Especially people who know themselves.
A slave to others…
To you, people appear to be divided into two groups: slaves and masters. Yet this distinction falters under scrutiny. Not everyone can dominate others, nor can everyone be dominated. The only form of mastery that is universally within reach is self-mastery. Therefore, it is wiser to look to those who have achieved such self-command not to submit to them, but to emulate their discipline and independence.
The advantage is clear: those who govern themselves are neither enslaved nor tyrannical. They are free not by dominating others, but by refusing to be ruled by impulse or external coercion. Moreover, human flourishing is rarely the product of domination. Cooperation, not subjugation, yields the greatest benefit to all. Only those who are deeply disordered and those driven by narcissism or a pathological hunger for control seek to bend all others to their will.
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There are more people than me they win I lose.