The Concise 48 Laws Of Power (The Modern Machiavellian Robert Greene)

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Whether we like it or not, we live in a world ruled by conflict and fierce competition, a world that requires us to always be alert and to constantly to take action. He presents a powerful new perspective on the deep psychological mechanisms behind birthday parties, royal coronations, fire-walking and terrifying rites of passage.

I wish someone had warned me about most of it early in life, it would have saved me so much time and energy lost on dominance-seeking people, and would have helped me escape the boredom of such interactions. Based on historical ideas and influential personalities and drawing on actual cases, Greene reveals the keys to achieve, conquer, and defend power. This radical essay explores patriarchy and capitalism’s impact on beauty ideals, and inspires us to embrace our own disobedient bodies. this book is an eye opening to what goes around us and how people with certain skills get what they want.Law 33: When someone shows you their weakness, help them turn it into a strength for lifelong loyalty. Law 36: True wealth and happiness comes from an elimination of desire for wants, not the fulfillment of desire for wants. the main reason i am giving it this rating is because i felt it was a bit too concise, the only regret i have is not reading the standard version. TheNotebook by Roland Allen is a gorgeously illustrated cultural history of the humble notebook, from the bustling markets of medieval Florence to the quiet studies of our greatest thinkers.

Give your best to a few people and projects, which makes your time and presence extremely valuable to others. Since now I have entered an environment, where I need to deal with a lot of competition and thrive to get myself noticed, I started reading this book again. Y si, algunas cosas son duras y criticables, pero esta en cada uno el aplicarlas o no, lo que yo siempre digo es que mas vale tener un arma y no usarla que tener que usarla y no tenerla.i liked the idea of this book and how it delivered the rules of power in an amoral point of view, which gives you the raw "rules" that you can use in your own way, which some people might see as extreme or psycho, but i personally enjoyed it. Explain to others how you do not want to be treated with a steady voice and a locked-in gaze, if this becomes an issue.

This book does not have to be construed as a means to cruel and heartless power any more than Sun Tzu's The Art of War should be viewed as such. Some power tactics that are employed or described herein may be viewed as immoral or unethical, but the author does not sanction nor encourage them. I give this book credit for two things: first of all, being written in a very intriguing way (which made me hesitant whether or not I should continue reading, because on the one hand the style kept me interested and curious yet on the other hand the content made me sad for all those who naïvely absorb it); and second of all, I give it credit for being a shortened version of a 500-paged book. The book also enunciates many positive and imperative rules related to power, like knowing when to stop, not letting success get to your head, never accepting free lunches, using mirror effect to make people realize their faults etc. Greene outlines a number of the aspects of power, giving concrete and interesting examples from history.Since our earliest beginnings, every documented society has gathered to perform elaborate rites and ceremonies - from mass worship to body modification - yet ritual poses a deep paradox: why do we give the utmost importance to otherwise pointless activities? If you have read a couple of pages once and did not like it, I suggest you open your mind a wee bit more and give it another chance.