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5. "Law of Covetousness"

5. "Law of Covetousness"

Desire and greed are powerful emotions that drive people to take decisions and actions in an irrational way.

For this reason, this law indicates that many people have the need to achieve success at any cost, and to obtain more.

Robert Greene suggests having control of our desire, without letting it consuming us. And in the same way, use the desire and greed of others to our advantage. Turning us into more attractive and desirable people in society.

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These are the first laws of human nature that we can learn from Robert Greene's book! I hope it helps more than one person!. πŸ’›

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