THREE: 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 the wrong path,envelop them in enough smoke,and by the time they realize your intentions,it will be too late.
Most people are open books.They say what they feel,blurt out their opinions at every opportunity,and constantly reveal their plans and intentions.They do this for several reasons.First,it is easy and natural to always want to talk about one's feelings and plans for the future.It takes effort to control your tongue and monitor what you reveal.Second,many believe that by being honest and open they are winning people's hearts and showing their good nature.They are greatly deluded.Honesty is actually a blunt instrument,which bloodies more than it cuts.Your honesty is likely to offend people;it is much more prudent to tailor your words,telling people what they want to hear rather than the coarse and ugly truth of what you feel or think.More important,by being unabashedly open you make yourself so predictable and familiar that it is almost impossible to respect or fear you,and power will not accrue to a person who cannot inspire such emotions.
If you yearn for power,quickly lay honesty aside,and train yourself in the art of concealing your intentions.Master the art and you will always have the upper hand.
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