7 LAWS OF POWER USED BY LEADERS AND CELEBS TO ENCHANT THEIR FOLLOWERS (contd)

5.  MAKE YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENT SEEM EFFORT LESS: When we have achieved a particular goal, many of like to tell people how stressful and tedious it was achieving it. This creates the wrong impression, when you successfully complete a task making it seem simple gives you a god like aura.

If you have ever seen a program code, or html page in notepad, only programmers can make sense of it, presenting it to someone who knows about nothing the program or html will be wrong as they not understand it or appreciate, but when the web page is launched, they see the beauty and your work is highly appreciated.

Sometimes ago the rapper/ singer Drake, disrespected Jay Z on his track summer sixteen, and everyone knew it. Jay Z never made a public statement, but replied him with a sentence in one of his verses, when he did a lot rap fans respected saying he ended Drake’s career with the shortest bar in rap history. The truth is Drake is a great rapper, but not as long in the game as Jay Z, who seems a godfather to lots of rapper, so for drake to disrespect him, was really a huge blow on his ego, but then he turned it around replying a whole verse with a single bar.

6.  DO NOT COMMIT TO ANYONE: When you seem to be serving two masters, do not give your loyalty to anyone, especially when the two are in a competition. Giving your loyalty to anyone especially when you are not sure who will win, might get you in trouble, even when your party or candidate wins you would have created unnecessary enmity for yourself. An example is choosing sides when two lovers are having dispute, you should remember that regardless they will eventually make up.

Playing both sides gives a sense of power over both teams, making yourself a kind of consultant for both sides. When the war is over they will both be your friends and owe you a lot of favors.

7. PLAY ON PEOPLES NEED TO BELIEVE TO CREATE A CULT LIKE FOLLOWING: People often want to believe there is more to someone who amazes them than meets the eye. Hence to maintain some power over their fans or audience, celebrities do create an air of mystery around them, making them seem like a semi-god.

In the US a lot of celebrities between 2007 and 2011 were allegedly named members of a secret cult, to an extent that the whole Hollywood was made to seem like a cult.

Beyoncé was allegedly possessed by the spirit of an old Egyptian god, a lot of rappers who had previously described themselves using figurative expressions were taken for it, Lil Wayne for example was said not be a human and videos emerged describing him as an alien in human skin. The truth is to maintain such air of mystery none of this ever confirmed or denied this acquisitions, they became more popular than ever and made lots of money in those years.

Also using the cult like mystery, many individuals in the religious circle have made themselves into a god to be worshiped by their followers. Their followers believe them to be untouchable by any human law, any attempt to speak against them will mean the wrath of god. This strategy has been used by many charlatans’ overtime, note that while you may not practice this law it is worth noting, so as not fall for enchantments of false leaders or charlatans.

Some of these rules may not be directly applicable, but keeping them in mind can help understand actions of some people. The best form of power is to anticipate every single move of someone or their need making them always dependent on you.