocean getting eaten by larger sharks. It's a rat race to the top, but the spoils could be rewarding, if of course, you have the patience to learn and improve upon every game.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">Poker is a game susceptible to constant change in the flow of the game. Players must be able to try to predict their opponents hands, a skill known as card reading. Percentages are involved in the calculations a player must make before determining if his card will be stronger than the opponent.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">As human beings, many of us like to gamble at times, and if unwatched, can become an addiction, basically like everything else. Learning the rules of poker is the most important at first, then applying the laws of power that govern the game and using that to create consistent and winning strategies.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">I think we could learn a lesson or two from the discipline practiced by professional poker players, sometimes the decisions faced on the table are very tough ones, and it takes a powerful amount of inner strength to keep composed and let emotions affect judgement.</span><br />
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">This exemplifies <b>game theory,</b> something you might know about. It's a zero sum game, in the end its a winner takes all the opponents money, therefore its all about outlasting your opponent. Winning at poker is probably possible for most people, just like it is with making money from blogging, or starting an online business. We hear about it and think, "Oh hey, it would be great to win doing something like that, but its going to be tough." The "problem" is that it takes a certain amount of work and dedication, different for each peron.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">Nothing really comes easy for most people, even if you are already rich, or famous, you still have to be constantly applying the laws of power in your everyday decisions to maintain, improve, and live your life.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">Phew, that took a while to type, and to those who asked me, I usually spend around half an hour writing these posts, and directly come from my own experiences. Look forward to future posts, make sure to check out my other blogs on my profile.</span><br />
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I'm going to stray away from using Robert Greene's laws and write a post based on my own thoughts on power. For different people, power comes in different shapes and forms and it can be solid and visible, or fluid and hard to detect, yet the properties are nearly always the same. This is going to be a long read, I can't sleep since I drank coffee at 1am, but I'll try and keep it interesting, as always.<br />
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Similarly, in chess, the essence of power comes from the mind, and the player who can foresee many moves ahead and anticipate his opponents strategies will become the victor. If you think about it, power comes in many shapes and forms, but we have the choice on how we manipulate it to benefit us.<br />
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In each era, power is leveraged through different means, and is constantly evolving each and every day, many times unnoticed by most of the general population. Since 10% of the people have 90% of the power in this world, you might be asking yourself, how can I be one of the 10% and not part of the manipulated masses? This is a question that will yield a different answer depending on each person.<br />
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We all have natural strengths and weaknesses, that is the beauty of the essence of power. Some people may seem overpowered and unnaturally powerful, and that is because they have mastered many of the laws of power and play to their strengths while guarding their weaknesses carefully.<br />
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First of all, make yourself seem larger than life, always enter actions with boldness, and not with timidity. People are honoured in every generation, every culture, for being bold, brave, and keeping their head up high even when faced with defeat. Your weaknesses will be masked if you create a smokescreen for your enemies and plant fake weaknesses which if they try and attack, you can readily counter.<br />
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Secondly, always remember that the essence of power means that you have to be constantly scanning and adapting to your environment, since nothing is permanent, and change is everywhere. By doing this, you are guarding yourself for a potential ambush by your enemies, and even if this may sound a bit outdated, it is still extremely relevant in our world today.<br />
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It may seem like we are at an age where power is more insignificant, and we can get by with the ideals of a new and softer generation, but often times this is not the case. We are now in an information age where the ones who will succeed are the ones who can adapt and leverage information at the fastest speeds possible.<br />
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The reason why I describe the essence of power as "radical" is because it is signifies change. A radical idea is something that is different from the norms of society and is usually regarded as dangerous or evil. Think about it, nearly everything that we do nowadays would seem <b>radical</b> to people from the past, and even more so as you go back deeper and deeper.<br />
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Those who can grasp this essence will instantly be more intuitive to the changes around the world and be able to act accordingly to their own skill sets and further increase their chances for success in their quest for power. Radical ideas now will soon become a normal part of society, and we are seeing signs of this in movies, books, fashion, and more.<br />
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Thanks for all the great comments yet again, always glad to hear positive feedback and also criticisms.BLUERADhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01144030533794617764noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2960152179117052175.post-53945007921280926572010-09-25T20:04:00.000-07:002010-11-02T14:26:56.026-07:00Rule #2: Never put too Much Trust in Friends, Learn to use Enemies<div align="center" class="MsoHeading8"><b><img height="315" src="http://jgordonduncan.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/love-your-enemies.jpg" width="400" /></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoHeading8"><b><br />
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</div><div class="MsoBodyText"><a href="http://www.clementfaria.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/judas.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.clementfaria.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/judas.jpg" /></a>This was the second rule written by Robert Greene and a very important one that should be practiced by those who want to maintain their power. It sounds very harsh when you first think about it, "Why shouldn't I trust my friends? They're always there for me." Actually, in reality, it can be dangerous game to play since if you rely on your friends too much to build you power, you end up losing a lot of it in most times to disappointments which actually may end up breaking your friendship.</div><div class="MsoBodyText"><br />
</div><div class="MsoBodyText"><i>" Thu</i><i>s for my own part I have more than once been deceived by the person I loved most and of whose love, above everyone else's, I have been most confident. So that I believe that it may be right to love and serve one person above all others, according to merit and worth but never to trust so much in this tempting trap of a friendship as to have cause to repent of it later on. "</i></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoBodyText"><a href="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:t2U1pH1tsQVPqM:http://www.independentcritics.com/images/last%20samurai%20SPLASH.jpg&t=1" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:t2U1pH1tsQVPqM:http://www.independentcritics.com/images/last%20samurai%20SPLASH.jpg&t=1" /></a>Learning to use your enemies instead of your friends gives you a whole new degree of power, and this is why: Enemies are at least truthful in the fact that they dislike you, and are likely to show their emotions openly towards you. Friends, on the other hand, tend to brush thing under the rug about the qualities they dislike to soften the harshness and avoid conflict. Do we really know our friends as well as we believe? Sometimes we laugh extra hard at each others jokes to keep each other happy, and act happy when they succeed, but deep down feel envy eating away inside. </div><div class="MsoBodyText"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoBodyText">Basically, when you hire your friends, they will very likely limit your power because they feel like they are condescending to your whim, which is the very last thing they want to do. <b>"Keep friends for friendship, but work with the skilled and the competent." </b> If you lucky and your friends are both skilled and competent, then go ahead, but still be wary of the complications that may ensue in the struggle to obtain a balance in power.<br />
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</div><div class="MsoBodyText"><a href="http://take2sports.typepad.com/.a/6a011168a54dff970c011570234fe4970c-320wi" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://take2sports.typepad.com/.a/6a011168a54dff970c011570234fe4970c-320wi" /></a></div><div class="MsoBodyText">"Your enemies, on the other hand, are an untapped gold mine that you must learn to exploit." There are many lessons in history that dictate this point, and it also occurs regularly in movies, novels, video games, and more. The reason why this has always been a key to power is because you are essentially killing two birds with one stone. By befriending your enemy, he no longer becomes a danger to you, and he can also further your cause further in your quest for power.<br />
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For instance, Kobe and Shaq were enemies in the past, they hated each other and it seemed that they would not be able to play well as team mates. After overcoming this obstacle, they went on to win championships and proved this laws effectiveness yet again.</div><div class="MsoBodyText"></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><br />
</div><div class="MsoBodyText">Remember that in your quest for power, it is sometimes difficult to discern between your friends and your enemies, but you can always reap benefits from either party if you are careful and not let your emotions cloud your judgement.</div><div class="MsoBodyText"></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><br />
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<div class="MsoBodyText">Always make those above you feel comfortably superior. In your desire to please or impress them, do not go too far in displaying your talents or you might accomplish the opposite – inspire fear and insecurity. Make your masters appear more brilliant than they are and you will attain the heights of power.<br />
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This is the first rule that Robert Greene talked about, and it is an important rule that should be observed that can be applied in many everyday situations. The master could be anybody, you never know who you might be "serving" in the future, and it is important to be prudent when faced upon such situations.<br />
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Basically, the thing to remember is that everyone has their insecurities and if you flaunt your talents around with reckless abandon, you create a rift between you and the people who might potentially be able to help you further your cause in the future. People may OOH and AHH but in reality, they are thinking of ways to outshine you, even if that means getting rid of you in the process.<br />
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Things have not changed very much since the times of the Kings and Queens, and people are still as envious and jealous of each others abilities as they ever have been. The only difference now is the rate in which people can communicate with each other. It is so easy to slander someone when you have your cellphone, social networking, blogging, and more. Even if you are extremely talented at something, remember that "There can only be one sun in the sky at a time," and if you are a smaller star shining brighter than another larger star, it will surely consume you without you even realizing it.</div>BLUERADhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01144030533794617764noreply@blogger.com32tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2960152179117052175.post-91406097246958412972010-09-23T16:00:00.000-07:002010-09-23T16:00:00.309-07:00Welcome to the Principles of Power<div style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img src="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:vm0Jr6nqeEVnbM:http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t49/cinzia326/samurai.jpg&t=1" /></div><br />
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I'm sure some of you have read my blogs already, and I hope you are coming here with an open mind and heart and ready to learn about the laws of power. I will do my best to make each post interesting, informative, and applicable to your everyday life.<br />
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I will draw my information from many sources, mainly from some of my favourite books like: <b>Nicco Machiavelli's " The Prince, " </b>as well as <b>Robert Greene's "48 Laws of Power"</b><br />
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The goal of this blog is to study the laws of power and how they govern all aspects of life, whether it be playing World of Warcraft, trying out for the Basketball team, and basically anything you can imagine. Now you might think that power is "evil" or "manipulative," but the truth of the fact is that we all cannot live without establishing a power base, and history has shown this repeatedly.<br />
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I will also use examples from Ancient history from many different civilizations in the past including our own modern era, and perhaps dicussions that may lead into the future.<br />
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The flow of power is constantly changing around us and if we learn to apply the principles, we can improve our lives, overcome our problems, and create an environment which we can truly love and enjoy.<br />
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We all feel powerless at some times in our lives, yet it is undeniable that each and every single one of us has potential to succeed in some aspects of our lives, and realizing our own power is the key to unlocking the paths in which we desire to tread upon.BLUERADhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01144030533794617764noreply@blogger.com7