LXXXX. While You Play Small, Lesser Men Are Winning
Be sublime in your deeds, lofty in your thoughts; and in all your doings show that you deserve to be a king.
“Everyone should be royal after his own fashion. Let all your actions, even though they are not those of a king, be, in their own sphere, worthy of one. Be sublime in your deeds, lofty in your thoughts; and in all your doings show that you deserve to be a king even though you are not one in reality.” — Baltasar Gracián, 1601–1658
“It is within your power to set your own price. How you carry yourself reflects what you think of yourself. If you ask for little, shuffle your feet and lower your head, people will assume this reflects your character. But this behavior is not you—it is only how you have chosen to present yourself to other people. You can just as easily present…buoyancy, confidence, and the feeling that you were born to wear a crown.” — Robert Greene
The following is a story of The Boy and The Nettle from Aesop’s Fables,
A boy playing in the fields got stung by a nettle. He ran home to his mother, telling her that he had but touched that nasty weed, and it had stung hi…
