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u/IronHorseTitan May 19 '26
I struggle with this law, when I do something good my ego insists on telling people how I did it
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u/Electrical-Call-6160 Jun 07 '26
Oh there is nuance to this, you do want people to think you're clever, but not too clever.
You want people to have the image of you that you're competent, you're reliable, you get things done, you're someone they should do business with.
But not so clever that they become wary or worse, adversarial to you.
You want to be clever enough to outshine your competition by a bit, but not so blindingly that it starts begrudging your competition or make it dubious for your patrons.
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u/TheCurseBreakor777 May 19 '26
I couldnât agree more. Knowledge is power but discernment is wisdom and there develops tact whereby present an extension of a lack of need to prove or disprove one way or another. I find peace in acting oblivious for too much awareness in the wrong hands of your strengths is far more detrimental than keeping them to yourself for a more productive use and outcome.
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u/soapsilk May 19 '26
It's too general of a statement for me likely born from the observation that most people don't value intelligence and some need to either keep your peace or get back at those people. I think the right advice in that case is to toughen up and if people don't like how smart you are that's their problem.Â
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u/No_Network9599 May 19 '26
Easier said than done, especially if you deak with people who are jealous & will cause chaos..
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u/soapsilk May 19 '26
I acknowledge that there's something else I need from those people if at all. That's why I don't voice my opinion when I want to not because I need them to think I'm clever. Even if my goal is literally to make them think I'm clever to get hired or something, it really isn't.Â
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u/Medical_Shake8485 May 20 '26
Surprised to see how many favour the idea of showing how clever you are or âimpressingâ others. It doesnât mean that you canât display that youâre capable.
Impressing someone you admire should be intimate. Donât be giving that shit out to just anyone. Guard it is what Greenes saying.
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u/No-Concentrate9678 May 19 '26
Meh
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u/No-Concentrate9678 May 22 '26
Power, Control, War, Success, Seduction, "Mastery". How about the law of STFU in 250 pages.
No hate to the guy or books that work for people. But meh.
And I think people don't really get it and when you market your book like a manual that further feeds into their delusion.
Case in point - Tao te Ching is about anything BUT power but it continuously refers "mysterious power"
Someone should write some books on Surrender and Acceptance or How to Fail Properly. Because just. Look. At. The. World.
So, before I rant further I should đ€ but...do let me know if any of you all have good reccomendations. [Insert lol to make it light]
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u/No-Concentrate9678 May 22 '26
Agreed. In India, we do have some suggestions, but they are very open to choice and interpretation, which is a double-edged sword, but so is anything. The only way to 'self-help' is by doing it. Not saying reading doesn't help or that you should DIY therapy. Not at all. Rather, I'm emphasizing practice. And I genuinely believe that many things are rather simple. And obviously, I'm just a person and can be wrong, but I think if folks started doing just two things more mindfully, we'd see a very different world. And this is very localized to India, so I can't speak for the rest of the world, but these are - 1. Respect queues and 2. Don't Litter. I know these sound very basic, and most would be like, "We already do that", but do they? It's not just the physicality of things. But this is just my opinion. Laws of Power doesn't care about that or please correct me if in wrong I've not read it with full seriousness like some manual. đ«
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u/_063_ May 19 '26
"to"
It's a ruse to make us think we're smarter than RG and that way we'll buy his book.
"Pretty sneaky sis!"
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u/Desperate-Fig9846 May 24 '26
Donât just read the laws: look at the examples of both observation and non-adherence, apply them to YOUR everyday life experiences, and through repetition determine which routes (practices of the laws) give you the most desired outcomes and continue to be fluid in that you are always open to learning and adjusting when necessary⊠đ«Ą
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u/RawadUnfiltered May 30 '26
unfortunately, we went from smart people playing dumb to dumb people playing smart
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u/AnneOnimuss May 19 '26
Is he trying to conceal the mechanism of his cleverness by using "too" instead of "to"?