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48 Laws of Power - Law 17: Keep Others in Suspended Terror: Cultivate an Air of Unpredictability

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                                                                 There is a particular kind of power that comes not from what you do, but from what others cannot predict you will do next. Most people spend their lives being consistent. They wake at the same hour, respond in the same ways, react with the same emotions to the same triggers. They believe this consistency is a virtue. They call it reliability. They call it integrity. And in the quiet comfort of ordinary life, perhaps it is. But in the world of power, predictability is a cage you build around yourself and hand the key to everyone else. The Power of the Unknown Think about how the mind works when it faces something it cannot fully read. When you know exactly how someone will respond, you stop paying close attention to them. You have already solved the equatio...