"Learning the game of power requires a certain way of looking at the
world, a shifting of perspective," writes Robert Greene. Mastery of
one's emotions and the arts of deception and indirection are, he goes
on to assert, essential. The 48 laws outlined in this book "have a
simple premise: certain actions always increase one's power ... while
others decrease it and even ruin us." The laws cull their principles
from many great schemers--and scheming instructors--throughout
history, from Sun-Tzu to Talleyrand, from Casanova to con man Yellow
Kid Weil. They are straightforward in their amoral simplicity: "Get
others to do the work for you, but always take the credit," or
"Discover each man's thumbscrew." Each chapter provides examples of
the consequences of observance or transgression of the law, along
with "keys to power," potential "reversals" (where the converse of
the law might also be useful), and a single paragraph cleverly laid
out to suggest an image (such as the aforementioned thumbscrew); the
margins are filled with illustrative quotations. Practitioners of
one-upmanship have been given a new, comprehensive training manual,
as up-to-date as it is timeless.
Book Details:
Edition Info: Audio Cassette; 1999-06
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