The 48 Laws of Power, Law 17, Cultivate an Air of Unpredictability

People are always trying to read the motives behind your actions. Your predictability gives them a sense of control. Turn the tables, be deliberately unpredictable. Scrambling your patterns on a day-to-day basis will cause a stir around you and stimulate interest. Only the terminally subordinate act in a predictable manner. Strategically reveal your human side. Never appear too perfect. It takes great talent and skill to conceal one's talent and skill. The harder we try to fix our mistakes, the worse we often make them. ignore things you cannot have ignoring them is the best revenge.