Rule 2: Don't trust your friends

Rule 2: don't trust your friends

Now here's one dictum that's hard to accept and follow. Who would you trust more? Isn't it your friend? Especially the ones that you know for a long time and might be indebted to your kindness in the past.

But how many stories that we heard how a close friend stabbed another? We thought that it happened to other people, never once harbor the thought that it could happen to you. making it more painful when it really happens.

Truth is, we'll never know what will happen to other people. Yes, he's your friend now, but you might cross him accidentally without you knowing it. god is the 'muqallibal qulb' - membolak balikkan hati. One day he's here, the other he's over there.

And the book propose that we befriend our enemy. Once we do that, the enemy would be indebted to us and they are better than friend.

I could not be so ruthless as to forget my friends. The most that I can do is to be careful with them but I like the idea to turn the enemies into friends.

This book is about people that are t the top that should take care of his position. Luckily i'm not that guy. Yet.

The book said that we normally would appoint our friends as our assistant or helper. That's normal. But the most important thing is to hire the right man for the job. Sometimes even an enemy is a better help. Because they want to prove themselves.

And it is good to have enemies, Greene said. That way, they're keeping you on your toes. I'm not sure that's the way i would like to run my life, though. Always on my toe. That would tires me easily, with me, it's the easier thing, but that's only me.


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Having problem with Microsoft Office's files?

One good reason to use Ubuntu is that it comes with OpenOffice.

If you're using Microsoft Office 2003, but want to read files created by Microsoft Office 2007, you need to install Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats before you could view the files, since the format is different.

It could cause inconvenience, especially if you don't have an internet connection.

But if you're using OpenOffice, doesn't matter if it's MS Office 2003 or 2007 files, it won't be a problem.

Never outshine your master

Rule no 1: never outshide the master

For you who have not read the book by Robert Greene 48 Laws of Power, or might never thought of reading it, let me be of a service to you. I will read it chapter by chapter and give you the gist of the teaching it espounded in it. According to Stephen Covey, you will learn twice if you teach what you know to other people. So here it goes.

But first, let me warn you. This book is not for the faint hearted. Even I think that the ideas are machiavalian in nature. Manupulative might not be a wrong term to define this book. So with that, let us at least know what this book is all about. We would know what other people are doing, right? Say, someone is using one of the rule, the you can say to yourself "hmm, this is rule 13... Better watch out".

The first rule, is not to outshine those that are above you. Your boss, your manager, your president. Anyone that can be considered your boss and where they would feel superior to you.

A case in hand is like Najib and Pak Lah. Najib must never look more intelligent or more forward than Pak Lah. That would be detrimental to his political career. That's why you can see that where a lot of people are asking Pak Lah to step down, Najib is a quiet as a mouse. He must appear to be supporting Pak Lah all the way. If he look like he wants to take over, then Pak Lah would sack him in a heartbeat.

Sometimes this is hard to do. Because sometimes, the superior does not look so bright to start with. Sometimes we can outshine them without even trying and without our intention. Again, Pak Lah does not look bright, and it is easy for Najib to look more famous than he is. But still, we must still be careful so that it would not happen like that. We must still play it down. Always put your good ideas as your boss's ideas, and put him in a good light.

Another question that is not touched by the book is when you yourself is the master. What would you do if your underlings is better than you? Do you steal the thunder or do you accept that nature has given a better deal to your subordinates? I believe that every encounter is an opportunity to either learn or to teach. If your subordinates are better than you, then it is an opportunity for you to learn from him/her. And if you can't, just accept the fact that you are getting a good assistance from him.

here's the link to all the Laws: http://www2.tech.purdue.edu/cg/Courses/cgt411/covey/48_laws_of_power.htm

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