Some power tactics that are employed or described herein may be viewed as immoral or unethical, but the author does not sanction nor encourage them. In here I found 48 ways of looking at what the author thought are principles that made and kept people in power. Give your best to a few people and projects, which makes your time and presence extremely valuable to others.

If you do not keep an open mind about the contents of this book, it will come across as selfish, brutal and downright ruthless. Discover your next non-fiction read and brilliant book gifts in the Profile newsletter, and find books to help you live well with Souvenir Press. This radical essay explores patriarchy and capitalism’s impact on beauty ideals, and inspires us to embrace our own disobedient bodies. So I would want to conclude with a quote by the American guitarist, Jimi Hendrix- "When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace". Dale Carnegie's famous How to Win Friends and Influence People is one of the most popular and best-selling psychology/self-help books of all time - and yet I doubt the same critics whose stomachs turn in the reading of this book would say the same of the former.For instance, the author quotes Friedrich Nietzsche in law/chapter 5- it is easier to cope with a bad conscience than with a bad reputation, and encourages slandering the reputation of a person more powerful than you to move ahead. Los planteamientos de las leyes están bien fundamentados, me parece que Robert Greene estudio bastante las ideas de Mao Tse-Tung, Sun-tzu, Maquiavello, Mushashi, etc. So rather than using this policy to divide people, it is important to understand the dirty tricks that politicians use to gain power and not fall prey to these tricks.

If you have read a couple of pages once and did not like it, I suggest you open your mind a wee bit more and give it another chance. The author also describes how powerful the 'us-versus-them' policy is in creating a cult-like following and keeping your followers united, like certain religious and belief systems. TheNotebook by Roland Allen is a gorgeously illustrated cultural history of the humble notebook, from the bustling markets of medieval Florence to the quiet studies of our greatest thinkers. Robert Greene seems to have relied upon varied sources and the reference that has gone into this book is quite huge.After reading this book, I realized how dishonest and merciless you have to be at times, in your journey to success. Law 33: When someone shows you their weakness, help them turn it into a strength for lifelong loyalty.