The unfortunate draw misfortune on themselves and will draw it on you.

YouвЂ™ll die from otherвЂ™s misery вЂ“ emotional states are as infectious as diseases.

Law 10: Infection: Avoid the unhappy and the unlucky

ItвЂ™s more powerful to agree with actions.

Law 9: Win through your actions, never through argument

When you force others to act, youвЂ™re in control.

Law 8: Make other people come to you вЂ“ 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 вЂ“ 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, itвЂ™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 IвЂ™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 youвЂ™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 itвЂ™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.Д«elow is a cheat sheet (aka summary) of The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene. Instead, you need to circulate yourself among people and find allies.Hey everyoneвЂ¦I wrote this guide a few years ago, but IвЂ™ve updated it in Spring of 2019. ItвЂ™s easy for your opponents to cut off your information and resources to have you back against the wall. Law 18 вЂ“ DonвЂ™t build fortresses to protect yourself. So, when you try to persuade someone, first you have to articulate their needs and desires to know how they can benefit by doing you a favor. Law 13 вЂ“ When asking for help, appeal to peopleвЂ™s self-interest but never to their mercy or gratitude. It may be a prospect or maybe your crush, but actually, you can gain more control and command respect by having them come to you instead of the other way around. The idea is that we are always trying to go after people we are interested in. In this book, Robert Greene outlines the 48 laws that either amplify or mute your power, and here are the three I find most impactful on how I conduct myself and interact with others. ItвЂ™s a part of human nature, and thatвЂ™s deeply ingrained in our dominant hierarchy. Especially if youвЂ™re a postmodernist, you tend to deconstruct the world into a binary opposition of the oppressor and oppressed.Д«ut Machiavelli oppressed and argued that power is like the laws of physics, whether we like it or not. We donвЂ™t like to talk about power in society because it seems immoral and evil.

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