Quotes About Influence

Daily Law: If you are too present and familiar, always available and visible, you seem too banal. You give people no room to idealize you. But if you are too aloof, people cannot identify with you. The Laws of Human Nature, 15: Make Them Want to Follow You—The Law of Fickleness

It is the natural course of things that power eventually fades and weakens.

We are subject to forces from deep within us that drive our behavior and that operate below the level of our awareness.

Recuerda mantener distancia emocional y física. Esto te permitirá llorar y reír a voluntad, y proyectar autosuficiencia; y con tal desapego, podrás jugar con las emociones de la gente como si tocaras un piano.

We see the results—our thoughts, moods, and actions—but have little conscious access to what actually moves our emotions and compels us to behave in certain ways.

The recreation of yourself in the eyes of others is a powerful process that must not be left to chance.

Because humans are social creatures by nature, power depends on social interaction and circulation. To make yourself powerful you must place yourself at the center of things, as Louis XIV did at Versailles.

Muestra heroísmo para conseguir carisma de por vida. A la inversa, el menor signo de cobardía o timidez arruinará el carisma que tengas.

We imagine we're acting of our own free will, unaware of how deeply our susceptibility to the emotions of others in the group is affecting what we do and how we respond.

Make your masters appear more brilliant than they are

tienen una mirada penetrante que perturba las emociones de sus objetivos, ejerciendo fuerza sin palabras ni actos. Los ojos del carismático nunca indican temor ni nervios.

There may be fewer mighty tyrants commanding the life and death over millions, but there remain thousands of petty tyrants ruling smaller realms, and enforcing their will through indirect power games, charisma, and so on. In every group, power is concentrated in the hands of one or two people, for this is one area in which human nature will never change: People will congregate around a single strong personality like planets orbiting a sun.

Nothing in the realm of power is set in stone. Overt deceptiveness will sometimes cover your tracks, even making you admired for the honesty of your dishonesty.

Find Inspiration from Your Heroes

The power of demonstrating your idea is that your opponents do not get defensive, and are therefore more open to persuasion. Making them literally and physically feel your meaning is infinitely more powerful than argument.

People trying to make a show of their authority are easily deceived by the surrender tactic.

Daily Law: Are there people whose work affects you in a powerful way? Analyze this and use them as models. Mastery, I: Discover Your Calling—The Life's Task

If, like Jung, you are somewhat confused and ambivalent about your direction, it can be useful to choose someone who can help you gain some clarity about what you want, someone important in the field who might not fit perfectly with your tastes.

Primero, debes tener una presencia tan desbordante que llene la mente de tu objetivo como un close-up llena la pantalla. Debes poseer un estilo o presencia que te distinga de los demás. Sé vago e irreal, pero no distante ni ausente: no se trata de que las personas no puedan contemplarte ni recordarte. Tienen que verte en su mente cuando no estás con ellas.

Make yourself the flame and you will rise to the top. Since life is otherwise so full of unpleasantness and pleasure so scarce, you will be as indispensable as food and drink.

People's need for validation and recognition, their need to feel important, is the best kind of weakness to exploit. First, it is almost universal; second, exploiting it is so very easy.

La gente de tu tipo gravitará hacia ti, se identificará contigo, compartirá tu alegría o tristeza. La atracción debe ser insconsciente, y no han de transmitirla tus palabras sino tu pose, tu actitud.

Everything that is rare is expensive: the more you are seen, the more you are heard, and the more ordinary you seem. If you are part of a group, step away for a while and you will be talked about more, and even admired more. Practice absence: scarcity will increase your value.

It is simple: Human nature is stronger than any individual, than any institution or technological invention. It ends up shaping what we create to reflect itself and its primitive roots. It moves us around like pawns.