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Jun 29, 2024#读书摘要108

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1. A well-fed tiger is obedient like a cat, everything can be bought with the right leverage. 2. Be patient in public, ruthless in private. In high-stakes games, competition is subtle. 3. Envy is strongest when surrounded by similar wealth, admiration when there is a significant difference. 4. Wealth lies in strategy, not physical labor. Success comes from understanding the situation, not hard work. 5. Betrayal often comes from those you least expect. 6. Revealing too much information makes you vulnerable to manipulation. 7. Power is not about position, but about representing various interests. 8. All conflicts ultimately revolve around the distribution of resources. 9. Birth time and location greatly influence one's destiny. Born in times of progress leads to happiness.

If a tiger is fed well, it will behave obediently like a cat. There is nothing that cannot be bought, it just depends on how big your bargaining chip is.
Be patient in the light, be ruthless in the dark. The greater the interests at stake in a game, the less it will be fought openly, only in secret.
A beggar does not envy a millionaire, but may envy other beggars with higher incomes. When you are similar to those around you, jealousy fills you. When you are separated by several orders of magnitude from those around you, only admiring glances remain.
Wealth lies in strategy, not in physical labor. Strength lies in the situation, not in toiling. Therefore, always look up at the road, not down at the work. Wealth is a compensation for cognition, not a reward for diligence.
The most painful moment in life is always when the person you least expect betrays you.
The reason why others can manipulate you is because you have revealed too much information to them.
Power is not about position, but about representing various forces. A new leader in a new position must have their own supporters and followers. The people in the original position do not owe the new leader anything, making it difficult to gain their loyalty and support. Therefore, the new leader must promote the disgruntled, turn them into their own people, create a beneficial alliance, in order to control and manage effectively.
All struggles over routes ultimately come down to a struggle for the allocation of resources.
The time and place of a person's birth largely determine their destiny. Those born during China's reform and opening up period are happier than those living 100 years ago. Those born in the Song Dynasty lived better than those born in the Ming Dynasty.