The 48 Laws of Power
Monday, December 03, 2007
The 48 Laws of Power – Robert Greene / a Joost Elffers book
- never outshine the master
- never put too much trust in friends, learn to use your enemies
- conceal your intentions
- always say less than necessary
- so much depends on reputation – guard it with your life
- court attention at all cost
- 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
- pose as a friend, work as a spy
- crush your enemy totally
- use absence to increase respect and honour
- 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 – do not offend the wrong person
- do not commit to anyone
- play a sucker to catch a sucker – seem dumber than your mark
- use the surrender tactic : transform weakness into power
- concentrate your forces
- play the perfect courier
- re-create yourself
- keep your hands clean
- play on people’s need to believe to create a cultlike following
- enter action with boldness
- plan all the way to the end
- make your accomplishments seem effortless
- control the options : get others to play with the cards you deal
- play to people’s fantasies
- discover each man’s thumbscrew
- be royal in your own fashion : act like a king to be treated like one
- master the art of timing
- disdain things you cannot have : ignoring them is the best revenge
- create compelling spectacles
- think as you like but behave like others
- stir up waters to catch fish
- despise the free lunch
- avoid stepping into a great man’s shoes
- strike the shepherd and the sheep will scatter
- work on the hearts and minds of others
- disarm and infuriate with the mirror effect
- preach the need for change, but never reform too much at once
- never appear too perfect
- do not go past the mark you aimed for; in victory, learn when to stop
- assume formlessness
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Labels: management
posted by dee3 @ 15:42,
2 Comments:
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At 12:33 pm,
Blow d' whistle said...
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dee...
practices it...MADE perfect conman...
heheh -
At 10:12 am,
dee3 said...
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perfect conman = powerful + rich?
conman = better than the politicians? hehehe dunno!
