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The 48 Laws of POWER 1. And so we admire the bold and prefer to be around them, because their self confidence infects us and draws us outside our own realm of inwardness and reflection. Few are born bold. Even Napolean had to cultivate the habit on the battefield, where he knew it was a matter of life and death. In social setting he was awkward and timid, but he overcame this and practiced boldness in every part of his life because he saw its tremendous power, how it could literally enlarge a man (even one who, like Napolean, was in fact conspicuously small) (page 233) 2. Michelangelo knew that by changing the shape of the nose he might ruin the entire sculpture. Yet Soderini (commissioned work) was a patron who prided himself on his aesthetic judgment. To offend such a man by arguing would not only gain Michelangelo nothing, it would put future commissions in jeopardy. Michelangelo was too clever to argue. His solution was to change Soderini's perspective (literally bringing him closer to the nose) without making him realize that this was the cause of his misperception. (page 72)
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