Table Of Content

About the Authors Page: 2 Title Page Page: 3 Copyright Page Page: 4 Dedication Page: 6 Acknowledgments Page: 7 Table of Contents Page: 8 Preface Page: 9 LAW 1 - NEVER OUTSHINE THE MASTER Page: 13 LAW 2 - NEVER PUT TOO MUCH TRUST IN FRIENDS, LEARN HOW TO USE ENEMIES Page: 16 LAW 3 - CONCEAL YOUR INTENTIONS Page: 20 LAW 4 - ALWAYS SAY LESS THAN NECESSARY Page: 27 LAW 5 - SO MUCH DEPENDS ON REPUTATION—GUARD IT WITH YOUR LIFE Page: 30 LAW 6 - COURT ATTENTION AT ALL COST Page: 34 LAW 7 - GET OTHERS TO DO THE WORK FOR YOU, BUT ALWAYS TAKE THE CREDIT Page: 40 LAW 8 - MAKE OTHER PEOPLE COME TO YOU—USE BAIT IF NECESSARY Page: 43 LAW 9 - WIN THROUGH YOUR ACTIONS, NEVER THROUGH ARGUMENT Page: 46 LAW 10 - INFECTION: AVOID THE UNHAPPY AND UNLUCKY Page: 50 LAW 11 - LEARN TO KEEP PEOPLE DEPENDENT ON YOU Page: 53 LAW 12 - USE SELECTIVE HONESTY AND GENEROSITY TO DISARM YOUR VICTIM Page: 57 LAW 13 - WHEN ASKING FOR HELP, APPEAL TO PEOPLE’S SELF-INTEREST, NEVER TO THEIR ... Page: 60 LAW 14 - POSE AS A FRIEND, WORK AS A SPY Page: 63 LAW 15 - CRUSH YOUR ENEMY TOTALLY Page: 66 LAW 16 - USE ABSENCE TO INCREASE RESPECT AND HONOR Page: 70 LAW 17 - KEEP OTHERS IN SUSPENDED TERROR: CULTIVATE AN AIR OF UNPREDICTABILITY Page: 74 LAW 18 - DO NOT BUILD FORTRESSES TO PROTECT YOURSELF—ISOLATION IS DANGEROUS Page: 77 LAW 19 - KNOW WHO YOU’RE DEALING WITH—DO NOT OFFEND THE WRONG PERSON Page: 81 LAW 20 - DO NOT COMMIT TO ANYONE Page: 85 LAW 21 - PLAY A SUCKER TO CATCH A SUCKER—SEEM DUMBER THAN YOUR MARK Page: 91 LAW 22 - USE THE SURRENDER TACTIC: TRANSFORM WEAKNESS INTO POWER Page: 94 LAW 23 - CONCENTRATE YOUR FORCES Page: 98 LAW 24 - PLAY THE PERFECT COURTIER Page: 101 LAW 25 - RE-CREATE YOURSELF Page: 108 LAW 26 - KEEP YOUR HANDS CLEAN Page: 112 LAW 27 - PLAY ON PEOPLE’S NEED TO BELIEVE TO CREATE A CULTLIKE FOLLOWING Page: 119 LAW 28 - ENTER ACTION WITH BOLDNESS Page: 126 LAW 29 - PLAN ALL THE WAY TO THE END Page: 131 LAW 30 - MAKE YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS SEEM EFFORTLESS Page: 135 LAW 31 - CONTROL THE OPTIONS: GET OTHERS TO PLAY WITH THE CARDS YOU DEAL Page: 139 LAW 32 - PLAY TO PEOPLE’S FANTASIES Page: 143 LAW 33 - DISCOVER EACH MAN’S THUMBSCREW Page: 147 LAW 34 - BE ROYAL IN YOUR OWN FASHION: ACT LIKE A KING TO BE TREATED LIKE ONE Page: 154 LAW 35 - MASTER THE ART OF TIMING Page: 159 LAW 36 - DISDAIN THINGS YOU CANNOT HAVE: IGNORING THEM IS THE BEST REVENGE Page: 164 LAW 37 - CREATE COMPELLING SPECTACLES Page: 169 LAW 38 - THINK AS YOU LIKE BUT BEHAVE LIKE OTHERS Page: 174 LAW 39 - STIR UP WATERS TO CATCH FISH Page: 179 LAW 40 - DESPISE THE FREE LUNCH Page: 183 LAW 41 - AVOID STEPPING INTO A GREAT MAN’S SHOES Page: 192 LAW 42 - STRIKE THE SHEPHERD AND THE SHEEP WILL SCATTER Page: 198 LAW 43 - WORK ON THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF OTHERS Page: 202 LAW 44 - DISARM AND INFURIATE WITH THE MIRROR EFFECT Page: 207 LAW 45 - PREACH THE NEED FOR CHANGE, BUT NEVER REFORM TOO MUCH AT ONCE Page: 216 LAW 46 - NEVER APPEAR TOO PERFECT Page: 220 LAW 47 - DO NOT GO PAST THE MARK YOU AIMED FOR; IN VICTORY, LEARN WHEN TO STOP Page: 227 LAW 48 - ASSUME FORMLESSNESS Page: 231 SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY Page: 238 INDEX Page: 239

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Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this multi-million-copy New York Times bestseller is the definitive manual for anyone interested in gaining, observing, or defending against ultimate control – from the author of The Laws of Human Nature. In the book that People magazine proclaimed “beguiling” and “fascinating,” Robert Greene and Joost Elffers have distilled three thousand years of the history of power into 48 essential laws by drawing from the philosophies of Machiavelli, Sun Tzu, and Carl Von Clausewitz and also from the lives of figures ranging from Henry Kissinger to P.T. Barnum. Some laws teach the need for prudence (“Law 1: Never Outshine the Master”), others teach the value of confidence (“Law 28: Enter Action with Boldness”), and many recommend absolute self-preservation (“Law 15: Crush Your Enemy Totally”). Every law, though, has one thing in common: an interest in total domination. In a bold and arresting two-color package, The 48 Laws of Power is ideal whether your aim is conquest, self-defense, or simply to understand the rules of the game.