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Title: The Concise 48 Laws of Power (Paperback)
The 48 Laws Of Power draws on many of historys most famous power quarrels to show you what power looks like, how you can get it, what to do to defend yourself against the power of others and, most importantly, how to use it well and keep it.
Law 1: Never Outshine the Master.
Law 2: Dont't Overtrust your friends. Use your enemies.
Law 3: Mask your intentions.
Law4: Always Say Less than necessary.
Law 5: Protect your reputation at all costs, since your reputation shapes others expectations.
Law 6: Be conspicuous & stand out. Bad publicity is still publicity.
Law 7: Get others to do the work and take the credit. Save your time/energy while building your base.
Law 8: Make people come to you, so you hold all the cards.
Law 9: Win through actions, not argument. Prove your point without offending people.
Law 10: Dont get infected by misery and misfortune. Associate with positive, successful people.
Law 11: Make yourself indispensable, so its harder to cut you off.
Law 12: Disarm people with strategic honesty & generosityuse these as tools to win people over.
Law 13: Get help by appealing to self-interest, not goodness.
Law 14: Be a spy. Gather intelligence to know your opponents.
Law 15: Crush your enemy totally. Dont give them a chance to recover.
Law 16: Raise your value through absence and scarcity. Dont let people take you for granted.
Law 17: Keep others in suspense by being unpredictable. Keep them second-guessing.Law 18: Dont isolate yourself behind a fortress. Have eyes and ears everywhere.
Law 19: Know your opponents and who youre dealing with.
Law 20: Stay neutral as long as possible to maintain your independence (vs committing to 1 side).
Law 21: Make your victims feel smarter than you, so they drop their guard.
Law 22: Use surrender as a tool. Bide your time for retaliation.
Law 23: Concentrate your forces. Dont spread them too thin.
Law 24: Be a masterful courtier to balance the various players and power brokers.
Law 25: Create your own identity and use it like a costume.
Law 26: Dont dirty your hands. Get others to do your dirty work.
Law 27: Create a cult-like following. Play on what people want to see/hear.
Law 28: Act boldly, so you seem confident.
Law 29: Plan till the end, so you wont be caught by surprise.
Law 30: Make your achievements seem effortless. Dont show your real success secrets.
Law 31: Control the options but let people think theyre in control.
Law 32: Play to peoples fantasies so they keep following you.
Law 33: Find your opponents fatal weakness to break their defences.
Law 34: Act in the way you want to be treated. Be regal and authoritative.
Law 35: Master the art of timing. Strike only at the right hour.
Law 36: Feign disinterest and ignore what you cant have.
Law 37: Dazzle people with spectacles so they dont see what youre really doing.
Law 38: Hide your unorthodox thinking. Pretend to blend in.