Hire Your Enemies Once You Befriend Them.
- Your former enemies don’t expect much from you and will be more loyal to you because they have more to prove.
- A man who has something to prove will move mountains for you.
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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 enemy and he will be more loyal than a friend, because he has more to prove. In fact, you have more to fear from friends than from enemies. If you have no enemies, find a way to make them.
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