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Power and Strategy Advisory Services, a free business course on Tomo

Power and Strategy Advisory Services

Turn the core frameworks of power, human nature, and tactical strategy into profitable, high-demand advisory services. Learn how to launch specialized offerings in executive ghostwriting, workplace political navigation, and competitive positioning while running a discreet consulting practice.

Like Duolingo, but for Power and Strategy Advisory Services. Tomo turns the whole topic into a game you play five minutes a day, until it actually sticks.

22 levels across 3 sections, about 44 minutes end to end, roughly 9 days at five minutes a day. It moves through Launching First-Contact Services, High-Stakes Strategic Consulting, and Running the Power-Literate Practice. It starts from scratch.

22 bite-size levelsAbout 5 minutes each

Free forever · No credit card · iPhone & Android

Machiavelli the Magpie, the guide who teaches the Power and Strategy Advisory Services course
Power and Strategy Advisory Services
with Machiavelli the Magpie
22
Levels
3
Sections
5
Min/day
What you'll learn

Key ideas in Power and Strategy Advisory Services

  • Law 4 dictates that saying less makes a leader appear more powerful and enigmatic, while lengthy explanations signal weakness and defensiveness
  • Executives hire ghostwriters to strip out nervous justifications that undermine their executive presence
  • Cutting communication down to decisive essentials projects calm control
  • The Laws of Human Nature shows that people are deeply protective of their self-image; radically altering their voice feels like an attack on their ego
  • The 'mirror effect' requires reflecting the client's characteristic cadence, vocabulary, and worldview back to them so they feel validated
  • A successful ghostwriting business relies on invisible adaptation rather than showing off the writer's personal style
  • The Laws of Human Nature explains that arguing with facts triggers defensiveness, whereas affirming someone's core self-opinion makes them open to agreement
  • Ghostwriters resolve corporate friction by structuring memos around what makes the counterparty look wise, autonomous, or noble
  • Appealing to personal self-interest and vanity works faster than presenting logical proof
  • Positioning ghostwriting around risk prevention (avoiding costly reputational disasters) transforms it from a low-paid craft into high-stakes strategic defense
  • Charging per-word frames the work as clerical labor, whereas framing it as guarding personal power justifies high monthly retainers
  • Law 9 emphasizes winning through deeds and demonstrations rather than verbal sparring or defensiveness
  • An effective tactical response acknowledges the situation without engaging in debate, moves immediately to tangible action, and lets results speak
  • Defensive explanations stir up counterarguments, while visible execution silences critics
  • Reputation acts as a defensive shield; reacting defensively to minor criticism signals vulnerability and invites further attacks
  • Public touchpoints like social feeds, podcast banter, and blog posts must be audited for emotional reactive spikes and leaks of self-doubt
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Eight weeks. You meant to finish. You didn't.

Tomo gives Power and Strategy Advisory Services the Duolingo treatment: levels, streaks, and quick quizzes that test what you just learned. That game loop is what the tabs above never had, so it's the one you actually finish.

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The Art of Executive Ghostwriting

Why do busy executives often pay a ghostwriter to edit their messages?

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Course map

Where Power and Strategy Advisory Services takes you

  1. 1

    Launching First-Contact Services

    • Executive Ghostwriting and Voice Mirroring
    • Reputation Audits and Public Presence Consulting
  2. 2

    High-Stakes Strategic Consulting

    • Negotiation Prep and Leverage Advisory
    • Workplace Dynamics and Political Navigation
    • Competitive Strategy for Small Businesses
  3. 3

    Running the Power-Literate Practice

    • Client Acquisition Through Strategic Infiltration
    • Managing Retainers and Avoiding the Courtier's Trap

3 sections · 7 units · 22 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.

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