Welcome to the sports motivation podcast.

It's your host, Nees Shobo.

Today's another episode of bars.

It's where I break down an excerpt from a book, a powerful lyric from a song.

Today is from a book.

This is a powerful book.

One of my favorites, you've probably heard of it.

I know you've heard of the author Robert Green, The 48 Laws of Power.

This is a classic, and you can tell when you read this how much time

and effort went into writing this book. I got the chance to meet Robert Green, did an interview

at his home, me and my wife, and he showed me a bookcase. He had books everywhere, number one,

but he had a big-ass bookcase and said, these are all the books that I read to produce 48 laws of power.

And it was more books than most people ever will touch in a lifetime.

Powerful, powerful stuff.

So so much research goes into it.

And so he has these 48 laws, and he has so many supporting claims and supporting evidence to really back up what he's

saying. So this is from law number 34 and it's called be royal in your own fashion. Act like a

king to be treated like one. The way you carry yourself will often determine how you are treated.

In the long run, appearing

vulgar or common will make people disrespect you. For a king respects himself and inspires the same

sentiment in others. By acting regally and confident of your powers, you make yourself seem

destined to wear a crown. So, that's powerful, but I want to read you this quote that he uses from Baltasar Grasian

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