Brendan Kane explains why people without self-discipline are easy to manipulate. He cites Nietzsche: "he who cannot command himself will obey others." Real strength, Kane argues, is choosing who you are instead of following impulses and trends.
Here's how you know someone is easy to manipulate. And there's this genius quote from Friedrich Nietzsche who once said, he who cannot command himself will obey others. And what he meant is that people who cannot lead themselves are often led by pleasurable desires rather than growth. They're always following the latest trends. You'll often see them impulsively buying things that they simply don't need. They they usually fail to make their own decisions because they give in to what feels good in the moment. Which is why Ralph Waldo Emerson said to be yourself in a world that constantly is trying to make you something else, that is the greatest accomplishment. Because real strength comes from choosing who you are rather than letting the world around you choose for you, even when it's difficult, even when other people don't want you to. You know someone is easy to manipulate when they don't know who they truly are.
