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Don’t flaunt your talents too much.
Create your own identity and use it like a costume.
Make yourself indispensable, so it’s harder to cut you off.
Raise your value through absence and scarcity, Don’t let people take you for granted.
Use surrender as a tool. Bide your time for retaliation.
Concentrate your forces, Don’t spread them too thin.
Be a masterful courtier to balance the various players and power brokers.
Keep others in suspense (by being unpredictable) Keep them second-guessing.
Create a cult-like following, Play on what people want to see/hear.
Act boldly, so you seem confident.
Plan till the end, so you won’t be caught by surprise.
Make your achievements seem effortless, Don’t show your real success secrets.
Control the options (but let people think they’re in control).
Play to people’s fantasies so they keep following you.
Don’t overtrust your friends. Use your enemies.
Master the art of timing, Strike only at the right hour.
Mask your intentions, Keep your cards close to your chest.
Dazzle people with spectacles so they don’t see what you’re really doing.
Hide your unorthodox thinking, Pretend to blend in.
Always say less than necessary. You’ll maintain control better
Protect your reputation at all costs, since your reputation shapes others’ expectations.
Disarm people with strategic honesty & generosity (use these as tools to win people over).
Get help by appealing to self-interest, not goodness.
Make people come to you, so you hold all the cards.
Win both hearts and minds, Appeal to both feelings and logic.
Win through actions, not argument.
Introduce change gradually (Drastic reforms bring resistance).
Act in the way you want to be treated. Be regal and authoritative.
Don’t dirty your hands, Get others to do your dirty work.
Get others to do the work and take the credit, Save your time/energy while building your base.
Stay neutral as long as possible to maintain your independence.
Chart a new course rather than try a big man’s shoes.
Unbalance and confuse with the mirror effect (mask reality with illusion).
Know your opponents and who you’re dealing with.
Feign disinterest and ignore.
Find your opponent’s fatal weakness to break their defences.
Make your victims feel smarter than you, so they drop their guard.
Isolate yourself behind a fortress, but have eyes and ears everywhere.
Be a spy. Gather intelligence to know your opponents.
Stir up waters to catch the fish, Make your opponents reckless while you stay calm.
Beware the free lunch. There’re always strings attached.
Don’t get infected by misery and misfortune. Associate with positive, successful people.
Strike the shepherd to scatter the sheep, Isolate the leader
Crush your enemy totally. Don’t give them a chance to recover.
Don’t seem too perfect or you’ll invite jealousy.
Don’t push too far in victory. Know when to stop.
Be formless and unpredictable.
