Learn this from Machiavelli
A key lesson about power you should know!
Today’s topic is about the transfer of power. If you’re a successor, do you try to take power/leadership by showing initiative and pushing a little? Or do you wait patiently for your parents to decide that you’re ready? And if you’re a parent, what is likely to give your children the best results?
I’m using Niccolò Machiavelli’s The Prince for reference today, since it has one of the best pieces of advice on “power” I ever received.
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Now, as Machiavelli was telling us…