You don’t want to stay hungry? Then stop trying hard to prove yourself.

In one of the chapters (THE LAW OF GRANDIOSITY) in his latest book, THE LAWS OF HUMAN NATURE, Robert Greene, well known for the 48 Laws of Power and Seduction, talked about how we can fool ourselves to believe that ‘I’m too much’ (those are my words though) and we are better than everyone else.

We play into the hands of other people who know that you yield easily to GRANDIOSITY.

GRANDIOSITY is VANITY…

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Look at this story:

You don’t want to stay hungry? Then stop trying hard to prove yourself.

Stop trying

One day, a very hungry fox came across an eagle who was perched on a branch with a large kill in its beak.

Without delay, the cunning fox began plotting how he could obtain the eagle’s meal for himself.

“You have everything,” said the fox flatteringly. He continued “Strength, beauty, wisdom and courage you possess”
“But”, the fox added, ” if only you had a beautiful voice, then you would be perfect.”
Not wishing the fox to think it didn’t have a fine voice, the eagle began to sing.

Immediately, the food from its mouth fell off its beak and of course, the fox claimed the kill at once.

“Your most serious problem, ” laughed the fox, “is that you have more vanity than intelligence.”

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Stop trying

One day, a very hungry fox came across an eagle who was perched on a branch with a large kill in its beak.

Without delay, the cunning fox began plotting how he could obtain the eagle’s meal for himself.

“You have everything,” said the fox flatteringly. He continued “Strength, beauty, wisdom and courage you possess”
“But”, the fox added, ” if only you had a beautiful voice, then you would be perfect.”
Not wishing the fox to think it didn’t have a fine voice, the eagle began to sing.

Immediately, the food from its mouth fell off its beak and of course, the fox claimed the kill at once.

“Your most serious problem, ” laughed the fox, “is that you have more vanity than intelligence.”

And so the fox zoomed off with his spoil, leaving the poor eagle to wonder where it all went wrong.

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