3# - ONE MIN BOOK SUMMARY - The 48 laws of Power (Robert Greene)- Law 1: NEVER OUTSHINE THE MASTER !
Always make those above you feel comfortably superior. In your desire to please or impress them, do not go too far in displaying your talents or you might accomplish the opposite – inspire fear and insecurity.
One of my business mentor kept repeating me the same thing :
"DO NOT LOAD YOURSELF ! Show your talent step by step, if you show too much power they will get rid of you as they will feel insecure to not be as talented as you are."
Make your masters appear more brilliant than they are and you will attain the heights of power. Make them feel fabulous !
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Finance Minister Nicholas Fouquet had spent enormous sums in building a magnificent château on his estate of Vaux-le-Vicomte. He then threw a lavish party to show off his connections, cultivated manner and charm.
Thinking this move would make him an indispensable asset to the king, Fouquet had actually offended his master who did not like the fact people were more charmed by his finance minister than by him. He unintentionally outshone his master, King Louis XIV, making the King feel insecure.
In 1661, at age 23, Louis XIV visited Vaux-le-Vicomte, the country estate of his finance minister, Nicolas Fouquet, and was outraged by its magnificence.
The King found a convenient excuse to get rid of Fouquet who then spent the next 20 years of his life in prison. King Louis XIV went ahead to build Palace of Versailles which was much more grander and lavish than the Chateau built by Fouquet to display his charms and connections.
