Book Review 48 Laws Of Power
National Bestseller 1998
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Author Robert Green
Genre Self Help, Guide
Pages 452
Year of Publish 1998
About the Author
The 48 Laws of Power, The Art of Seduction, The 33 Strategies of War, The 50th Law, and Mastery are among Robert Greene's New York Times bestsellers.
The Laws of Human Nature, his eagerly awaited sixth book, tackles the most crucial topic of all: comprehending people's impulses and motivations, even when they are unaware of them themselves. Greene instructs us on how to separate ourselves from our own emotions and develop self-control by using the theories and examples of many different people, including Pericles, Queen Elizabeth I, Martin Luther King Jr., and many more. He demonstrates how to look through people's facades, cultivate empathy that leads to understanding, and reject conformity in order to find your own calling.
Table of Contents 48 Laws Of Power
- 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,
- 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
Summary Of 48 Laws Of Power
Robert Green's 48 Laws of Power is an empirical guide for anyone who wants power, arm against power, or observes power. Each law has a separate chapter directed towards a strategic approach to direct one towards attaining the position of authority.
Every chapter delivers independent ideas such as concealing real intentions, controlling superior authority, protecting dignity with life, and making people dependent on you. The system should be architected such that always people will come to you for suggestions. Avoiding unhappy and unlucky people as they will drain your energy.
Another vital source includes that when seeking help, it should apply to their self-interest and not to their mercy or gratitude. When encountering competition, crush your enemy totally to set an example & should study whom you are dealing with to avoid unnecessary conflicts.
The book also focuses on courtesy. The perfect courier thrives in a world where everything revolves around power and political dexterity. A trained person has mastered the art of indirection, he flatters, yields to superiors, and asserts power in a most graceful manner. Making accomplishments effortless and making bold moves. Calmness is discussed as absolute fashion. Anger and emotion are strategically counterproductive & apply these to your enemy, making them off balance. Other teachings revolve around self-improvement, surrounding and constraints overcoming.
Robert Green's 48 Laws of Power is an empirical guide for anyone who wants power, arm against power, or observes power. Each law has a separate chapter directed towards a strategic approach to direct one towards attaining the position of authority.
Every chapter delivers independent ideas such as concealing real intentions, controlling superior authority, protecting dignity with life, and making people dependent on you. The system should be architected such that always people will come to you for suggestions. Avoiding unhappy and unlucky people as they will drain your energy.
Another vital source includes that when seeking help, it should apply to their self-interest and not to their mercy or gratitude. When encountering competition, crush your enemy totally to set an example & should study whom you are dealing with to avoid unnecessary conflicts.
The book also focuses on courtesy. The perfect courier thrives in a world where everything revolves around power and political dexterity. A trained person has mastered the art of indirection, he flatters, yields to superiors, and asserts power in a most graceful manner.
Making accomplishments effortless and making bold moves. Calmness is discussed as absolute fashion. Anger and emotion are strategically counterproductive & apply these to your enemy, making them off balance. Other teachings revolve around self-improvement, surrounding and constraints overcoming.
Book Review 48 Laws Of Power
Readers will swim in the flow of ideas. It is so niche, that every chapter will be a new discovery for you The work is practical-oriented, one may find many approaches going against morality. But still, you will get convinced since it actually makes sense. Despite the ruthless writing style, the book is a very useful resource for those who want to learn more about power and how to acquire it. Better to call this book is a tool for awareness who likes to rule, because if you will not, someone else will surely do.
The methods told here are brutal and some may not like them. But I am intending to rather use them for saving me than using it for getting my work done.Emotional people are more vulnerable to abuse. Please buy it and half of life's problems and disappointments will be gone.It's such a wonderful book. Everyone who's emotional and thinks people use them or really do use them should go for it.
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Readers will swim in the flow of ideas. It is so niche, that every chapter will be a new discovery for you The work is practical-oriented, one may find many approaches going against morality. But still, you will get convinced since it actually makes sense.
Despite the ruthless writing style, the book is a very useful resource for those who want to learn more about power and how to acquire it.
Better to call this book is a tool for awareness who likes to rule, because if you will not, someone else will surely do.
The methods told here are brutal and some may not like them. But I am intending to rather use them for saving me than using it for getting my work done.
Emotional people are more vulnerable to abuse. Please buy it and half of life's problems and disappointments will be gone.
It's such a wonderful book. Everyone who's emotional and thinks people use them or really do use them should go for it.
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Nice and crisp recommendation. How I missed such an important work. Ordering right away.
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