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LAW 7

GET OTHERS TO DO THE WORK FOR YOU, BUT ALWAYS TAKE THE CREDIT

On this law, we are going to start off with a little story called "The Tortoise, The Elephant, and the Hippopotamus." One day the tortoise met the elephant, who hollered, "Out of my way, you weakling-I might step on you!" The tortoise was not afraid and stayed where he was, so the elephant stepped on him, but could not crush him."Do not boast, Mr, Elephant, I am as strong as you are!" Said the tortoise, but the elephant just laughed. So the tortoise asked him to come to his hill the next morning.

The next day, before sunrise, the tortoise ran down the hill to the river, where he met the hippopotamus, who was just on his way back into the water after hi nocturnal feeding. "Mr Hippo! Shall we have a tug-of-war? I bet I'm as strong as you are!' said the tortoise. The hippopotamus laughed at this ridiculous idea, but agreed. The tortoise produced a long rope and told the hippo to hold it in his mouth until the tortoise shouted "Hey!" Then the tortoise ran back up the hill where he found the elephant, who was getting impatient. He gave the elephant the other end of the rope and said, When I say Hey! Pull, and you'll see which of us is the strongest." Then he ran halfway back down the hill, to a place where he couldn't be seen, and shouted, "Hey!" The elephant and the hippopotamus pulled and pulled, but neither could budge the other-they were of equal strength. They both agreed that the tortoise was as strong as they were.

Try not to do what others can do for you, but remember that depends on the assignment or mission. Some things are safer to do yourself. "The credit for an invention or creation is just as important, if not more important than the invention itself. Don't let others steal your fame. If need be, hire people who have the creativity or skills that you lack make some alterations, and make their work your own. "Learn to use the knowledge of the past and you will look like a genius. Their wit can be your wit, their skill can be your skill, and they're dead so they can tell you how unoriginal you really are."On the other hand, you will find many people attempt to take advantage o other peoples work. They won't do their own work, but will use someone else for further themselves. Look at hyenas, and vultures. They live off of what others have hunted.

Everybody steals in commerce and industry. I've stolen a lot myself. But I know how to steal. Thomas Edison, 1847-1931