Speaker 1: Have you ever wondered why the people closest to you
Speaker 1: go silent when you win, but suddenly become loud when
Speaker 1: you fall. Why they act cold when you're rising but
Speaker 1: friendly when you're broken. It's not just in your head.
Speaker 1: The truth is brutal, but you need to hear it.
Speaker 1: When you step into the game of power, something changes.
Speaker 1: People start to see you differently. Your success becomes a
Speaker 1: mirror that reflects their failures. Your winds feel like their losses,
Speaker 1: and the same ones who once called you brother, sister
Speaker 1: or best friend start hoping you slip. Why because deep down,
Speaker 1: no one is really your friend, not in the world
Speaker 1: of power. They smile, but behind that smile is a
Speaker 1: quiet jealousy. They clap, but in their hearts they pray
Speaker 1: for your downfall. It's not always out of hate. Sometimes
Speaker 1: it's fear. Sometimes it's the pain of watching you become
Speaker 1: what they could never be. And sometimes it's just the
Speaker 1: nature of this dirty, quiet war we all live in.
Speaker 1: Machiavelli didn't write about friendship. He wrote about manipulation, betrayal,
Speaker 1: and control, because that's what the real world runs on.
Speaker 1: Harsh maybe, but in the end, knowing this will save
Speaker 1: your soul from heartbreak, because when you understand that no
Speaker 1: one is truly your friend, you stop expecting loyalty and
Speaker 1: start building strength. Machiavelli saw the truth that most people
Speaker 1: refuse to admit. People are loyal only when it's easy,
Speaker 1: when it costs nothing. But the moment your presence threatens
Speaker 1: their comfort, they turn cold, They distance themselves. Some even
Speaker 1: try to pull you down just to feel safe again.
Speaker 1: It's not because you're wrong, it's because you're rising, and
Speaker 1: your rise feels like a threat to their small world.
Speaker 1: They won't say it out loud, but their actions will
Speaker 1: silence when you win, laughter when you fall, and suddenly
Speaker 1: the ones you thought were friends feel more like strangers.
Speaker 1: That's the dirty game of power. No one shows their
Speaker 1: rear until you start doing better than them. Machiavelli warned us,
Speaker 1: never trust a smiling face too quickly, because behind that
Speaker 1: smile might be someone just waiting for their chance to strike,
Speaker 1: not with a fist, but with a whisper, a rumor,
Speaker 1: or a fake smile that leads to betrayal. You must
Speaker 1: stay sharp, you must expect it, and never give anyone
Speaker 1: the weapon they could later use against you. They won't
Speaker 1: show it, but they watch you closely, every move you make,
Speaker 1: every step forward. It's a reminder of what they haven't done,
Speaker 1: what they could have been. So they put on a smile, nod,
Speaker 1: even clap, but it's hollow, empty, because inside they're screaming.
Speaker 1: Your success makes them feel smaller. Your strength reminds them
Speaker 1: of their weakness. And when people feel weak, they don't admire.
Speaker 1: They attack, sometimes with silence, sometimes with fake concern, and
Speaker 1: sometimes by turning others against you, slowly, subtly. Machiavelli saw
Speaker 1: it centuries ago. Loyalty is a man. Ask people where
Speaker 1: when they still need something from you, But when you
Speaker 1: rise too high they no longer need you. Now they
Speaker 1: fear you. And what do people do when they fear something?
Speaker 1: They try to destroy it before it exposes their truth.
Speaker 1: Machiavelli wasn't cold. He was honest, brutally honest. He saw
Speaker 1: the truth most people are too afraid to admit. Friendships
Speaker 1: in the world of power are tools, not treasures. Your allies.
Speaker 1: They're not standing beside you because they love you. They're
Speaker 1: there because they see something they can gain, protection, status, opportunity,
Speaker 1: and the moment they no longer need you, they start
Speaker 1: drifting or were slotting. That's why Machiavelli warned, never mistake
Speaker 1: closeness for loyal to use people guide the hood, never
Speaker 1: hand them your trust. Trust is weakness and a world
Speaker 1: built on strategy. Today's friend. They laugh with you, eat
Speaker 1: with you, call you brother, But give them a reason,
Speaker 1: just one, and they'll betray you without blinking. Maybe not
Speaker 1: with a sword, but with silence when you need them most,
Speaker 1: with ab since when your enemies strike with gossip, when
Speaker 1: your back is turned. So keep them close, yes, but
Speaker 1: never let them stand equal to you. Power demands distance,
Speaker 1: It demands control and control. It doesn't come from kindness.
Speaker 1: It doesn't come from being. Like Machiavelli knew, real control
Speaker 1: is built on fear, on necessity, on manipulation. If you must,
Speaker 1: you must appear friendly because smiles open doors. But being soft,
Speaker 1: being genuinely vulnerable, that opens your neck to the knife.
Speaker 1: So stay sharp, be the calm in the room, be
Speaker 1: the smile that hides a thousand strategies. Let others call
Speaker 1: you cold, because you know the truth. In this game,
Speaker 1: the warmest hearts bleed the fastest. Rule Number one in
Speaker 1: the dirty game of power, never reveal your full strength.
Speaker 1: The moment people see the full weight of what you're
Speaker 1: capable of, they'll do one of two things, fear you
Speaker 1: or try to destroy you, and both are dangerous because
Speaker 1: fear creates distance, but expose. Exposure gives your enemies a target,
Speaker 1: a weakness, a plan. That's why the truly powerful stay quiet.
Speaker 1: They smile, They pretend to be average. They hide the
Speaker 1: fire burning underneath, not because they're weak, but because they're wise.
Speaker 1: Machiavelli knew the lion roars only when it's time to strike.
Speaker 1: Until then, he waits, patient hidden. That's how power survives.
Speaker 1: You must keep people guessing, let them underestimate you, let
Speaker 1: them sleep on your potential, because when they don't see
Speaker 1: you coming, they can't defend themselves. Never show your final card.
Speaker 1: Never speak your deepest thoughts. Never let your real weapons
Speaker 1: be seen, because once they are, you've already given the
Speaker 1: enemy a map to your destruction. Silence is power, Mystery
Speaker 1: is protection. The less they know, the more you control.
Speaker 1: Keep your strength hidden until revealing it is the final blow.
Speaker 1: Rule number two. Always assume hidden agendas. No one says
Speaker 1: what they really mean, no one does something for nothing.
Speaker 1: Every smile hides a motive, Every favor plants a seed,
Speaker 1: and every compliment could be a leash around your neck.
Speaker 1: People are masters at pretending, pretending to hell, to care
Speaker 1: to support, but deep down they're playing their own game,
Speaker 1: a quiet game, one where you are the pawn and
Speaker 1: they're just waiting for the right moment to use you
Speaker 1: or betray you. Machiavelli understood this better than anyone. He
Speaker 1: saw the world not as it should be, but as
Speaker 1: it is, a place where loyalty is a mask, where
Speaker 1: kindness is a tool, where relationships are transactions. And if
Speaker 1: you forget that, if you start believing people's words instead
Speaker 1: of watching their actions, you'll get played over and over again.
Speaker 1: So trust what you see, not what you hear. Question
Speaker 1: every offer, read between every line, Ask what do they
Speaker 1: want from me? Why? Now? Why this? Because there's always
Speaker 1: a reason. No one moves without purpose in the game
Speaker 1: of power. And if you assume everyone's clean, you'll be
Speaker 1: the one bleeding. Stay sharp, stay suspicious, Assume everyone has
Speaker 1: a plan, and never forget you might be a part
Speaker 1: of it. Rule three. Use people's emotions, but never get emotional.
Speaker 1: Emotions are weapons, not yours, but theirs. The moment you
Speaker 1: get emotional you lose. You become predictable, You react instead
Speaker 1: of controlling. You become the puppet and someone else is
Speaker 1: pulling the strings. But when you control their emotions, you
Speaker 1: win without lifting a finger. Fear, guilt, Oh banger, these
Speaker 1: are levers. Push the right one and people will move
Speaker 1: exactly how you want. They'll beg for your approval, they'll
Speaker 1: chase your attention. They'll tear down their own walls just
Speaker 1: to feel accepted by you. Machiavelli knew power isn't taken
Speaker 1: by force. It's given when people feel too much and
Speaker 1: think too little. So learn to read people. Watch what
Speaker 1: makes them angry, notice what they crave, Discover what keeps
Speaker 1: them up at night, and use it not out of cruelty,
Speaker 1: but out of strategy, Because in the game of power,
Speaker 1: being nice doesn't protect you. Being emotionally detact does. And
Speaker 1: when someone tries to trigger you, hawse, don't shout, don't break,
Speaker 1: just smile, because the coldest man in the room always
Speaker 1: controls it. Rule four. Create distance. Let them respect you
Speaker 1: or fear you. Closeness kills power. The more access people
Speaker 1: have to you, the less they value you. They start
Speaker 1: seeing your silence as weakness, your kindness, as need, your time,
Speaker 1: as free They forget who you are, They forget what
Speaker 1: you carry. Machiavelli understood this perfectly. He warned. If they
Speaker 1: don't respect you, they'll try to control you. If they
Speaker 1: don't fear you, they'll forget you. You must create space,
Speaker 1: not physical distance, but emotional distance, mental distance. Let them
Speaker 1: guess what you're thinking. Let them wonder how far you're
Speaker 1: willing to go. Don't reveal too much, don't explain too often,
Speaker 1: don't show up everywhere. Your presence should be felt like thunder,
Speaker 1: not noise. When you become too familiar, they without caution.
Speaker 1: When you're too kind, they test your patience. But when
Speaker 1: you build mystery around your presence, they walk carefully, They
Speaker 1: choose their words. They respect your silence more than they
Speaker 1: respected your voice. Power grows in silence, in distance, in unpredictability,
Speaker 1: because love is a gift, but fear is insurance. And
Speaker 1: if you must choose between being loved and being feared,
Speaker 1: choose fear. Fear keeps doors open that love cannot look
Speaker 1: around you. Not everyone smiling at you is on your side.
Speaker 1: Some are just watching, waiting. Pretend he'll pat you on
Speaker 1: the back with one hand and sharpen the knife with
Speaker 1: the other, because deep down, most people aren't clapping for you.
Speaker 1: They're clapping at you, at your setbacks, at your silence,
Speaker 1: at your moments of doubt. They don't admire your strength,
Speaker 1: they resent it. The truth. Most can stomach your failures,
Speaker 1: but not your success, because your rise reminds them of
Speaker 1: their stagnation. Your progress exposes their excuses, and so they
Speaker 1: smile when you fall because your fall makes them feel taller.
Speaker 1: That's why Machiavelli didn't play for friendship. He played for leverage.
Speaker 1: Loyalty meant nothing if it didn't serve a purpose. Every
Speaker 1: person around you is either a threat or a tool.
Speaker 1: You're either influencing them or being used. This game is
Speaker 1: not about who likes you. It's about who fears losing you.
Speaker 1: Not about who's close to you, but who's controlled by you.
Speaker 1: You're either the player who moves the board or the
Speaker 1: pawn being moved, and pawns they get sacrificed first. In
Speaker 1: this world, trust is just a pretty word, a lie.
Speaker 1: We tell ourselves to sleep better at night. But when
Speaker 1: the masks fall and the stakes rise, trust dies. First.
Speaker 1: Promises get broken. Bonds dissolve, and the same people who
Speaker 1: once called you brother or friend suddenly disappear when you
Speaker 1: need them most. Because the truth is brutal. Only power
Speaker 1: is real, not loyalty, not friendship, not good intentions. Power, raw, cold,
Speaker 1: untouchable is the only thing people understand and respect. So
Speaker 1: play the game. Learn their moves, read their silence, expect betrayal,
Speaker 1: and when they come with flattery and sweet words, smile.
Speaker 1: But never let your guard down because behind every soft
Speaker 1: voice is a hidden motive, Behind every favor is a hook.
Speaker 1: This is the world Machiavelli knew. This is the ugly
Speaker 1: side of success, This is the dirty game of power.
Speaker 1: And in this game, no one is your friend. Only
Speaker 1: your shadow stays loyal, and even that leaves when the
Speaker 1: lights go out.