دانلود کتاب Social Power

Your parents probably never told you.
Chances are they didn’t know any better.

Your teachers never told you, either.

And the self-development gurus often know it, but they never share it.
As a matter of fact, most of them tell you the opposite of what really makes them successful.

Western governments are built on that lie as well.

But if you are reading here, you probably know it’s not really how it goes.
Not only the standard path to success is untrue, it’s often counterproductive.

Socialization is, in large part, the subordination of the individual’s interest to everyone else.
The rich and powerful pay lip service to the pro-social constraints and pretend to obey them.

The official pitch is that the rules are good for everyone.
But they are not good for everyone.

The most successful people acquire power playing around those rules.

That’s why you see people who aren’t any better -and are indeed often worse than you- do better than you are.

They are getting the job you want, the partner you dream about, the cars you love and the holidays you deserve.

And that’s why despite doing all the things you’ve been told you should do, you haven’t been able to get the life you want (yet).

If you don’t understand the dynamics of power and how it affects everything in life, you are going to lose out.
The people around you will get what should be yours and they will beat you.
Again and again.

That’s why a low quality, unprincipled woman, could get to me years ago.
And that’s why for a long time I struggled to find a job while some smarter players no better than I was received great intros and offers.

Because, like most others, I didn’t understand the power dynamics that govern the world.

And those who don’t understand the dynamics of power are doomed to a sub-par existence far below their potential.
And that, to me, is the ultimate waste of life. So it's time to build some self awareness.