LAW 4: Always say less than necessary.
@RobertGreene advises silence and ambiguity as a method to keep people guessing and encourage them to reveal their intentions.
This barely skims the surface of what the law can do. It's a potent practice for cognitive development.
@RobertGreene advises silence and ambiguity as a method to keep people guessing and encourage them to reveal their intentions.
This barely skims the surface of what the law can do. It's a potent practice for cognitive development.
1. Western society is weak and fragile because so much of it is organized around empty talk and virtue-signaling.
Learn to pay attention and keep your mouth shut, and you'll immediately stand out. And rise above.
Learn to pay attention and keep your mouth shut, and you'll immediately stand out. And rise above.
Еxperiment for a week. Say as little as possible in the company of friends, family and coworkers.
Whenever you do need to talk, be polite but ambiguous.
You'll see the effects sooner than you think. You'll be surprised how powerful, so expect to be unsettled.
Whenever you do need to talk, be polite but ambiguous.
You'll see the effects sooner than you think. You'll be surprised how powerful, so expect to be unsettled.
2. Understand that too much talk is a telltale sign of an undisciplined mind. This applies to introverts as well as extroverts.
Doesn't matter if you twak to make people comfortable or to impress them. Emphasize your actions and presence, spare the words.
Doesn't matter if you twak to make people comfortable or to impress them. Emphasize your actions and presence, spare the words.
3. Picking fights, online and off, with people you don't know is a sign of lo-awarenes and immaturity.
It's stupid because you don't know who you're dealing with. It's childish because you're wasting your time and energy.
It's stupid because you don't know who you're dealing with. It's childish because you're wasting your time and energy.
Know the subject matter and the opponent before you run your mouth. Until then only ask questions, and you will appear sage.
Pick a fight only if the time and energy invested is worth setting an example. Understand the impact on your reputation.
Pick a fight only if the time and energy invested is worth setting an example. Understand the impact on your reputation.
4. Uncontrolled talking and opinionating = mental weakness.
– Trying too hard
– Defensiveness
– Letting others define you/the frame
– Lack of priorities
– Poor etiquette
– No self-discipline
– Low self-awareness
If you can't stop talking, you have room for improvement.
– Trying too hard
– Defensiveness
– Letting others define you/the frame
– Lack of priorities
– Poor etiquette
– No self-discipline
– Low self-awareness
If you can't stop talking, you have room for improvement.
5. You learn to control your words to master your Mind more than anything else. Any social effects are just a bonus.
Controlling your talk is a powerful practice to raise your self-awareness and mental fortitude. You will discover challenges and insecurities you never suspected.
Controlling your talk is a powerful practice to raise your self-awareness and mental fortitude. You will discover challenges and insecurities you never suspected.
Impulsive talking often comes from an unconscious desire for (self-)validation.
When you look for validation from others, you allow them to define you.
When you look for validation from self, you allow conditions to define you.
To define yourself, be deliberate with your voice.
When you look for validation from others, you allow them to define you.
When you look for validation from self, you allow conditions to define you.
To define yourself, be deliberate with your voice.
Talk as much as you like, say only what serves your vision of Yourself.
6. Talking crowds out cognition and perception. You drown your senses in the sound of your own voice.
When you talk too much, you can make enemies for no reason. When you keep quiet and ambiguous, you leave room for attention and awareness.
When you talk too much, you can make enemies for no reason. When you keep quiet and ambiguous, you leave room for attention and awareness.
Next time you feel the urge to talk, be reminded of this:
– Instead of venting, direct your energy to amplify your attention and awareness.
– Pay closer attention to the gestures and voices of the people around you.
– Be more aware of the feelings and emotions within you.
– Instead of venting, direct your energy to amplify your attention and awareness.
– Pay closer attention to the gestures and voices of the people around you.
– Be more aware of the feelings and emotions within you.
7. Minding your words is the most powerful mindfulness practice:
– You get immediate results, so it's easier to persist.
– You get immediate feedback, so you can improve fast.
– You find a newfound Power of Mind within hours and days.
– You get immediate results, so it's easier to persist.
– You get immediate feedback, so you can improve fast.
– You find a newfound Power of Mind within hours and days.
If you adopt saying less than necessary as a mindfulness practice, your Mind will soon be on fire.
You will wonder where all that energy came from. But you have to focus relentlessly on this one thing.
You will wonder where all that energy came from. But you have to focus relentlessly on this one thing.
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