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You\u2019ll be admired for your efficiency and accomplishments, while your helpers will be forgotten.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Principles<\/strong> of Law 7<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>What does it mean to follow Law 7: Take the Credit? <strong>You waste time and energy when you do things others could do for you<\/strong>, or have already done. And when you take advantage of others\u2019 efforts, and take credit for them, you come off as powerful and amazingly productive.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can take advantage of others in two ways:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>You can wait and watch while they do the work, and then just take it from them.<\/li><li>You can actively enlist others to work for you and take credit for their accomplishments.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Vultures are an example of taking from others: <strong>Vultures know that if they wait long enough, another animal will always do the work of providing dinner.<\/strong> People often do the same thing, circling like vultures waiting for the opportunity to feed on others\u2019 success or creativity. You can\u2019t change this by complaining \u2014 you\u2019re better off becoming a vulture yourself.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Francisco Pizarro exemplified the first method of taking from others after they\u2019ve done the work. He was a soldier in the army of the explorer Balboa, who discovered the Incan empire in Peru. After Balboa spent many years searching for it and finally found it, Pizarro turned on Balboa and helped get him executed for treason so he could take the riches and credit for himself.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The artist Peter Paul Rubens used the second method of getting others to do the work for you: actively enlisting others to do your work. When he received more requests for paintings than he could fulfill, he hired many skilled painters with various specialties and set up a production line, in which multiple paintings could be worked on at the same time. Clients were impressed that he could do so many paintings in a short time.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>When you take credit for a large amount of work by others, people think you have amazing ability.<\/strong> By contrast, if you try to do all the work yourself, you won\u2019t accomplish much, or others will take advantage of <em>your<\/em> efforts. Be a user of others\u2019 efforts instead. Get others to do the work for you, but always take the credit<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also use the efforts of people who came before you. Why reinvent the wheel? Isaac Newton exploited the discoveries of ancient scientists and made them seem to be his own new discoveries. Shakespeare used plots from ancient writers such as Plutarch, and today people copy Shakespeare\u2019s plots.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Putting Law 7 to Work<\/strong><br><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s an example of how to apply Law 7 of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/what-is-48-laws-of-power-about\/\">48 Laws of Power<\/a>. Edison was one person who knew this law. Thomas Edison hired and repeatedly took credit for the work of a brilliant Serbian scientist, Nikola Tesla. For instance, he offered Tesla $50,000 to redesign Edison\u2019s dynamo, a steam-powered engine that produced direct electric current. When Tesla succeeded, Edison reneged on his promise while taking credit for the improvement.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Later, when Edison refused to support (and actually sabotaged) his research on alternating current, Tesla went to work for Westinghouse, where he got cheated out of credit for his work and payment of royalties again.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tesla exhausted himself trying to do things on his own, while Edison took the opposite tack \u2014 identifying trends and opportunities and then hiring others to do the work, which he then claimed.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Be a vulture yourself. Don\u2019t waste your energy and burn out, when you can simply wait for the right moment, then take others\u2019 lunch.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Exceptions to Law<\/strong> 7<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Are there any exceptions to 48 Laws of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/power-law-distribution\/\">Power Law<\/a> 7? It\u2019s not always smart to take credit for others\u2019 work.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>If you haven\u2019t already established a strong reputation, you\u2019ll appear to be grasping for credit and crudely pushing someone else out of the spotlight.<\/li><li>Most important, you have to be careful not to upstage a boss by being greedy for credit.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, while Henry Kissinger\u2019s talents were the reason for the success of President Nixon\u2019s historic visit to China, he let Nixon bask in the success. He knew how to play the game, taking credit for the work of those under him, while giving the boss credit for his own work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But in general, remember Law 7: Get others to do the work for you, but always take the credit.<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview of Law #7: Get Others to Do the Work for You, but Always Take the Credit Get others to do the work for you, but always take the credit. 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