The 48 Laws Of Power
The secret methods to getting what you want
Publishing Year: 1998
What’s inside
The 48 Laws of Power is a book by Robert Greene. He first thought about writing a book when he was a writer in Hollywood. This book explains to us how leaders act and behave in certain circumstances. This book helps us learn some valuable lessons, that some of the greatest leaders of our times had to learn the hard way. Robert Greene has also taken inspiration from the philosophies of Carl Von Clausewitz, Machiavelli, and other influential leaders.
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- Never Outshine the Master
- Never Put Too Much Trust in Friends, Learn How to Use Enemies
- Conceal Your Intentions
- Always Say Less Than Necessary
- So Much Depends on Reputation—Guard It With Your Life
- Court Attention at All Costs
- Get Others to Do the Work for You, But Always Take the Credit
- Make Other People Come to You—Use Bait if Necessary
- Win Through Your Actions, Never Through Argument
- Infection: Avoid the Unhappy and Unlucky
- Learn to Keep People Dependent on You
- Use Selective Honesty and Generosity to Disarm Your Victim
- When Asking for Help, Appeal to People’s Self-Interest, Never to Their Mercy or Gratitude
- Pose as a Friend, Work as a Spy
- Crush Your Enemy Totally
- Use Absence to Increase Respect and Honor
- Keep Others in Suspended Terror: Cultivate an Air of Unpredictability
- Do Not Build Fortresses to Protect Yourself— Isolation is Dangerous
- Know Who You’re Dealing With— Don’t Offend the Wrong Person
- Do Not Commit to Anyone
- Play a Sucker to Catch a Sucker— Appear Dumber Than Your Mark
- Use the Surrender Tactic: Transform Weakness into Power
- Concentrate Your Forces
- Play the Perfect Courtier
- When you show yourself to the world and display your talents, you naturally stir all kinds of resentment, envy, and other manifestations of insecurity... you cannot spend your life worrying about the petty feelings of others
- If you are unsure of a course of action, do not attempt it. Your doubts and hesitations will infect your execution. Timidity is dangerous: Better to enter with boldness. Any mistakes you commit through audacity are easily corrected with more audacity. Everyone admires the bold; no one honors the timid.
- Keep your friends for friendship, but work with the skilled and competent
- Do not leave your reputation to chance or gossip; it is your life’s artwork, and you must craft it, hone it, and display it with the care of an artist.
- Never waste valuable time, or mental peace of mind, on the affairs of others—that is too high a price to pay.
- Lord, protect me from my friends; I can take care of my enemies.