Here are a couple of things that he has learned so far..
1. Be Royal in your Own Fashion: Act like a King to be treated like one
The best description are the ones that seem to give the other person a choice: Your victims feel they are in control, but are actually your puppets.
Give people options that come out in your favor whichever one they choose. Force them to make choices between the lesser of two evils, both of which serve your purpose. Put them on the horns of a dilemma: They are gored wherever they turn.
3. Re-create Yourself
Do not accept the role 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 other define it for you.
Incorporated dramatic devices into your public gestures and actions-your power will be enhanced and your character will seem larger than life- 4. Stir up Waters to Catch Fish
Anger and emotion are strategically counterproductive.
You must always stay calm and objective.
But if you can make your enemies angry while staying calm yourself, you gain a decided advantage.
Put your enemies off-balance.
Find the chink in their vanity through which you can rattle them and you hold the strings.
5. Make your Accomplishments Seem Effortless Your actions must seem natural and executed with ease.
All the toil and practice that go into them, and also all the clever tricks, must be concealed.
When you act, act effortlessly, as if you could do much more.
Avoid the temptation of revealing how hard you work-it only raises questions.
Teach no one your tricks or they will be used against you.-
6. Enter Action with Boldness
If you are unsure of a course of action, do not attempt it.
Your doubts and hesistation will infect your execution. Timidity is dangerous: Better to enter with boldness.
Any mistakes you commit through audacity are easily corrected with more audacity.
Everyone admires the bold; no one honors the timid. -
People have an overwhelming desire to believe in something. Become the focal point of such desire by offering them a cause, a new faith to follow.
Keep your words vague but of promise; emphasize enthusiasm over rationality and clear thinking.
Give your new disciples rituals to perform, ask them to make sacrifices on your behalf. In the absence of organized religion and grand causes, your new belief system will bring you untold power.
8. Plan All the Way to the End
The ending is everything. Plan all the way to it, taking all the possible consequences, obstacles, and twists of fortune that might reverse your hand work and give the glory to others.
By planning to the end you will not be overwhelmed by circumstances and you will know when to stop. Gently guide fortune and help determine the future by thinking far ahead.
9. Play the Perfect Courtier
The perfect courtier thrives in a world where everything revolves around power and political dexterity. He has mastered the art of indirection; he flatters, yield to superiors, and asserts power over others in the mot oblique and graceful manner.
Learn and apply the laws of courtiership and there will be no limit to how far you can rise in the court.- 10. Master the Art of Timing
Never seem to be in a hurry-hurrying betrays a lack of control over yourself, and over time.
Always seem patient, as if you know that everything will come to you eventually.
Become a detective of the right moment; sniff out the spirit of the times, the trends that will carry you to power.
Learn to stand back when the time is not yet ripe, and to strike fiercely when it has reached fruition.
