The Prince: power as it actually is
Your biggest plan this term will be stopped not by a rival but by someone you never considered — an administrator, a lecturer, another club. In a club, power often sits where there is no job title.
See who actually holds power first, and plan second; whoever abandons what is done for what ought to be done destroys himself sooner than he preserves himself.
- The dean's office decidesOne particular administrator decides
- The sponsor said yesThe promise lives while the person who gave it stays
- The former president is off the boardHe still holds the keys and the contacts
In twenty minutes, list everyone outside the club who could stop its biggest plan: name, role, and what that person actually needs. Mark the ones nobody has spoken to in three months, and see the two most important before the month ends.
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Portrait by Santi di Tito, later 16th century. Palazzo Vecchio, Florence. PD-art-old-100-expired — Santi di Tito (1536–1603)
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