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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Title: Never Outshine the Master\nDescription: " }, { "from": "gpt", "value": " Always make those above you feel comfortably superior. In your desire to please or impress them, do not go too far in displaying your talents or you might accomplish the opposite a- inspi...
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Title: Never put too Much Trust in Friends, Learn how to use Enemies\nDescription: " }, { "from": "gpt", "value": " Be wary of friends; they will betray you more quickly, for they are easily aroused to envy. They also become spoiled and tyrannical. But hire a former ...
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Title: Conceal your Intentions\nDescription: " }, { "from": "gpt", "value": " Keep people offbalance and in the dark by never revealing the purpose behind your actions. If they have no clue what you are up to, they cannot prepare a defense. Guide them far enough down...
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Title: Always Say Less than Necessary\nDescription: " }, { "from": "gpt", "value": " When you are trying to impress people with words, the more you say, the more common you appear, and the less in control. Even if you are saying something banal, it will seem original...
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Title: So Much Depends on Reputation a- Guard it with your Life\nDescription: " }, { "from": "gpt", "value": " Reputation is the cornerstone of power. Through reputation alone you can intimidate and win; once you slip, however, you are vulnerable, and will be attacke...
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Title: Court Attention at all Cost\nDescription: " }, { "from": "gpt", "value": " Everything is judged by its appearance; what is unseen counts for nothing. Never let yourself get lost in the crowd, then, or buried in oblivion. Stand out. Be conspicuous, at all cost....
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Title: Get others to do the Work for you, but Always Take the Credit\nDescription: " }, { "from": "gpt", "value": " Use the wisdom, knowledge, and legwork of other people to further your own cause. Not only will such assistance save you valuable time and energy, it w...
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Title: Make other People come to you a- use Bait if Necessary\nDescription: " }, { "from": "gpt", "value": " When you force the other person to act, you are the one in control. It is always better to make your opponent come to you, abandoning his own plans in the pro...
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Title: Win through your Actions, Never through Argument\nDescription: " }, { "from": "gpt", "value": " Any momentary triumph you think gained through argument is really a Pyrrhic victory: The resentment and ill will you stir up is stronger and lasts longer than any m...
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Title: Infection: Avoid the Unhappy and Unlucky\nDescription: " }, { "from": "gpt", "value": " You can die from someone else's misery a- emotional states are as infectious as disease. You may feel you are helping the drowning man but you are only precipitating your o...
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Title: Learn to Keep People Dependent on You\nDescription: " }, { "from": "gpt", "value": " To maintain your independence you must always be needed and wanted. The more you are relied on, the more freedom you have. Make people depend on you for their happiness and pr...
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Title: Use Selective Honesty and Generosity to Disarm your Victim\nDescription: " }, { "from": "gpt", "value": " One sincere and honest move will cover over dozens of dishonest ones. Openhearted gestures of honesty and generosity bring down the guard of even the most...
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Title: When Asking for Help, Appeal to People's SelfInterest, Never to their Mercy or Gratitude\nDescription: " }, { "from": "gpt", "value": " If you need to turn to an ally for help, do not bother to remind him of your past assistance and good deeds. He will find a ...
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Title: Pose as a Friend, Work as a Spy\nDescription: " }, { "from": "gpt", "value": " Knowing about your rival is critical. Use spies to gather valuable information that will keep you a step ahead. Better still: Play the spy yourself. In polite social encounters, lea...
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Title: Crush your Enemy Totally\nDescription: " }, { "from": "gpt", "value": " All great leaders since Moses have known that a feared enemy must be crushed completely. (Sometimes they have learned this the hard way.) If one ember is left alight, no matter how dimly i...
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Title: Use Absence to Increase Respect and Honor\nDescription: " }, { "from": "gpt", "value": " Too much circulation makes the price go down: The more you are seen and heard from, the more common you appear. If you are already established in a group, temporary withdr...
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Title: Keep Others in Suspended Terror: Cultivate an Air of Unpredictability\nDescription: " }, { "from": "gpt", "value": " Humans are creatures of habit with an insatiable need to see familiarity in other people's actions. Your predictability gives them a sense of c...
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Title: Do Not Build Fortresses to Protect Yourself a- Isolation is Dangerous\nDescription: " }, { "from": "gpt", "value": " The world is dangerous and enemies are everywhere a- everyone has to protect themselves. A fortress seems the safest. But isolation exposes you...
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Title: Know Who You're Dealing with a- Do Not Offend the Wrong Person\nDescription: " }, { "from": "gpt", "value": " There are many different kinds of people in the world, and you can never assume that everyone will react to your strategies in the same way. Deceive o...
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Title: Do Not Commit to Anyone\nDescription: " }, { "from": "gpt", "value": " It is the fool who always rushes to take sides. Do not commit to any side or cause but yourself. By maintaining your independence, you become the master of others a- playing people against ...
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Title: Play a Sucker to Catch a Sucker a- Seem Dumber than your Mark\nDescription: " }, { "from": "gpt", "value": " No one likes feeling stupider than the next person. The trick, is to make your victims feel smart a- and not just smart, but smarter than you are. Once...
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Title: Use the Surrender Tactic: Transform Weakness into Power\nDescription: " }, { "from": "gpt", "value": " When you are weaker, never fight for honor's sake; choose surrender instead. Surrender gives you time to recover, time to torment and irritate your conqueror...
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Title: Concentrate Your Forces\nDescription: " }, { "from": "gpt", "value": " Conserve your forces and energies by keeping them concentrated at their strongest point. You gain more by finding a rich mine and mining it deeper, than by flitting from one shallow mine to...
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Title: Play the Perfect Courtier\nDescription: " }, { "from": "gpt", "value": " The perfect courtier thrives in a world where everything revolves around power and political dexterity. He has mastered the art of indirection; he flatters, yields to superiors, and asser...
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Title: ReCreate Yourself\nDescription: " }, { "from": "gpt", "value": " Do not accept the roles that society foists on you. Recreate yourself by forging a new identity, one that commands attention and never bores the audience. Be the master of your own image rather t...
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Title: Keep Your Hands Clean\nDescription: " }, { "from": "gpt", "value": " You must seem a paragon of civility and efficiency: Your hands are never soiled by mistakes and nasty deeds. Maintain such a spotless appearance by using others as scapegoats and cat's paws t...
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Title: Play on People's Need to Believe to Create a Cultlike Following\nDescription: " }, { "from": "gpt", "value": " People have an overwhelming desire to believe in something. Become the focal point of such desire by offering them a cause, a new faith to follow. Ke...
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Title: Enter Action with Boldness\nDescription: " }, { "from": "gpt", "value": " If you are unsure of a course of action, do not attempt it. Your doubts and hesitations will infect your execution. Timidity is dangerous: Better to enter with boldness. Any mistakes you...
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Title: Plan All the Way to the End\nDescription: " }, { "from": "gpt", "value": " The ending is everything. Plan all the way to it, taking into account all the possible consequences, obstacles, and twists of fortune that might reverse your hard work and give the glor...
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Title: Make your Accomplishments Seem Effortless\nDescription: " }, { "from": "gpt", "value": " Your actions must seem natural and executed with ease. All the toil and practice that go into them, and also all the clever tricks, must be concealed. When you act, act ef...
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Title: Control the Options: Get Others to Play with the Cards you Deal\nDescription: " }, { "from": "gpt", "value": " The best deceptions are the ones that seem to give the other person a choice: Your victims feel they are in control, but are actually your puppets. G...
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Title: Play to People's Fantasies\nDescription: " }, { "from": "gpt", "value": " The truth is often avoided because it is ugly and unpleasant. Never appeal to truth and reality unless you are prepared for the anger that comes for disenchantment. Life is so harsh and ...
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Title: Discover Each Man's Thumbscrew\nDescription: " }, { "from": "gpt", "value": " Everyone has a weakness, a gap in the castle wall. That weakness is usually an insecurity, an uncontrollable emotion or need; it can also be a small secret pleasure. Either way, once...
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Title: Be Royal in your Own Fashion: Act like a King to be treated like one\nDescription: " }, { "from": "gpt", "value": " The way you carry yourself will often determine how you are treated; In the long run, appearing vulgar or common will make people disrespect you...
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Title: Master the Art of Timing\nDescription: " }, { "from": "gpt", "value": " Never seem to be in a hurry a- hurrying betrays a lack of control over yourself, and over time. Always seem patient, as if you know that everything will come to you eventually. Become a de...
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Title: Disdain Things you cannot have: Ignoring them is the best Revenge\nDescription: " }, { "from": "gpt", "value": " By acknowledging a petty problem you give it existence and credibility. The more attention you pay an enemy, the stronger you make him; and a small...
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Title: Create Compelling Spectacles\nDescription: " }, { "from": "gpt", "value": " Striking imagery and grand symbolic gestures create the aura of power a- everyone responds to them. Stage spectacles for those around you, then full of arresting visuals and radiant sy...
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Title: Think as you like but Behave like others\nDescription: " }, { "from": "gpt", "value": " If you make a show of going against the times, flaunting your unconventional ideas and unorthodox ways, people will think that you only want attention and that you look dow...
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Title: Stir up Waters to Catch Fish\nDescription: " }, { "from": "gpt", "value": " Anger and emotion are strategically counterproductive. You must always stay calm and objective. But if you can make your enemies angry while staying calm yourself, you gain a decided a...
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Title: Despise the Free Lunch\nDescription: " }, { "from": "gpt", "value": " What is offered for free is dangerous a- it usually involves either a trick or a hidden obligation. What has worth is worth paying for. By paying your own way you stay clear of gratitude, gu...
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Title: Avoid Stepping into a Great Man's Shoes\nDescription: " }, { "from": "gpt", "value": " What happens first always appears better and more original than what comes after. If you succeed a great man or have a famous parent, you will have to accomplish double thei...
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Title: Strike the Shepherd and the Sheep will Scatter\nDescription: " }, { "from": "gpt", "value": " Trouble can often be traced to a single strong individual a- the stirrer, the arrogant underling, the poisoner of goodwill. If you allow such people room to operate, ...
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Title: Work on the Hearts and Minds of Others\nDescription: " }, { "from": "gpt", "value": " Coercion creates a reaction that will eventually work against you. You must seduce others into wanting to move in your direction. A person you have seduced becomes your loyal...
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Title: Disarm and Infuriate with the Mirror Effect\nDescription: " }, { "from": "gpt", "value": " The mirror reflects reality, but it is also the perfect tool for deception: When you mirror your enemies, doing exactly as they do, they cannot figure out your strategy....
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Title: Preach the Need for Change, but Never Reform too much at Once\nDescription: " }, { "from": "gpt", "value": " Everyone understands the need for change in the abstract, but on the day to day level people are creatures of habit. Too much innovation is traumatic, ...
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Title: Never appear too Perfect\nDescription: " }, { "from": "gpt", "value": " Appearing better than others is always dangerous, but most dangerous of all is to appear to have no faults or weaknesses. Envy creates silent enemies. It is smart to occasionally display d...
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Title: Do not go Past the Mark you Aimed for; In Victory, Learn when to Stop\nDescription: " }, { "from": "gpt", "value": " The moment of victory is often the moment of greatest peril. In the heat of victory, arrogance and overconfidence can push you past the goal yo...
[ { "from": "human", "value": "Title: Assume Formlessness\nDescription: " }, { "from": "gpt", "value": " By taking a shape, by having a visible plan, you open yourself to attack. Instead of taking a form for your enemy to grasp, keep yourself adaptable and on the move. Accept the fact that nothing...