LAW 35
MASTER THE ART OF TIMING
Judgment
Never seem to be in a hurry-hurrying betrays a lack of control over yourself, and over time. Always seem patient, as if you know that everything will come to you eventually. Become a detective of the right moment; sniff out the spirit of the times, the trends that will carry you to power. Learn to stand back when the time is not yet ripe, and to strike fiercely when it has reached fruition.
When it comes to power, it rarely ends up in the hands of those who start the revolution or continue it. It's the person who ends it, that is rewarded with it. Sometimes one must quietly gain support.
One must learn to master the art of timing. You must look two or more steps ahead. And what if yourself to death so that you will always be prepared. Glance at distractions and what is loud, but look at what lays dominant and hidden. Treat patience like a sword and shield. Don't get emotional, or strike out irrationally. Learn to keep cool and maintain a low profile, patiently build support if that is something you need, if not, keep things to yourself.
Time is an artificial concept that we have created to construct a concept, so that we can to some degree play tricks with. Time though it waits for no one and cheats everyone is conceptual. A child sees time as long and slow. And adult, depending on their mood, and activity, fast and hasty. If an adult has inner issues, or an emotional driven issues, time moves fast and once the control of those emotions are taken, response to events are dealt with, time slows down.
Skill and practice can help with the mastering of time. Long time is a defensive mechanism that one must master the art of not reacting on impulse and waiting for an opportunity to arise. If one races or force a fast pace out of fear or impatience, you can create a set of problems that would have otherwise been non existent and now require fixing, causing you more time than previously intended. Rushing can put you in constant crisis mode, and danger. Waiting on the other-hand, involves controlling not only your own emotions but those of your colleagues, who mistaking action for power, and may try to push you into making rash moves. When you mind is uncluttered by constant emergencies you will see further into the future. You will be able to see what is really happening, even if it is unpleasant, or makes your task harder. However you will make less mistakes. You will be able to resist baits that people will dangle in front of you, and you will keep yourself from becoming a sucker. Pay attention to opportunities that will unexpectedly arise and take them.
To build your power's foundation can take years. Remember, if you build a house on a solid foundation and a person where to strike one of its walls with a bulldozer you will only need to repair the wall. However, if you build a house on a cracked foundation the house will eventually come tumbling down on its own. Build up slowly, surely and securely.
Forced time is an offensive weapon, that upsets the timing of our opponents. Making people wait or move unanticipated on their part, can be a powerful thing. You must control the clock so that it does not blow up in your face. You must start off feeling with them slowly, they suddenly apply pressure, making them feel that everything is happening at once. Many people can not think under pressure. Apply pressure and they will think that everything is happening at once. People who lack the time to think will make mistakes. Another part to setting time is adding deadlines. Adding deadlines forces individuals to make up their minds and get to the point. Do not give indecisive people time.
End time is a plan executed with speed and force without hesitation. Play your games always with artistry and finance - waiting for the right moment to act, putting your competitors off their form and messing up their timing. But all of that means nothing if you do not know how to finish. Use speed to paralyze your opponent, cover up any mistakes you might make, and impress people with your aura of authority and finality. Be like the snake charmer, that draws the snake out with charm at steady rhythms and once the snake is out, the snake charmers foot is raised above the snakes head and he stomps him. Killing him. While he was facing him. Nothing was done by mischief. Nothing was done blind sightingly. Your mastery of timing can really only be judged by how you work with the end time - how quickly you change the pace and bring things to a swift and definitive conclusion.
