Power Flashcards

(48 cards)

1
Q

What should you never do to the Master?

A

Outshine him.

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2
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What should you not do too much to your friends?

A

Trusting them

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3
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What should you do with your intentions?

A

Conceal them.

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4
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What should you always say?

A

Less than necessary.

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5
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What should you do with your reputation?

A

Guard it with your life.

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6
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What should you get at all cost?

A

Court attention.

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7
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Who should do the work, and who should get the credit?

A

Others should do your work, but you should get the credit.

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8
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Should you go to people, or should they come to you?

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They should come to you, and you should even use bait if necessary.

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9
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What should make you win?

A

Actions, not arguments.

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10
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Who should you avoid?

A

The unlucky and unhappy

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11
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Should you depend on people or should they depend on you?

A

They should depend on you.

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12
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How should you disarm your victim?

A

With selective honesty and generosity

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13
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What should you appeal to when asking for help?

A

Their self-interest.

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14
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When you pose as a friend, you should work as a?

A

Spy

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15
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How should you defeat your enemy?

A

Totally

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16
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What air should you cultivate?

A

Unpredictability

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17
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How should you protect yourself?

A

In the crowd, not in a fortress.

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18
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How do you avoid offending the wrong person?

A

By knowing who you are dealing with.

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19
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Who should you commit to?

A

No one.

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20
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How do you catch a sucker?

A

By playing a sucker

21
Q

How do you increase respect and honor?

A

By using absence

22
Q

What tactic can transform weakness into power?

A

The surrender tactic

23
Q

What should you do with your forces?

A

Concentrate them

24
Q

What role should you play?

A

The perfect courtier

25
What can you do if you don't like the role assigned to you?
Re-create yourself.
26
Your hands must always be?
Clean
27
On what should you play in order to create a cultlike following?
The people's need to believe.
28
How should you enter into the action?
With boldness
29
Until where should you plan?
Until the end
30
How should your accomplishments seem?
Effortless
31
What should you control?
The options
32
You should play to people's ____?
Fantasies
33
What should you discover about each man?
His thumbscrew
34
How can you be treated like a king?
By acting like one.
35
What art should you master?
Timing
36
What should you do to things you cannot have?
Disdain them
37
You should create complelling _____?
Spectacles
38
How should you think, how should you behave?
Think as you like, behave like others
39
How do you catch fish?
By stirring up water
40
What should you do with the free lunch?
Despise it
41
What should you avoid stepping in?
A great man's shoe
42
How do you make the sheep scatter?
By striking the shepherd
43
Work on the ______ and ____ of others
Hearts and minds
44
How do you disarm and infuriate?
With the mirror effect
45
How much should you reform?
Never too much at once. But you can preach the need for change
46
How should you never appear?
Too perfect.
47
In victory, what should you know?
When to stop.
48
What shape should you assume?
Formlessness