Always make those above you feel comfortably superior. In your desire to please or impress them, do not go too far in displaying your talents or you might accomplish the opposite— inspire fear and insecurity. Make your masters appear more brilliant than they are and you will attain the heights of power.
Always make people above you feel at ease. If you go too far in exhibiting your talents to please or impress people, you may end up doing the opposite—inspiring anxiety and uncertainty. Make your superiors appear more clever than they are, and you will rise to great power.