Who Is Nicolo's The Prince?

“The Prince” is a book that guide leaders or rulers of his era that wanted to maintain power and find potential resolutions to their political challenges and was authored by Nicolo Machiavelli. In the book, Nicolo mentions a lot of important points that guide leaders to the path of success. The author talks about the destiny and the way it affects the decisions of the leader. Machiavelli offers a clear definition of the diverse kinds of states or principalities, recommendation on the way some principalities and the manner they enlarge the prince’s sphere. Additionally, the author discuss ways of evaluating the well-built points and weaknesses of other principalities and concludes with the characteristics a prince should have to maintain power. Possibly, one of the fascinating elements of the book is the recommendation the author offers regarding the qualities a prince must develop to be successful and maintain power include kindness, responsibility, or compassion, as well as the concept of trust (Damrosch Pike 1505). According to the author, relationships that are founded on love are not reliable became men will rebel when they feel needed. Nonetheless, the relationships founded on fear lead to absolute obedience from the subjects. Machiavelli …show more content…
Leaders cannot practice the art of self-preservation at any cost, as well as become efficient as a leader. The author’s concept of maintaining power at all costs, ignoring ethics, is totally contrary of character-based leaderships. In this regard, the character-based leadership holds that an efficient leader must act based on the seven virtues when undertaking decisions, as well as interacting with juniors. This is the path to being effective leaders in the present business atmosphere and making effective decisions based on an ethical view (Damrosch Pike