The 48 Laws of Power

pavan.yara@gmail.com (Pavan Yara) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:11:00 +0530

The 48 Laws of Power is a 1998 book by Robert Greene. The book shares thematic elements with Niccolò Machiavelli’s The Prince and has been compared to Sun-Tzu’s classic treatise The Art of War.The Laws

Law 1 Never Outshine the Master- Law 2 Never put too Much Trust in Friends, Learn how to use Enemies- Law 3 Conceal your Intentions- Law 4 Always Say Less than Necessary- Law 5 So Much Depends on Reputation. Guard it with your Life- Law 6 Court Attention at all Cost- Law 7 Get others to do the Work for you, but Always Take the Credit- Law 8 Make other People come to you, use Bait if Necessary- Law 9 Win through your Actions, Never through Argument- Law 10 Infection: Avoid the Unhappy and Unlucky- Law 11 Learn to Keep People Dependent on You- Law 12 Use Selective Honesty and Generosity to Disarm your Victim- Law 13 When Asking for Help, Appeal to People’s Self-Interest, Never to their Mercy or Gratitude- Law 14 Pose as a Friend, Work as a Spy- Law 15 Crush your Enemy Totally- Law 16 Use Absence to Increase Respect and Honor- Law 17 Keep Others in Suspended Terror: Cultivate an Air of Unpredictability- Law 18 Do Not Build Fortresses to Protect Yourself. Isolation is Dangerous- Law 19 Know Who You’re Dealing with. Do Not Offend the Wrong Person- Law 20 Do Not Commit to Anyone- Law 21 Play a Sucker to Catch a Sucker. Seem Dumber than your Mark- Law 22 Use the Surrender Tactic: Transform Weakness into Power- Law 23 Concentrate Your Forces- Law 24 Play the Perfect Courtier- Law 25 Re-Create Yourself- Law 26 Keep Your Hands Clean- Law 27 Play on People’s Need to Believe to Create a Cultlike Following- Law 28 Enter Action with Boldness- Law 29 Plan All the Way to the End- Law 30 Make your Accomplishments Seem Effortless- Law 31 Control the Options: Get Others to Play with the Cards you Deal- Law 32 Play to People’s Fantasies- Law 33 Discover Each Man’s Thumbscrew- Law 34 Be Royal in your Own Fashion: Act like a King to be treated like one- Law 35 Master the Art of Timing- Law 36 Disdain Things you cannot have: Ignoring them is the best Revenge- Law 37 Create Compelling Spectacles- Law 38 Think as you like but Behave like others- Law 39 Stir up Waters to Catch Fish- Law 40 Despise the Free Lunch- Law 41 Avoid Stepping into a Great Man’s Shoes- Law 42 Strike the Shepherd and the Sheep will Scatter- Law 43 Work on the Hearts and Minds of Others- Law 44 Disarm and Infuriate with the Mirror Effect- Law 45 Preach the Need for Change, but Never Reform too much at Once- Law 46 Never appear Perfect- Law 47 Do not go Past the Mark you Aimed for; In Victory, Learn when to Stop- Law 48 Assume Formlessness

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