When you show yourself to the world and display your talents, you naturally stir all kinds of resentment, envy, and other manifestations of insecurity... you cannot spend your life worrying about the...
When the snipe and the mussel struggle, the fisherman gets the benefit. Ancient Chinese saying
Those who seek to achieve things should show no mercy. Kautilya, Indian philosopher third century B.C. OBSERVANCE
The people around you are generally mysterious. You are never quite sure about their intentions. They present an appearance that is often deceptive—their manipulative actions don’t match their lofty w...
People around you, constantly under the pull of their emotions, change their ideas by the day or by the hour, depending on their mood. You must never assume that what people say or do in a particular...
Let us call this quality the Original Mind. This mind looked at the world more directly—not through words and received ideas. It was flexible and receptive to new information. Retaining a memory of th...
Keep your friends for friendship, but work with the skilled and competent
If, for example, you are miserly by nature, you will never go beyond a certain limit; only generous souls attain greatness.
Do not fight them. Instead think of them the way you think of children, or pets, not important enough to affect your mental balance
Any man who tries to be good all the time is bound to come to ruin among the great number who are not good.
[M]any believe that by being honest and open they are winning people’s hearts and showing their good nature.They are greatly deluded. Honesty is actually a blunt instrument, which bloodies more than i...
Our successes and failures in life can be traced to how well or how badly we deal with the inevitable conflicts that confront us in society.
No one is really going to help you or give you direction. In fact, the odds are against you.
Learn to move fast and adapt or you will be eaten. The best way to avoid this fate is to assume formlessness. No predator alive can attack what it cannot see. OBSERVANCE
If no resistances or obstacles face you, you must create them. No seduction can proceed without them.
When you have success, be extra wary. When you are angry, take no action. When you are fearful, know you are going to exaggerate the dangers you face.
When our emotions are engaged, we often have trouble seeing things as they are.
Too often we make a separation in our lives—there is work and there is life outside work, where we find real pleasure and fulfillment. Work is often seen as a means for making money so we can enjoy th...
Think of it this way: There are two kinds of failure. The first comes from never trying out your ideas because you are afraid, or because you are waiting for the perfect time. This kind of failure you...
The most important of these skills, and power’s crucial foundation, is the ability to master your emotions. An emotional response to a situation is the single greatest barrier to power, a mistake that...