How to Win at Life
Everyone aspires for greatness – but few actually get there. Many get started on their journey but they quit when it gets hard and go back to the ordinary – the easy, the risk-free, and the familiar. They recede to the path of least resistance. Frustrated with themselves, they rationalize their choice: “Greatness is not […]
Law 2: Never Put Too Much Trust in Friends, Learn How to Use Enemies | 48 Laws of Power
Be wary of friends – they will betray you more quickly, for they are easily aroused to envy. They also become spoiled and tyrannical. But hire a former enemy and he will be more loyal than a friend, because he has more to prove. In fact, you have more to fear from friends than from […]
How to Not Be Unhappy: Stop Watching the News
From the desk of Harsh Strongman Topic: Stop watching news It’s morning, you’re eating breakfast, you turn on the TV and you see that there has been a gruesome murder, you see a drunkard has raped some poor girl, you see that a bridge has fallen and many people have died. On your screen you […]
How to Stick to Goals: Get Rid of the Abandon Ship Mentality
Yesterday, a gentleman who is taking the Live Intentionally – 90 Day Self-Project contacted me, and he asked me a very familiar sounding question: “I do things right for a few days or a week or two, but then I can’t hold it any longer, and I go back to my old habits. After wasting […]
Law 1: Never Outshine the Master | 48 Laws of Power
Always make those above you feel comfortably superior. In your desire to please and 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. Example of […]
