Play the perfect courtier: The perfect courtier thrives in a world where everything revolves around power and political dexterity. He has mastered the art of indirection; he flatters, yields to superiors, and asserts power over others in the most oblique and graceful manner. Learn and apply the laws of courtiership and there will be no… Read More
Daily Digest for July 22nd
mdpeters: New blog post: Juris Doctor 46 of 215 https://michaelpeters.org/?p=657 [#] — 5:38pm via Twitter Feed
Juris Doctor 46 of 215
Only two weeks remaining in my first year of law school! Now I will not officially say that I am 25% complete with law school, after all, I still need to pass my first year of final exams as well as the Bar Association’s first year law school student exams. From a classroom perspective, I… Read More
Daily Digest for July 17th
mdpeters: New blog post: Butterflies in the Zone of Danger https://michaelpeters.org/?p=652 [#] — 1:02am via Twitter Feed mdpeters: New blog post: Laws of Power – 19 https://michaelpeters.org/?p=654 [#] — 10:02am via Twitter Feed
Laws of Power – 19
Know who you’re dealing with — do not offend the wrong person: there are many different kinds of people in the world, and you can never assume that everyone will react to your strategies in the same way. Deceive or outmaneuver some people and they will spend the rest of their lives seeking revenge. They… Read More
Butterflies in the Zone of Danger
As I studied my tort law focused on duty and breach in negligence, the zone of danger rule is discussed and my mind wandered to things more esoteric. Specifically the butterfly effect. The butterfly effect is a phrase that encapsulates the more technical notion of sensitive dependence on initial conditions in chaos theory. Small variations… Read More
Daily Digest for July 15th
mdpeters: New blog post: Laws of Power – 18 https://michaelpeters.org/?p=648 [#] — 10:18am via Twitter Feed
Laws of Power – 18
Do not build fortresses to protect yourself — isolation is dangerous: the world is dangerous and enemies are everywhere — everyone has to protect themselves. A fortress seems the safest. But isolation exposes you to more dangers than it protects you from — it cuts you off from the valuable information, it makes you conspicuous… Read More
Daily Digest for July 14th
mdpeters: New blog post: Juris Doctor 45 of 215 https://michaelpeters.org/?p=645 [#] — 10:24am via Twitter Feed
Juris Doctor 45 of 215
Final exams for my first year are about a month away. It will no doubt be an intense and stressful day starting with three hours of essay writing, and hour lunch break, and followed up by three hours of questions to answer. As stressful as it all is, I am actually looking forward to it… Read More
Daily Digest for July 14th
mdpeters: Contract law: Consensual discharges. Sounds kinda hot doesn’t it? [#] — 9:48am via Twitter Feed
Contract law: Consensual disch…
Contract law: Consensual discharges. Sounds kinda hot doesn’t it?
Daily Digest for July 10th
mdpeters: I’ve heard of brother in arms and now at the airport, I have heard baby in arms. Has the airport become more hostile? [#] — 1:01am via Twitter Feed
Daily Digest for July 10th
mdpeters: New blog post: Laws of Power – 17 https://michaelpeters.org/?p=636 [#] — 9:53am via Twitter Feed mdpeters: Wondering if livestock feel the same way I do travelling commercial airlines? No food, crowding, sweat and the stench of airplane urinals. [#] — 8:49pm via Twitter Feed mdpeters: Cloud computing is like flying a commercial jet, one… Read More
I’ve heard of brother in arms …
I’ve heard of brother in arms and now at the airport, I have heard baby in arms. Has the airport become more hostile?
Cloud computing is like flying…
Cloud computing is like flying a commercial jet, one mishap, one sick passenger and it might be all over. Arrive alive is all I care about.
Wondering if livestock feel th…
Wondering if livestock feel the same way I do travelling commercial airlines? No food, crowding, sweat and the stench of airplane urinals.
Laws of Power – 17
Keep others in suspended terror: cultivate an air of unpredictability: humans are creatures of habit with an insatiable need to see familiarity in other people’s actions. Your predictability gives them a sense of control. Turn the tables: Be deliberately unpredictable. Behavior that seems to have no consistency or purpose will keep them off balance, and… Read More
Daily Digest for July 8th
mdpeters: Criminal Law, Bad Checks and Receiving Stolen Property; Contracts, Delegation of Contract Duties; Torts, Nuisance; miles to go till I sleep. [#] — 1:55am via Twitter Feed mdpeters: New blog post: Laws of Power – 16 https://michaelpeters.org/?p=633 [#] — 10:08am via Twitter Feed
Laws of Power – 16
Use absence to increase respect and honor: Too much circulation makes the price go down: The more you are seen and heard from, the more common you appear. If you are already established in a group, temporary withdrawal from it will make you more talked about, even more admired. You must learn when to leave.… Read More
Daily Digest for July 7th
mdpeters: New blog post: Laws of Power – 15 https://michaelpeters.org/?p=629 [#] — 9:56am via Twitter Feed
Criminal Law, Bad Checks and R…
Criminal Law, Bad Checks and Receiving Stolen Property; Contracts, Delegation of Contract Duties; Torts, Nuisance; miles to go till I sleep.
Laws of Power – 15
Crush your enemy totally: All great leaders since Moses have known that a feared enemy must be crushed completely. (Sometimes they have learned this the hard way.) If one ember is left alight, no matter how dimly it smolders, a fire will eventually break out. More is lost through stopping halfway than through total annihilation:… Read More
Daily Digest for July 5th
mdpeters: New blog post: 42 https://michaelpeters.org/?p=622 [#] — 3:52pm via Twitter Feed mdpeters: New blog post: Juris Doctor 44 of 215 https://michaelpeters.org/?p=624 [#] — 3:57pm via Twitter Feed