16 lessons from Machiavelli’s The Prince
Posted by staff / June 21, 2011
The Prince is one of the infamous works on political advancement and leadership ever written. Business Insider reminds us why, offering 16 passages from the book that can easily apply to advancement in business. The article also helpfully summarizes the quote into an easy takeaway for your business life.
For example:
Make it seem like you’re a nice guy — but if you need to screw people over, go right ahead.
“Therefore it is unnecessary for a prince to have all the good qualities I have enumerated, but it is very necessary to appear to have them. … appear merciful, faithful, humane, religious, upright, and to be so, but with a mind so framed that should you require not to be so, you may be able and know how to change to the opposite.”
Full story at Businessinsider.com.
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Thank you for reminding me of the value to be obtained from reading, and re-reading The Prince IMO a must for every entrepreneur’s library.