The 48 laws of power / Robert Greene

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 cost - - Get others to do the work for you, but always take the cedit - - 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 interest, 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-seem 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 own fashion: act like a king to be treated like one - - Master the art of timing - - Disdain things you cannot have ignoring them in 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 shephered 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 toomuch at once - - Never appear too perfect - - Do not go past the mark you aimed for; in victory, learn when to stop - - Assume formlessness - - Selected Bibliography - - Index.