Just a few moments ago as I was reading through The Prince by Machiavelli and I stumbled upon a part that could be applied to dealing with women as well as other things in life, so I decided to share it with everyone in this thread immediately; it reads:
"These men rely entirely on the support and continuing success of the people who gave them their power, which is to say on two extremely unreliable and unstable quantities. They don't know how to hang on to power and even if they did, they wouldn't be able to. They don't know how because, unless they are remarkably gifted and competent, we can hardly suppose that their lives as private citizens have equipped them for command"
I'm not going to interpret it, but instead I'd like you all to and if you can tell me what you think about the quote that I've chosen and how you can apply it to your life.
you need to be your own motivator. you have to have your own goals and destination ahead of you, because placing a person above you would be a recipe for failure. if you get your "power" and draw your motivations from a woman, then the danger lies in you placing your future well being, as well as peace of mind in the hands of somebody else.
from what else I could understand, the quote is also mentioning how ill prepared and unstable another person (like a female) would be as your prime motivator. people come and go, and they change their minds when they want to. what someone else wants, isnt always going to be in your best interests. another thing about females, is that particularly due to how they were raised, is that theyre really expecting you to be better than them. make more money than them, have a higher status, and provide for her. a lot of people today are going on about what is fair, and how the genders are being the blurred, yet the same is always expected from a man. and that is always going to push the traditional dynamic. see with women, they themselves do not expect to be the leader of a household, and thats why theyre looking for someone doing better than them. so you need to set the pace and the destination, and do not put that on somebody who wants you to be her better. this alone proves that you need to be in command.
being as how thats the case, if she jumps ship, then understand that doesnt mean the vessel is going to sink. relax, youre still the captain. you still have a seperate goal to reach.
for a man to be considered accomplished and with his head on straight, it means he keeps his ambitions and destinations ahead of himself. the choices he makes on his road will determine what kind of man he is. his vision should make it so he is working for something greater. he is motivated by the big picture, and as a result, his decisions as well as his integrity need to taken seriously. they have to agree with who he is and where hes going. all things that he includes about himself become magnified and thus become bigger.
if you realize how planets work, you realize that smaller earths orbit the bigger planets. so a man with his own system in play, he does not revolve around women. just the opposite.
when you have the power, you are not at someone elses mercy, and you never will be. in fact, with such clarity and purpose about yourself, youre more likely to only add on to the cause. others will come out and only help your goal, since you accept nothing less around you.