In 1513, the city of Florence, Italy, was published a very influential book. This work spanned the centuries and continues today. It's called The Prince, Machiavelli. Far from the bias generated by the name of the author, can take many practical lessons for our lives.

At that time, Lorenzo asked his secretary, Machiavelli, who wrote a treatise which was described knowledge of the actions of great men. The content just influencing the new paradigms of political activity since then. Broadening the horizon, we can apply the knowledge in our day-to-day. Every leader, if you have not read, you end up reading this book.

Machiavelli cites that for a person to succeed, you need three things: virtù, fortune and occasione. Virtu is the quality of man that enables him to perform great works and deeds. We can also understand it as the human power to make changes and track events. It is the inner motivation, willpower which induces men, individually or in groups, face fortune. It is perceived as random, the course of history, blind fate, fatalism, natural necessity.

Virtù and fortune are like two poles between which unfolds our destiny to share. The man of action will be the bridge that mediate virtù and fortune. When we start a project, half of the shares of the leader is determinda fortune and half by virtù. The proposed change of Machiavelli is that balance in favor of virtù. Acts and things begin to happen.

Disrupt this balance requires to be more daring than prudent. We must rid ourselves of our fears and beliefs that prevent action. That way, you'll be more attentive and not let escape occasione, the link between wealth and virtù.

The key of fortune lies in opportunity (occasione). Machiavelli cites: "Looking at his life and his deeds, we see that owed nothing (men of great deeds) to luck, unless the opportunity. Without this opportunity, their values ​​would not have been recovered, without these, the opportunity would have been in vain. "

Think about this concept. Take action. Make it happen. The opportunities are there and only when you know where you're going it will become clear.