People remember outcomes more than effort. If you want power, you must be seen as the source of results, not merely the one who sweated.
Use other people’s skills, research, and connections, then synthesize the pieces into something coherent that carries your signature. Reward contributors enough to keep them loyal, but keep authorship simple in public. A scattered story creates rivals.
This is not just stealing. It is organizing. The organizer controls the narrative, the organizer gets repeated, the organizer becomes the gate. If you are only a worker, you are replaceable. If you are the one who “makes things happen,” you gain leverage.
Credit is protection. Hold it carefully. Share effort privately, not ownership publicly, unless it serves your position.