A piece of wisdom from
December 2, 2019 · Monday
The quote
“Loneliness is now associated with a greater risk of premature death than obesity, and is equivalent to smoking 15 cigarettes a day.”
— Vivek Murthy · Relationships
The concept
The 48 Laws of Power
A literacy of power, read it to recognise the game whether you want to play it or not.
Power is exchanged in every room you walk into, at work, in families, in friendships, and most people are illiterate in its grammar. Robert Greene's 1998 book gathers 48 patterns by which power has been won and lost for three thousand years…
A practice for today
Before bed tonight, name one thing where the lesson of The 48 Laws of Power. A literacy of power, read it to recognise the game whether you want to play it or not.
From the Bhagavad Gita
Verse 3.5
न हि कश्चित्क्षणमपि जातु तिष्ठत्यकर्मकृत्। कार्यते ह्यवशः कर्म सर्वः प्रकृतिगुणैः॥
“No one can remain even for a moment without performing action. Everyone is helplessly driven to act by the qualities born of nature.”
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