It outlines the laws of power in their unvarnished essence, synthesizing the philosophies of Machiavelli, Sun-tzu, Carl von Clausewitz, and other great thinkers.
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Never outshine the master - Never put too much trust in friends, learn how to use enemies - Conceal your intentions - Always say less than necessary - So much depends on reputation : guard it with your life - Court attention at all cost - Get others to do the work for you, but always take the credit - Make other people come to you : use bait if necessary - Win through your actions, never through argument - Infection : avoid the unhappy and the unlucky - Learn to keep people dependent on you - Use selective honesty and generosity to disarm your victim - When asking for help, appeal to people's self-interest, never to their mercy or gratitude - Pose as a friend, work as a spy - Crush your enemy totally - Use absence to increase respect and honor - Keep others in suspended terror : cultivate an air of unpredictability - Do not build fortresses to protect yourself-isolation is dangerous - Know who you're dealing with-do not offend the wrong person - Do not commit to anyone - Play a sucker to catch a sucker : seem dumber than your mark - Use the surrender tactic : transform weakness into power - Concentrate your forces - Play the perfect courtier - Re-create yourself - Keep your hands clean - Play on people's need to believe to create a cultlike following - Enter action with boldness - Plan all the way to the end - Make your accomplishments seem effortless - Control the options : get others to play with the cards you deal - Play to people's fantasies - Discover each man's thumbscrew - Be royal in your own fashion : act like a king to be treated like one - Master the art of timing - Disdain things you cannot have : ignoring them is the best revenge - Create compelling spectacles - Think as you like but behave like others - Stir up waters to catch fish - Despise the free lunch - Avoid stepping into a great man's shoes - Strike the shepherd and the sheep will scatter - Work on the hearts and minds of others - Disarm and infuriate with the mirror effect - Preach the need for change, but never reform too much at once - Never appear too perfect - Do not go past the mark you aimed for in victory, learn when to stop - Assume formlessnessĪmoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this piercing work distills three thousand years of the history of power into 48 well-explicated laws.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 431-432) and index
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