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The 48 laws of power / Robert Greene

By: Greene, Robert [author].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : Profile Books, 2002Edition: Concise edition.Description: xii, 195 pages.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781861974044.Other title: Forty-eight laws of power.Subject(s): Power (Philosophy) | Control (Psychology)
Contents:
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 the 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 too 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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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 the 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 too 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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