Power cannot accrue to those who squander their treasure of words. Once the words are out, you cannot take them back. Keep them under control.

4: Always say less than necessary

When you suspect you are in the presence of an infector, don’t argue, don’t try to help, don’t pass the person on to your friends, or you will become enmeshed. Flee the infector’s presence or suffer the consequences.

8: Infection: Avoid the unhappy or the unlucky

Make your masters appear more brilliant than they are and you will attain the heights of power When it comes to power, outshining the master is perhaps the worst mistake of all.

1: Never outshine the master

Remember: You have only so much energy and so much time. Every moment wasted on the affairs of others subtracts from your strength.

10:  Do not commit to anyone, but be courted by all.

For negotiations or meetings, it is always wise to lure others into your territory, or the territory of your choice. You have your bearings, While they see nothing familiar and are subtly placed on the defensive.

7: Make other people come to you, use bait if necessary

The more you are seen and heard from, the more common you appear.You must learn when to leave. Create value through scarcity.

9: Use absence to increase strength and honor

Learn to destroy your enemies by opening holes in their own reputations. Then stand aside and let public opinion hang them.

5: So much depends on reputation, guard it with your life

Hide your intentions not by closing up but by talking endlessly about your desires and goals— just not your real ones.

3: Conceal Your Intentions

Surround your name with the sensational and the scandalous.Better to be slandered and attacked than ignored.

6: Court attention at all costs

The key to power is the ability to judge who is best able to further your interests in all situations. Keep friends for friendship, but work with the skilled and competent.

2: Never put too much trust in friends, learn how to use enemies

10 Powerful Lessons From the Book “The 48 Laws of Power”

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.

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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.

Robert Greene is an American author of books on strategy, power, and seduction. He has written six international bestsellers, including The 48 Laws of Power, The Art of Seduction, The 33 Strategies of War, The 50th Law, Mastery, and The Laws of Human Nature.

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