Never
put too much trust in friends, learn how to use enemies
There is a chance that friends
might betray you as they are easily swayed by envy. But if you
hire a former enemy he/she will be more loyal as he/she has a
point to prove that you can trust him/her. Also they are grateful
to you. In fact you have to fear more from friends than enemies.
Enemies are predictable, friends are not.
Conceal
your Intentions
Keep people guessing and off balance
by never revealing the purpose behind the action. If your opponents
have no clue of what you are up to they cannot prepare for defence.
Lead them to a wrong path , envelope them in the smoke.
Mayawati
plays this role to perfection, nobody can guess her actions and
the purpose behind it.
Always
speak less than necessary
When you are trying to impress
people with words, less is more. The more you speak, more common
you will appear. Powerful people impress by saying less.
Kumble
just by staying quiet during the Indo-Australia series gained
the upper hand.
Your
reputation is your asset- guard it with your life
Reputation is the cornerstone
of your success. With reputation you can impress, intimidate.
The reputation need to be unassailable. Reputation, once it is
damaged, a person appears to be vulnerable.
Advani's reputation of being a
firm and hardliner leader has taken a beating by him acting like
Vajapayee.
Court
attention at all costs
It is the generation of packaging.
Stand out, the attention span is short. Make yourself the magnet
of attention by being different, big, eye catching or mysterious.
Lalu Yadav
by adopting different mannerism, language has become more popular
than the more sophisticated leaders/ministers like Chidambaram
or Kamal Nath.
Delegate what can be done by
the others but take the credit
Use the wisdom, knowledge, of
other people to further your cause or reach your goal. You cannot
do everything yourself. Delegate wherever possible.
Lalu Yadav has taken the credit
for the turn around of the railways
Make other people come to you-use
bait if necessary
When you force the other person
to abandon their plan and come to you. You radiate power. Lure
them with the biggest gains.
Future
group CEO Kishore Biyani or Ambanis lure the top most consultants
and highly regarded professionals by throwing the top dollar salaries.
Win through your action not
through arguments
Any victory gained through the
argument is a temporary. The resentment and ill will that is caused
by the argument will remain there. It is much more powerful to
get your way by actions rather than by argument.
The pesticide controversy harmed
the colas company as they argued and questioned the veracity of
the reports rather than showing some action.
Learn
to keep people dependent on you
Always remain relevant to others.
They should always feel you're your contributions are valuable
you. Never teach them enough that they don't feel the need of
you. Always update yourself with the latest happening, learn the
news skills.
How communist parties are keeping
the Congress party dependent on themselves by raising one issue
after the another?
Use selective honesty and generosity
to disarm your victim
Open hearted gestures of honesty
and generosity can disarm the most trenchant and suspicious people.
Remember the Trojan horse story
where the opponents were fooled by the gift of the free wodden
horse.
When asking for help- appeal
for the self interest and not for mercy and gratitude
If you want help do not appeal
for gratitude or your past assistance and good deeds. Find out
what will help the person, emphasis and appeal to his/her self
interest
Modi by appealing to the self
interest of the Gujarati people(pride) was able to win handsomely
in the recent election in Gujarat
Pose
as a friend, work as a spy
Knowing about the rival is critical.
Use spies to gather valuable information. Probe, ask indirect
information to get people to reveal their weakness and intentions.
Amabani
by discussing the tie up with Biyani for the retail venture, understood
the dynamics of the whole retail industry.
Use absence to increase respect
and honour
Make yourself scarce to make you
valuable. Too much of being seen and heard lowers the image. Scarcity
makes you more wanted. Overexposure leads to people getting bored
with you.
Sonia Gandhi during the run up
to last election kept quiet and mantained the dignity to all the
noises made by the BJP leaders on the foreign origin issue.
Keep others in suspended terror,
cultivate an air of unpredictability
The unpredictability of your actions
should keep the opponents unbalance. If people can predict your
actions than they will have control over you.
Sonia Gandhi by renouncing the
prime- ministership at the last moment literaaly took the wind
out of the sail from all the BJPs rhetoric.
Do not build fortresses to
protect yourself-Isolation is dangerous
Many people by building the fortress
found themselves are isolated . It cuts of you from reality and
feedback. You start living in the fantasy world shown to you by
your well wishers and followers.
The NDA government fell as they
promoted the India Shining campaign by taking the advise of the
armchair advisors without realising that the rural people have
not benefittd by the economic growth
Know who you are dealing with
- Do not offend the wrong persons
Choose your opponents and victim
with care. A wrongly chosen rival or a victim can strike back
so ferociously that you will spend the entire life defending yourself.
Dhirubhai Ambani retaliated to the brokers(bear cartels)who tried
to hammered the Reliance scrip. Most of the brokers got bankrupt
and the BSE had to shut down before Dhiru bhai relented.
Do not
commit to anyone
Do not rush to take the sides.
Wait fort he scenario to unfold. Let the parties be uncertain.
Commitment if done before the right time might results in people
taking you for granted.
Play a sucker to catch a sucker
Make your victim feel smarter.
This will lull them and they will not suspect your ulterior motive.
Hindustan
Lever was fooled by Nirma founder Karsanbhai Patel who thought
of him as an upstart guy.
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