Theprince By Machiavelli Chap
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The Prince, by Machiavelli, was written for the Italian deMedici family and intended to be used as a guidebook for retaining political power.  In the chapter entitled "That We Must Avoid Being Despised and Hated," Machiavelli describes the traits that a leader should avoid.  He also describes the t ....          
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....  task.  The workers begin to become frustrated, and the manager has yet to accomplish a task.  Thus, a leader must not vacillate in order to accomplish any goal.  A leader must always accomplish the goals he sets out to accomplish, for if he chooses to attain a goal which he has no hope of gaining, then he is a frivolous ruler, and according to Machiavelli, deserves to become despised.  A timid ruler would be too weak and too scared to rule his people, and he would never get a task done.  An ....          
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