the 48 laws of power by Robert Greene
you have been cultivating your skills and mastering your craft. years of hard
work and dedication have gone into preparing you for your career.
a bright
and promising future lies ahead and you are eager to show the world how great
you are. Remember though with greatness comes haters. People who see your success
as a personal attack against them. People who can't help but be negative. For the
most part though just listen to some Taylor Swift and shake it off. "A lion does
not concern himself with the opinions of sheep" Ignore them there nobody's to you.
There's only one person who's envy you should avoid at all costs
the Masters this can be your boss your professor your mentor anyone you
wish to learn from or must answer to their opinion is all that matters
law number one never shine the master i remember when my father used to work IT for a bank and
he had a degree in computer science and felt like he was superior to his manager a guy who barely
finished high school but had years of experience my father started outshining
the guy and soon
co-workers started to turn to my dad for help instead of the boss I didn't understand
why his boss started treating him so crappy at the time I was just a kid and didn't really
think much about it all I knew was my father was always getting crap from the
guy even though he was one of the best workers there now I'm not telling you
this story to tell you how awesome my daddy is or how mean his manager was its
to show you the real-world effect of out shining the master
you see the key is to understand people are insecure people in positions of
power tends to be even more insecure using their status as validation
for their self-worth they probably had to stab a few backs to get to where they
are and therefore are paranoid about who's coming to get them the moment you
keep correcting your teacher or outperforming your boss he or she will
see you as a threat
resentment starts to build and the next thing you know bob gets the raise instead
of you
remember
always make those above you feel comfortably superior
it's natural to want to impress your boss or even want to surpass them it's
good to be that ambitious you should be that ambitious but you kind of have to
be a bit of a show off to achieve it and remember the master
holds the key to your future so you need to showcase your talents with caution
appeal to their you go whenever you can' flatter them and let them feel
like they're the top dog be careful of being too complementary though no one
likes a teacher's pet not even teacher
subtle gestures of appreciation and acknowledged should be enough
make your boss shine through you let him believe
he is the reason for your success when you do this you don't have to hold back
as much if your ideas are more creative than your masters ascribe them to him
in as public a manner as possible make it clear that your advice is merely an echo
of his now the second part of this rule is to never take your position for granted
even if you've been performing well making sure your master feels adequately
powerful and you've been subtly flattering him or her
this doesn't guarantee anything nothing in life is guaranteed so never get too
comfortable you like many others before can easily become the fallen favorite if something
goes wrong with the company and the boss needs a scapegoat a smart boss chooses
his favorite employees
no one would suspect the boss would wrongfully blame their favorite employee
this allows the boss to escape blame free
and get rid of a person who might have replaced him
so in conclusion remember don't worry too much about what others think about you
the master is all that matters and don't get too comfortable remember the fallen
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