You can die from someone else's misery—emotional states are as infectious as diseases. You may feel you are helping the drowning man but you are only precipitating your own disaster. The unfortunate sometimes draw misfortune on themselves; they will also draw it on you. Associate with the happy and fortunate instead.

1. Law #10: Infection: Avoid the Unhappy &
Unlucky
You can die from someone else's
misery—emotional states are as
infectious as diseases. You may feel you
are helping the drowning man but you
are only precipitating your own disaster.
The unfortunate sometimes draw
misfortune on themselves; they will also
draw it on you. Associate with the happy
and fortunate instead.
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2. MARIE GILBERT
A.K.A LOLA
MONTEZ OF
IRELAND!
▪ The infector possesses an inward
instability that radiates outward drawing
disaster to all that they touch.
▪ Marie Gilbert A.K.A Lola Montez of
Ireland was one such person.
▪ Lola found herself in the role of a
courtesan (prostitute of the royal court).
▪ In today’s society Lola would be
considered a gold-digger.
▪ She only sought out men with high social
standing in the community that she could
use for her own gain.
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3. MARIE GILBERT
A.K.A LOLA
MONTEZ OF
IRELAND!
▪ Once she would have her hooks in these
men, their slow demise began.
▪ One of her victims was king Ludwig of
Bavaria, who felt compelled to help Lola
yet once he was warned of the dangers
of his affair with her, he could not seem
to resist Lola’s aura and almost found his
once peaceful country in a state of civil
war.
▪ It was not until then that the king finally
ordered Lola to leave but a month after
she left King Ludwig was forced to
relinquish his throne.
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4. MARIE GILBERT
A.K.A LOLA
MONTEZ OF
IRELAND!
▪ There are many men who suffered
because of their association with Lola
Montez.
▪ King Ludwig said that he was
“bewitched”by Lola.
▪ Lola was an unstable, incurable and
infectious character type.
▪ This is not to say that these
characteristics are only restricted to
women, this is to say that there are some
people whose emotions are so powerful
that they infect the very soul of the
people that they touch.
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They draw misfortune upon themselves.
They have a turbulent past.
They have a long line of broken relationships.
They have an unstable career.
They have a forceful character that sweeps you up and
makes you lose reason.
They have a desire to destroy and unsettle and is chronically
dissatisfied.
Look at the effect that they have on the world around them.

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Don’t argue with them, this is part of
how they trap you.
Don’t try to help them no matter what
they say.
Don’t pass the person onto your
friends or you will become enmeshed.
Flee the infector's presence or suffer
the consequences.

7. ▪ The risk of associating with infectors is that you will waste
valuable time and energy trying to free yourself.
▪ Through a kind of guilt by association, you will also suffer in
the eyes of others.
▪ On the other side of the spectrum of infectors are those
people who attract happiness through their good cheer,
natural buoyancy, and intelligence. They are a source of
plea-sure, and you must associate with them to share in the
prosperity they draw upon themselves.
▪ All positive qualities can infect us, but taking advantage of
the emotional side of this osmosis may be difficult.
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8. 1. If you are miserly by nature, associate with the generous
and they will infect you, opening up everything that is
tight and restricted in you. Only generous souls attain
greatness.
2. If you are gloomy, gravitate to the cheerful.
3. If you are prone to isolation, force yourself to befriend the
gregarious.
4. Never associate with those who share your defects—they
will reinforce everything that holds you back.
5. Only create associations with positive affinities.
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9. ▪ Recognize the fortunate so that you may choose their
company and the unfortunate so that you may avoid them.
Misfortune is usually the crime of folly, and among those who
suffer from it there is no malady more contagious: Never
open your door to the least of misfortunes, for, if you do,
many others will follow in its train… Do not die of another's
misery. (Baltasar Gracian, 1601-1658)
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