Why Everyone Secretly HATES You — Machiavelli
Most people live under a comforting lie: if I'm good, honest, and kind, people will like me. Machiavelli would laugh at this. He understood something darker: humans rarely hate you for your vices — they hate you for your virtues. As he put it, men generally judge more by the eye than by the hand. In this episode you'll learn why people secretly resent you when you succeed where they don't, refuse to explain yourself, show strength they lack, demonstrate independence they fear, and expose their insecurities without saying a word. Machiavelli didn't want you to be loved; he wanted you to be…
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