Know When to Give In
Surrendering to a more powerful competition will help you gather power down the line.
Have you ever gone up against someone understanding that you’d never win? It’s not the path to power, while it’s common for people to fight for glory against all odds. When confronted with an opponent more powerful than you, so what do you need to do?
Give up.
This may seem an unusual strategy, especially since individuals automatically fight their foes to safeguard themselves. But when a competition acts with aggression, he'll expect you to react in precisely the same way. In cases when you understand that the competition has you beat, your best move would be to do just the opposite and surrender.
Why?
Should you give up, or at the least convince your opponent that you’ve done so, you can ensure that he won’t deliver considerable damage. Not only that, but your opponent, believing he has won, will even let down his guard. You’ll possess a golden opportunity to regain your strength and plan your next move when he does.
Take the case of Bertolt Brecht, a writer of revolutionary, communist thoughts who immigrated to the USA to join other intellectuals exiled from Europe.
While his fellow radicals challenged the authority of Congress by being uncooperative and shouting and caused a disturbance, Brecht was calm and politely replied the questions he was asked.
And his uncooperative pals?
They were blacklisted, not able to release for many years!
Build long term strength in the place of making major sacrifices for short lived bouts of glory.
Have you ever gone up against someone understanding that you’d never win? It’s not the path to power, while it’s common for people to fight for glory against all odds. When confronted with an opponent more powerful than you, so what do you need to do?
Give up.
This may seem an unusual strategy, especially since individuals automatically fight their foes to safeguard themselves. But when a competition acts with aggression, he'll expect you to react in precisely the same way. In cases when you understand that the competition has you beat, your best move would be to do just the opposite and surrender.
Why?
Should you give up, or at the least convince your opponent that you’ve done so, you can ensure that he won’t deliver considerable damage. Not only that, but your opponent, believing he has won, will even let down his guard. You’ll possess a golden opportunity to regain your strength and plan your next move when he does.
Take the case of Bertolt Brecht, a writer of revolutionary, communist thoughts who immigrated to the USA to join other intellectuals exiled from Europe.
While his fellow radicals challenged the authority of Congress by being uncooperative and shouting and caused a disturbance, Brecht was calm and politely replied the questions he was asked.
And his uncooperative pals?
They were blacklisted, not able to release for many years!
Build long term strength in the place of making major sacrifices for short lived bouts of glory.
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