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.
The 48 laws of power book manual#
Never assume everyone will react the same way.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.Law 19: Know who you’re dealing with – do not offend the wrong person You are shielded from your enemy in a crowd.Isolation cuts you off from valuable information.Law 18: Do not build fortresses to protect yourself – isolation is dangerous When used to the extreme, you’ll intimidate and terrorize.Behavior that isn’t consistent will wear people out, and they’ll stop trying to explain things.Being predictable gives control to others.Law 17: Keep others in suspended terror: cultivate an air of unpredictability If you’re already established in a group, temporarily withdraw to make people talk.Too much circulation makes the price go down.Law 16: Use absence to increase respect and honor Learn to probe and find valuable information.Find something that will benefit them and emphasize it out of proportion.Law 13: When asking for help, appeal to people’s self-interest, never to their mercy Open their shield with honesty, then deceive.Honesty can bring down the guard of suspicious people.One sincere move will cover over a dozen dishonest ones.Law 12: Use selective honesty and generosity to disarm your victim Never teach them enough so they can do without you.Make people depend on you for happiness.The more you’re relied on, the more freedom you have.To maintain independence you must be needed and wanted.Law 11: Learn to keep people dependent on you Associate with the happy and fortunate.The unfortunate draw misfortune on themselves and will draw it on you.You’ll die from other’s misery – emotional states are as infectious as diseases.Law 10: Infection: Avoid the unhappy and the unlucky It’s more powerful to agree with actions.Law 9: Win through your actions, never through argument When you force others to act, you’re in control.Law 8: Make other people come to you – use bait if necessary Use the skills of others to do the work for you, never do yourself what others can do for you.Law 7: Let others to do the work for you, but always take credit Be mysterious, appear more colorful than the masses.Everything is judged by appearance, what is unseen counts for nothing.Then stand aside and let the public hang them. Destroy enemies by attacking their reputation.Reputation is the cornerstone of power.Law 5: So much depends on reputation – guard it with your life Powerful people impress and intimidate by saying less.When trying to impress, the more you say the more common you look and less in control.Law 2: Never put too much trust in friends, learn to use enemies Make the master appear more brilliant than they are.Do not show your talents too much, it’ll make them insecure. I blog for the money, but the $10 or $20 I earn a month from Amazon affiliate fees pay my hosting bill. That link will take you to Amazon and I’ll make $1.5 for the sale. If you wanna buy the book, which I highly recommend, please use this link.
Note #1: This cheat sheet is a good summary and is perfect if you’ve already read the book. If you decide to buy the book, please use my link! Lots of good info here and lots of awful advice, so be careful not to follow everything the book says. This book sounds kinda weird and evil (and sometimes it is) but it’s a fun read that tells the story of some of the most powerful people in history. If you have any comments or questions, just let me know in the comments.īelow is a cheat sheet (aka summary) of The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene. Hey everyone…I wrote this guide a few years ago, but I’ve updated it in Spring of 2019.
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