“Do not leave your reputation to chance or gossip; it is your life's artwork, and you must craft it, hone it, and display it with the care of an artist.”
This is an absolute bible for socially and politically navigating the world of relationships. In every single interaction, one individual will have more power and more status, and the other will have less. Be that in your work, business, romance, friendships, family, or otherwise, this book will show you’re the 'dos and donts'. You can read this book to best suit you: you can use it to help you in situations when you have less power, it can help you get more power, or it can help you use your power on others.
Warning: Proceed with caution. This is a powerful book with powerful laws – ignore them at your peril.
Law 1 – Never Outshine The Master. "Always make those above your feel comfortably secure. In your desire to please or impress them, do not go too far in displaying your talents or you might accomplish the opposite".
Law 4 – Always say less than necessary. "The more you say, the more common you appear, and the less in control... Powerful people impress and intimidate by saying less".
Law 9 – Win through your actions, never through argument. "Any momentary triumph you think you have gained through argument is really a Pyrrhic victory: the resentment and ill will you stir up in stronger than any momentary change of opinion".
Law 13 – When asking for help, appeal to people's self-interest, never to their mercy or gratitude. "Uncover something in your request, or in your alliance, that will benefit them, and emphasise it out of all proportion".
Law 46 – Never appear too perfect. "Appearing better than others is always dangerous, but most dangerous of all is to appear to have no faults or weaknesses".
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