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Law 18 - Spiderweb > Fortress Flashcards

1
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What are the consequences when you isolate yourself?

A
  • You have no information
  • You lose perspective of events around you
  • No sources of power
  • You don’t hear whispers of plots against you
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Who are the sources of your power?

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  • Weak master
  • Subjects
  • Enemies
  • Allies
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What is the norm, if not privacy and isolation?

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Sociability and openness

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4
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What advantages do you cede to others when you isolate yourself??

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  • You become a small, easy target

- Everyone knows where you are

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5
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What strategic losses do you suffer when you isolate yourself?

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  • You lose maneuverability
  • You can’t ask for help
  • You lose your mind - become paranoid and diseased
  • People act without your approval or knowledge
  • People plot against you
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What is the wrong option to choose when faced with danger and uncertainty?

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Isolating yourself

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What should you do when faced with danger and uncertainty?

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  • Fight the desire to turn inward
  • Make yourself more accessible
  • Seek out old allies
  • Make new ones
  • Force yourself into more circles
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What is your ultimate aim when de-isolating yourself?

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Not a pin should drop without you hearing it

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What do you want your world to be, if not a fortress?

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A vast Versailles

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What does a versailles room associate with in your life?

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A different social circle

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What is “being permeable”? How do you do it?

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Being permeable is the ability to float in and out of different social circles, and to mix with different types of people

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How does mobility and social contact help you?

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  • It protects you from plotters
  • No one can keep any secrets from you
  • Enemies won’t be able to isolate you from allies
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If the world is your Versailles, which room should you reside in?

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None - always be on the move. Never sit or settle in one place.

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What is better than relying on the strength of citadels to protect yourself?

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Relying on the goodwill of your citizens.

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15
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What types of people should you mingle with?

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All

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16
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At what point do you stop targeting new social circles to force yourself into?

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Never

17
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How many people out of one group should you get close enough that they tell you everything, all their secrets?

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ALL of them

18
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How do you figure out what information to extract from your different circles?

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You build the big picture in your mind, and fill in all the blanks with information from your circles.

19
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What rewards do you reap when you mingle on all levels?

A

You are able to

  • foresee trends and troubles
  • cope with changing tides
  • counter an Enemy here with an Ally there
20
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What effect does isolation have on your social skills?

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It makes you awkward in social situations, which leads to further isolation.

21
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What happens to your social skills when you have constant exposure and circulation?

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You become more graceful and at ease.

22
Q

How do you know you are too isolated?

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  • You stop seeing the bigger picture
  • You’re too obsessed with detail
  • You’re too paranoid
23
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What should your attitude be towards sociability and openness?

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It should be encouraged, organised and channeled.

24
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What is the relationship of social interaction, and circulation, with power?

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They are directly proportional

25
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When being social, when do you know that you’re at your peak?

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  • you are at the Center of attention
  • all activity revolves around you
  • you are aware of EVERYTHING happening and everyone hatching plots against you
26
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What is the main characteristic of people you should try to find out when socialising?

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How influential they are

27
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4 gaps you must fill when interacting with people

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  1. Hear what is happening around you
  2. Know plots against you
  3. sense of proportion
  4. Influencers, how they connect
28
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What, in the true sense of the word, is networking?

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It is the exact opposite of isolation. When “networking,” you

  1. Identify everyone with INFLUENCE
  2. Figure out how they’re connected to one another
  3. Mingle EVERYWHERE
  4. Know EVERYONE; and
  5. Build a vast network of connections.
29
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What is the point of building a vast network of connections?

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An enemy here can be counterbalanced by an ally there.

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