Play on people’s need to believe, to create a cult-like following… People desperately want to believe in something, especially something bigger or better than them. A higher order. People want to commit their lives, their children, their businesses and even their assets to a superior being. And the most obvious example of this is of course …
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You must seem a paragon of civility and efficiency: Your hands are never soiled by mistakes and nasty deeds. Maintain such a spotless appearance by using others as scapegoats and cat’s-paws to disguise your involvement. First of all, let us quickly explain two interesting concepts used in this law: paragon and ‘cats-paws’. A paragon is …
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Do not accept the roles that society foists on you. Re-create yourself by forging a new identity, one that commands attention and never bores the audience. Be the master of your own image rather than letting others define it for you. Incorporate dramatic devices into your public gestures and actions—your power will be enhanced and …
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Law 3: Conceal Your Intentions Keep people off balance and in the dark by never revealing the purpose behind your actions. If they have no clue what you are up to, they cannot prepare a defense. Guide them far enough down the wrong path, envelope them in enough smoke, and by the time they realize …
Habit Two – Begin with the End in Mind What it means to begin with the end in mind is to begin with the image of the end of your life as the frame of reference by which everything else is measured. We may be busy, we may be efficient, but we will only be effective …
Your life doesn’t just “happen.” Whether you know it or not, it is carefully designed by you. The choices, after all, are yours. You choose happiness. You choose sadness. You choose decisiveness. You choose ambivalence. You choose success. You choose failure. You choose courage. You choose fear. Just remember that every moment, every situation, provides a …
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie, and Stephen R. Covey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, are arguably the 2 most important personal development/self-help books ever written. Admittedly, this is a subjective statement and many people will have their own contenders for the top 2 positions. Self-help in totality What we find …
Do not accept the roles that society foists on you. Re-create yourself by forging a new identity, one that commands attention and never bores the audience. Be the master of your own image rather than letting others define it for you. Incorporate dramatic devices into your public gestures and actions—your power will be enhanced and …
In 1984, Lt-Colonel David Mark was appointed Military Governor of Niger State and Minister of Communications in 1988. Following his retirement from the Army in 1993, Senator David Mark returned to Nigeria from self exile in 1998 to a tumultuous and thunderous home coming reception by his Idoma people. They instantly declared him their political …
