
Acharya Chanakya’s policies for maintaining success, respect and mental peace in life are as relevant today as they were centuries ago. According to Chanakya Niti, man’s biggest enemy is often not outside, but his uncontrolled speech and excessive innocence. Often people, under the influence of emotions or thinking that they are close, tell their real earnings, bank balance, business losses and family problems to others. Chanakya clearly believes that not every person is your true well-wisher. There are many people in the world who use your financial condition or mental problems for their personal selfishness or when the right time comes, they harm you due to your own weakness. According to ethics, one should always keep one’s earnings and problems secret from these 4 types of people.
1. Jealous and pretentious friends (Jealous Friends and Relatives)
Never discuss your income or problems in front of people who are jealous of your progress, comforts or lifestyle. If you tell them about your big earnings, their jealousy and negativity will increase further towards you, due to which they will try to create obstacles in your work. At the same time, if you cry in front of them about your hardship or loss, they will give false consolation in front but behind your back they will be happy at your helplessness and will hurt your reputation in the society.
2. Gossipers and Loose Tongues
The nature of some people is to touch upon the personal matters of others. Such people do not know how to digest someone’s secret. If you shared your financial plans, family disputes or personal shortcomings with such a person, they would very quickly spread throughout the society or your workplace. When your personal problems become public, opponents and competitors take full advantage of it and damage your reputation.
3. People of mean and selfish nature (Selfish Opportunists)
Selfish people stay with you only as long as they are getting some personal or financial benefit from you.
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If you tell such people about your good earnings, they will come to you again and again for loans, help or freebies and will become enemies if you do not give them.
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If you mention your financial crisis or failure, they will immediately distance themselves from you so that you do not ask them for any help. Additionally, they may take advantage of your helplessness and conspire to get your difficult tasks done at a very low cost or even for free.
4. Flatterers
Chanakya Niti considers those who falsely praise you on everything and show excessively sweet behavior as the most dangerous. A sycophant has no character or integrity of his own; He only wants to be associated with the powerful or the resourceful. When you expose your weaknesses or financial problems to such people, they immediately lose respect for you and they do not hesitate to join your rival’s side and share your secret information.
Practical rules for keeping earnings and problems secret
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Arthanasham manastapam grahye duscharitani cha: According to this famous verse of Chanakya Niti, loss of money, heartache (sorrow), personal matters at home and insult from someone – these four things should always be kept hidden in one’s conscience.
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Financial Privacy: Keep your real income and future investment plans to yourself or a highly trusted spouse.
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Solution with patience: Instead of trumpeting problems, find solutions to them with a calm mind; Showing your weakness in society reduces your influence.
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