LAW 39: Stir up waters to catch fish.
You can gain the upper hand in a confrontation by making your adversary act out of anger and emotion; you are at a disadvantage when you do so yourself.
Seek to unsettle yourself to gain insight into vulnerabilities and build power.
You can gain the upper hand in a confrontation by making your adversary act out of anger and emotion; you are at a disadvantage when you do so yourself.
Seek to unsettle yourself to gain insight into vulnerabilities and build power.
1. In the moment, everything is fleeting. The emotion that overwhelms your judgement now will be forgotten in a few months - if not minutes.
There's much enjoyment in spontaneity. And this is the test for what decisions belong in the moment.
> If you seek to amplify a good experience, seize the moment, but don't let it divert from your vision of yourself.
> Don't make long-term commitments on momentary feelings.
> If you seek to amplify a good experience, seize the moment, but don't let it divert from your vision of yourself.
> Don't make long-term commitments on momentary feelings.
2. Keep away from people who unsettle you and make you take rash decisions you regret later.
Such people are either malicious or stupid, and they will only weigh you down like a millstone around your neck.
Such people are either malicious or stupid, and they will only weigh you down like a millstone around your neck.
When people around you are unsettled, that's a signal to do the opposite and look for opportunity to advance.
Keeping your cool when everyone's going full headless chicken will earn you social capital and respect in business.
Keeping your cool when everyone's going full headless chicken will earn you social capital and respect in business.
3. Learn to toy with people who try to manipulate you or unsettle you, but do it subtly. Maneuver them to embarrass themselves publicly.
That way you build mental fortitude and send a message to anyone else who might want to test your patience.
That way you build mental fortitude and send a message to anyone else who might want to test your patience.
4. You can gain insight into your own flaws and vulnerabilities by finding ways to unsettle yourself.
Better do this on your own terms, than having to learn it the hard way.
Better do this on your own terms, than having to learn it the hard way.
Use physical and mental stress to find what makes you soft and reactive.
Study bad decisions you've made in the past to understand the conditions and inure yourself against them.
Create decision-making principles to avoid repeating the same mistakes.
Study bad decisions you've made in the past to understand the conditions and inure yourself against them.
Create decision-making principles to avoid repeating the same mistakes.
Use extreme stress to build mental fortitude: go on a long fast, run a marathon, work 20-hour days for a week - towards your goals.
As you test yourself, watch out for the mental dynamics and rationalizations you tell yourself to justify quitting. They are signals to learn from.
As you test yourself, watch out for the mental dynamics and rationalizations you tell yourself to justify quitting. They are signals to learn from.
5. Anger and emotion can be jet fuel for the enlightened mind. Learn not to attach to them, but harness the energy to propel you forward.
Non-attachment and non-identification with the emotion is how you don't allow conditions to determine your decisions.
Accept that it will pass away like every other, ask yourself how it can serve your long-term goals in the moment.
Accept that it will pass away like every other, ask yourself how it can serve your long-term goals in the moment.
Building mental fortitude is essential Power of Mind.
This is what the DAILY missive is about.
The emails are FREE, you still have to do the work.
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This is what the DAILY missive is about.
The emails are FREE, you still have to do the work.
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