弗瑞控制着北方罗伯王国与南境雄兵之间唯一的土地连接地带

　　This is the Ned Stark Rule. Honor, mercy, and fairness will not protect you against your rivals. Though one of the most popular characters in season one, Ned was a colossal failure as King's Hand to Robert Baratheon. He was too focused on institutional legitimacy. He expected others to put aside their interests and respect precedent. As a result, he ended up dead, with his family endangered. As Stannis Baratheon learns, being "right" means nothing when you lack the resources to back it up.

　　CEO不可能无时不刻都在。在一个没有视频会议、依赖飞鸽传信(可靠性之高令人惊异)的世界中，很难时刻盯牢自己的投资。解决方案就是授权。

　　4. Be wary of external hires

　　但如何才能留住一流人才，特别是面临竞争对手暗地挖角的时候?提供有竞争力的薪酬只是一部分。就提利昂而言，他完全归属于兰尼斯特这一家族企业，他的命运起伏系于管理好坏。

　　Yet muscle isn't enough either. While King Joffrey sits on the Iron Throne and has the manpower to enforce his rule, his legitimacy as a leader is in question. This is partly due to doubts about his parentage, but the proximate cause is that he's a despotic twit who openly despises his people. When Joffrey & Co. are nearly torn apart by a starving mob, that's karma knocking on the door.