The Concise Laws of Power

Court attention at all costs

Everything is judged by his appearance on what is unseen counts for nothing never let yourself get lost in the crowd then buried in Oblivion stand out because pieces at all costs mess yourself a magnet of attention be appearing larger more colourful more mysterious than the bland and timid masses.   Burning more brightly than those around you is a skill that no one is born with you have to learn to attract attention at the start of your career love your career you must attach your name and reputation to a quality and image that sets you apart from other people this image can be something like a characteristic style of dress or a personality quick that amuses people and get talked about once the image is established you have an appearance a place in the sky for your star it is a common mistake to imagine that this peculiar appearance of yours should not become provincial that to be attacked is somehow bad nothing could be further from the truth so I've already been a flash in the pan and having you all notoriety eclipse by another you must not discriminate between different types of attention in the end every kind will work in your favour the court of Louis XIV contained many talented writers artist great beauties and men and women of impeccable virgin but no one was more talk about than the singular Duc de Lauzun. He took your shot almost dwarfish and he was thrown to the most insolent kinds of behaviour he slept with the chickens mistress and openly insulted not only other quart here but the king himself Louise however was sober guild by The dukes eccentricities that he could not be his absence from the cold it was simple the strangeness of The dukes character attract attention once people were intrigued by him they wanted him around any at any cost society Chris larger-than-life figures people who stand above the general mediocrity never be afraid then of the qualities that set you apart and draw the attention to you what controversy even stand up it is better to be at an even stronger than ignored if you find yourself in a lonely position that offers little opportunity for you to draw attention and effective trick is to attack the most visible most famous most powerful person you can find when Pietro aretino a young woman 7th boy of the early 16th century wanted to get attention as a writer of verses he decided to publish a series of satirical poems ridiculum the Pope and his affection for a pet elephant the attack put oregano in the public eye immediately a slanderous attack on a person in a position of power would have a similar effect remember how to use such tactics sparingly after you have the public's attention when the act can wear them once in the limelight you must constantly renew it by adapting and wearing your method of Alton attention if you don't Republic recruit I had to take you for granted and we move on to a new list and the game requires constant vigilance and creativity Pablo Picasso never allowed himself to fade into the background if his name become too attached to a particular style he wouldn't greatly upset the public with a new series of paintings that went against all expectations better to create something ugly and disturbing he believed than to let viewers Bluetooth familiar with his work understand people who feel superior to the person whose actions they can better predict if you show them who is in control by playing against the expectations you both gain their respect and tighten your hold on their filleting attention the limelight the actor who steps into this brilliant light attends a night and I think presents all houses on him there is room for only one of two at a time in the limelight Nairobi do whatever it takes to make urself its focus make your gestures so large amusing and scanned ladders that the light stays on you while the other actors are left in the shadows by ostentatious and be seen what is nothing is as though it does not exist it was like that first of all creation to shine fault display fuse up many blanks covers up deficiencies and gives everything a second Life especially when it is backed by Genuine merit.