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“Any man who tries to be good all the time is bound to come to ruin among the great number who are not good. Hence a prince who wants to keep his authority must learn how not to be good, and use that knowledge, or refrain from using it as necessity requires”

Excerpt From
48 Laws of Power
Greene, Robert

This week, 0 procrastination.

💭 Is it up to you?
- One should have the ability to distinguish between the impossible to the unlikely. Even if the chances are slim for the improbable, one must fight till the end.
- “That someone decided not to fund your company, this isn’t up to you. But the decision to refine and improve your pitch? That is.”

💭 Live in the present moment
- “Half the companies in the Fortune 500 were started during a bear market or recession. Half.”
- “The point is that most people start from disadvantage (often with no idea they are doing so) and do just fine. It’s not unfair; it’s universal. Those who survive it survive because they took things day by day—that’s the real secret.

🎯Focus on the moment, not the monsters that may or may not be up ahead.”

I am not continuing this book further, unable to find its value for the time.

✍🏻 Practice objectivity
- Objectify the situation: We are so much better at giving others advice but we might feel crippled when the same situation strikes us. So always take a situation and pretend it is not happening to you, pretend it is not important, it will be much easier to find a solution.

✍🏻 Alter your perspective
- Don't ignore your FEARS but explain it.
- George Clooney spent his first years in Hollywood getting rejected at auditions. He wanted producers and directors to like him but they didn’t and it hurt and he blamed the system for not seeing how good he was.
- Everything changed when he tried a new perspective. He realized that casting is an obstacle for producers too, they need the right somebody. Auditions were a chance to solve their problem and not his.

🎃 The difference between the right and the wrong perspective is everything.