8 rules the top play by that those at the bottom should adopt.

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1. Leverage

Most poor people don't leverage. Trying to get everything done yourself will limit you to only how much you can do.

Get more hands working for you, and find a way to pay or show them what's in it for them.

2. Trust

When doing business, poor people would require collateral from strangers, but excuse those close to them because they *trust* them.

That's how you get scammed.

The unspoken rule is to know your safety net whenever you're not taking collateral.

Never need to trust.

3. Morality

Never seen a very successful businessman say "This is not a good thing, it's evil."

It's either good for business or bad for business. Its either effective or ineffective.

Morality will only limit you.

4. Reciprocity

Expecting someone to help you because you helped them in the past is ludicrous.

If you're no longer useful to them, people have no reason to help you.

"Whenever you see water flowing upstream it means someone it repaying a kindness."

— 48 Laws Of Power

NON-NEGOTIABLE QUALITIES EVERY MAN MUST POSSESS

——read only if you’re a man

1 Physical Strength

This is an absolute necessity.

You can have all the money and chicks, and it still wouldn’t matter if you’re weak.

A man needs virility to truly feel alive. You must be striving towards achieving top physical form at all times.

2 Ability To Make Money

If you’re that guy at the table who is scared to say shit because he’s hesitant about the costs, then you’re gonna be on the losing side one too many times.

You need money so your decisions aren’t influenced by cost-calculation but by the benefits.

3 Communication Skills

Doesn’t matter if you’re the laid back sarcastic type or the hyper-quick recoil kinda guy.

When verbal attacks come you must be capable of diffusing them and throwing punches back graciously.

Verbal prowess is a weapon.

4 Mental Fortitude

A weak mind collapses at every instance of resistance.

If you have everything mentioned above and yet your mind is weak, you won’t even get a chance to win.

You will be attacked at every junction, you must solidify your mind and make iron your resolve.