The 48 Laws of Power

By Robert Greene

Categories: Business & Money, Self-Help

Robert Greene draws on 3,000 years of history to distill the rules of power into 48 laws, from "Never outshine the master" to "Conceal your intentions." Each law is illustrated with the tactics, triumphs and failures of figures such as Queen Elizabeth I, Louis XIV, Henry Kissinger and Machiavelli, along with fables and short quotations. The book is a guide to how power is gained, used and defended, and how to guard against those who wield it.

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• Shane Parrish: “The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene — I’ve never read this book in a cover-to-cover sense, but I’ve read each law. More than that, I’ve broken each of the laws.”