Tailor Your Flattery
April 19, Day 109/365
2 min readApr 20, 2022
The Daily Laws by Robert Greene, Pg. 141
Courtiers have to gain the attention of leaders and ingratiate themselves in some way. The most immediate way to do this is through flattery, since leaders inevitably have large egos and a hunger to have their high self-opinion validated. Flattery can do wonders, but it comes with risks. If it is too obvious, the flatterer…
