Keep Some Enemies Around to Keep You Sharp
- Without competition, it’s harder to grow stronger because without competition, you lack that extrinsic motivation – the desire to be better than others.
- You will be more alert, productive, and industrious when you have a few declared enemies – you can’t afford to take it too easy.
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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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