You gain power by pretending to be weak.

Chuck Palahniuk
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The more powerful you are, the better you perform, and the more power you have, the greater your performance. You gain power by pretending to be weak meaning that if you pretend to be weak, people will believe that you are weak. In this case, I am referring to a person’s performance rather than their personality. If someone is perceived as being weak, they will have a hard time performing well or getting ahead of others.

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