Law 10 - Avoid Infectious People

Question 1

How do you identify people you should stay away from?

Answer 1

1. Incurably unhappy
2. Incurably unstable
3. “Victims”
4. Chronically dissatisfied (envious)
5. Turbulent past
6. Long line of failed relationships
7. Unstable careers
8. Forceful characters
9. Discontent eyes

Question 2

What should you do when you encounter and identify an infector?

Answer 2

0. Do NOT take pity
1. Don’t argue
2. Don’t try to help
3. Don’t try to pass them on to your friends
4. FLEE their presence or suffer the consequences

Question 3

Which types of infectors have the greatest type of infecting power?

Answer 3

The incurably unhappy and unstable

Question 4

How do you identify chronically dissatisfied people?

Answer 4

Their discontent comes from deep envy (Cassius and Caesar)

• they feel deeply
• they have a forceful personality
• they confide in you constantly

Question 5

How do chronically dissatisfied people infect you?

Answer 5

1. They overwhelm you with their forceful personality

2. They intrigue you with their confiding nature and depth of feeling

Question 6

How do badly infectious people draw you in?

Answer 6

1. The force of their character enthrals you

2. They make you feel more alive

Question 7

What are the signs that you’ve been infected by someone?

Answer 7

1. Their problems become your problems

2. You want to help them but whatever you do doesn’t work

Question 8

Why are inherently unstable people so dangerous?

Answer 8

They have a DESIRE to destroy and unsettle

Question 9

How do the people you spend a lot of time with affect you?

Answer 9

You’re susceptible to their -

1. Moods
2. Emotions
3. Ways of thinking

Question 10

What is a good way to classify people (whether they’re badly infectious or not)?

Answer 10

You judge them by the effect their actions have on the world, NOT the reasons they give for their actions.

Question 11

How do you use infection as a weapon in the game of power?

Answer 11

Yawn.

Calmness, sleepiness, and a carefree spirit can lull your enemies into a false sense of security.

Question 12

What are the different attitudes you can use as weapons to infect your enemies?

Answer 12

1. Sleepiness
2. Yawning
3. Calmness
4. Carefree, drunklike spirit
5. Boredom
6. Weakness

Question 13

What kind of infectious people should you surround yourself with?

Answer 13

1. Cheerful
2. Intelligent
3. Witty
4. Aristocratic
5. Gracious
   Etc

Question 14

How do you pick which good people you should associate with?

Answer 14

Find your deficiencies and associate with those who fulfil them with abundance

Question 15

What kind of people should you absolutely avoid?

Answer 15

Those who share your defects