The book “48 laws of
power” was written by Robert Greene, first published in 2000 in the United
States. This is a very insightful book, opening minds into how leaders in the
past maintained their power, detailing how some who could not observe these
rules lost their powers and sometimes paid ultimate price losing their life.
While we should all keep
in mind that there are no universal laws to acquiring wealth or power and many
of the personalities never a code to maintaining their written in any book, we
cannot however learn from the success and failings of others, so we might not
make the same mistake or so we can achieve what took them years to figure out
in a short while.
In my observations over
time, I discovered many of these rules are still applicable in our society.
Many of our leaders and popular celebrities have either subconsciously or
consciously followed or ignored these rules, and it certainly has paid off or
backfired either ways. So let’s share some of this rules with their
applications in our contemporary world;
1. GUARD YOUR REPUTATION WITH YOUR LIFE: Reputation
is very much important, probably the most important after your life. What
people think of you, their perception of you depends on how you portray
yourself, even when people lie about and spread rumors there is always an
element of truth in it, so guard your reputation at all cost. An example is US
stand with democracy and observance of fundamental human laws, a country
inhumane laws knows that US will not publicly support it at least. Notice the
popular celebrities Jay Z and Beyoncé, they never discuss their personal issues
in public, sometimes ago when it was reported that Queen B’s sister slapped Jay
Z in an elevator, both of them never made comments as to the cause of that and
this has helped to greatly keep their fan base.
2. COURT ATTENTION AT ALL COST: There is the
saying, there is no such thing has bad publicity so long as you are in the
news, it does not matter why you are. see every opportunity to do something as
a means get known. To those just getting off with their careers this is very
important, be ready to do volunteer jobs. A lot of time senior colleagues might
give assignments that are not related to your job, always leave a good
impression regardless.
Sometimes ago the dead Kola Olawuyi, published a story on whom who
claims to be God, if you watch or listen I’m pretty sure you will be amazed by
how convinced she is that she is God and that alone has given her attention,
using some elements of mystery people will want to listen to you, even if they
might want to leave latter you have made an impression. When you look at
celebrities like Kim K and sisters even though they did things people considered
unacceptable, they got the attention needed and has maintained a large fan base
since then, making millions in the fashion and entertainment industry.
3. CONCENTRATE YOUR FORCES: Involving yourself in
too many adventures might make you less productive, find something you are very
skillful at and put all your energies into it, you will achieve more. We often
advised these days to put our energies into all we can but we should learn from
stories of people like Mark Zuckerberg, Trump and Bill Gates. They continue to
channel their investment towards the same line they started with, Trump’s
father was into real estate and he focused more on it and he is highly
successful today at it. Glo focused at providing data cheaply, now they hold
the largest share of mobile phone users in Nigeria.
4. ENTER ACTION WITH BOLDNESS: These I can give to
Nigerian politicians who has been accused of one crime or the other especially
the current senate leadership, regardless of these alleged crimes, they
maintained a public image, showing no fear or cowardice at any point in time.
Having doubts at the beginning of an event is a recipe for
failure, especially when you leading people. Followers will abandon their
leader at any sense of weakness, this was how PDP gradually lost the last
election, they often showed cowardice in many events they could have boldly
maintained their stand. Obasanjo’s tenure is by far the most successful, all
because of his approach to issues and till date no one can question him, he is
forever highly respected by both citizens and leaders.
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