Remember: your bosses prefer to keep you in dependent positions. It is in their interest that you do not become self-reliant, and so they will tend to hoard information. You must secretly work against this and seize this information for yourself.
Interpretation
The quote highlights the importance of self-reliance and the need to actively seek out information for personal empowerment.
In this quote, Robert Greene warns that employers may intentionally keep employees in dependent roles to maintain control and power. He advocates for individuals to take initiative in gathering knowledge and resources that enable them to become self-sufficient, rather than relying solely on their bosses for information that could facilitate their growth.
In practice
In a motivational speech about career advancement.
In a society where the roles everyone plays are obvious, the refusal to conform to any standard will excite interest. Be both masculine and feminine, impudent and charming, subtle and outrageous. Let other people worry about being socially acceptable; those types are a dime a dozen, and you are after a power greater than they can imagine.
When you are trying to impress people with words, the more you say, the more common you appear, and the less in control. Even if you are saying something banal, it will seem original if you make it vague, open-ended, and sphinxlike.
The moment people feel they know what to expect from you, your spell on them is broken. More: You have ceded them power.
The future belongs to those who learn more skills and combine them in creative ways.
The Nihilistic Troll might pretend to be acting in the service of some cause or leader, but don't be fooled. The cause and their supposedly strong convictions are simply a way to justify and provide cover for their abusive behavior.
Only create associations with positive affinities. Make this a rule of life and you will benefit more than from all the therapy in the world.
Defeat in doing right is nevertheless victory.
But then anyone who's worth anything reads just what he likes, as the mood takes him, and with extravagant enthusiasm.
Remember, we see the world not as it is but as we are. Most of us see through the eyes of our fears and our limiting beliefs and our false assumptions.
Nothing is sufficient for the person who finds sufficiency too little
Take care of the sense and the sounds will take care of themselves.
All living beings have experience of pleasure and pain, and we are among them. What makes human beings different is that we have a powerful intelligence and a much greater ability to achieve happiness and avoid suffering. Real happiness and friendship come not from money or even knowledge, but from warm-heartednes s. Once we recognize this we will be more inclined to cultivate it.
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