Among Palpatine’s many talents, manipulation is unequivocally his greatest power.
He manipulated his way to becoming the politically powerful beings in the Galaxy. He was so successful at this in fact that even after his defeat, groups of people still continued his work.
Why? What made him so adept at manipulation?
Because he knew how to take advantage of one of the strongest and most basic needs people have: the need for CERTAINTY
Palpatine not only planted the idea that there was massive uncertainty in the galaxy but also created actual uncertainty in the form of the war.
When faced with high levels of uncertainty, people more susceptible to manipulation because of the desire to bring more stability back to their lives.
The thing is, finding external certainty isn’t actually possible because it doesn’t exist. If there’s one thing we know, it’s that the world is ever changing. Sometimes that change is slight and imperceptible. Sometimes it’s drastic as we all experienced during the global pandemic. Whatever its form, change constant nonetheless.
That’s why you’ll never find certainty from external sources… no matter what anyone promises you.
We have to continually work to develop internal certainty to make sure would-be manipulators and sham-artists don’t get one over on us. The pattern has repeated itself time and again 8’ Star Wars and in real life throughout human history (even very recent world events)
That’s why this will always be an impotent conversation.
=================
This week’s shout out goes to Jessica Zweig and the Simply Be Podcast. Check out the show at the link below
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-simplybe-podcast/id1463214827
=================
The INFLUENCER MASTERCLASS
Happening February 27th - March 1st at 11am eastern each day via Zoom
You can register at this link:
http://ronniecruz.com/masterclass
In this masterclass you’re going to get everything I’ve learned in the past 12 months studying content creation and what it means to be an influencer.
I’m going to bust through all the misconceptions surrounding content creation and influencers so that we can then re:DEFINE things I terms that could, if you choose, absolutely transform your life.
The era of the Influencer is here.
==============
Twitter:
http://twitter.con/potjpodcast