Laws of Power

I saw an article from Wikipedia and got this awesome laws. Try reading all of it and you might wanna try living some of the laws. ehehehe

·  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 costs.

·  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 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-interests, 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: play 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 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 perfect.

·  Do not go past the mark you aimed for; in victory, learn when to stop.

·  Assume formlessness.

source: http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/67fufm/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_48_Laws_of_Power/



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