“Overt power grabs and sharp rises to the top are dangerous.”

The 33 Strategies of War, Strategy 29, The Fait Accompli Strategy

Explanation

We are all naturally attracted to the prospect of gaining huge sums of power and wealth over a short period of time.

The attention we might receive and the dramatic plot line we will potentially experience excites us beyond belief.

More than anything, given that we humans are fundamentally impatient, the speed of these benefits, and the lack of work required to achieve them, is most appealing.

However, when we think more strategically, this type of explosive success is perhaps not quite as idyllic as we would like to imagine.