If you have chosen the path of a political career, you must keep my following advice in mind:
1. Do not pursue the truth, do not inquire about the true nature of things. Leave the exploration of truth to intellectuals; it's their job. Always remember this creed: what benefits you is right. If you can't grasp it, simplify it as: what the superior leadership advocates is correct.
2. Not only should you learn to tell lies, but you must also be good at telling them. Make lying a habit, no, make it a career, to the extent that you believe your own lies. Prostitutes and politicians are the most similar professions; the difference is that prostitutes sell their bodies while politicians sell their mouths. Remember, after becoming a politician, your mouth doesn't belong to you alone anymore; what you say depends on the need.
3. You need diplomas, but don't really have knowledge, because real knowledge will harm you. With knowledge, you will think independently, and independent thinking is a great taboo in politics. Don't look at current leaders who are all masters or doctors; those are fake. Some people graduate with a doctorate and go straight into civil service for a political career, which means they never intended to study from the day they started school—they definitely lack real talent. Remember, true scholars can never become successful politicians.
4. What is the purpose of being a politician? It's for personal gain. You must tirelessly seek various benefits, like solving riddles. Some people now call this "networking." Not only should you clearly set the acquisition of various benefits as the purpose of being a politician, but you should also make it your sole purpose. Your leader promotes you because you can bring him benefits; your subordinates obey you because you can bring them benefits; your colleagues and friends around you take care of you because you can bring them benefits. You yourself may not want anything, but you must provide benefits to others. Remember, once the goal of seeking benefits becomes unclear, you're not far from failure.
5. You must prioritize learning how to deal with people over doing actual work. Here, dealing with people and doing work should not be understood as having both virtue and talent. Dealing with people here means handling relationships. Doing work refers to actual tasks, and whether you know how to do them or not is irrelevant. Dealing with people means weaving yourself into a network of relationships up and down, left and right, making yourself part of this web. Remember, when people say someone has strong working abilities now, it doesn't mean he is good at doing tasks; it means he is good at handling relationships. Haha, those who interpret ability as doing tasks will surely have a hard time.