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36 laws of power

never appear superior

Let everyone believe they are superior to you - appearing better than others is always dangerous. Envy creates silent opponents. It is smart to occasionally display defects. They will not be expecting it when you destroy them.

never trust allies

Be wary of allies - they will betray you. You have more to fear from allies than from opponents as you let your guard down around allies. Everyone is an opponent.

conceal your intentions

Use smoke and mirrors.

never tell the whole story

Make vague, open-ended, and sphinxlike statements and answer questions the same way - this conceals your intentions.

steal other peoples ideas and work

Use the wisdom, knowledge, and legwork of other people to further your own cause. Not only will such assistance save you valuable time and energy, it will give you a godlike aura of efficiency and speed.

force others to act

When you force others to act, you are the one in control. It is always better to make your opponent come to you.

never attempt to use a reasoned argument

Any momentary triumph gained through intelligent argument is really a Pyrrhic victory - the resentment and ill emotional will you stir up is stronger and lasts longer than any momentary concession. It is much more powerful to get others to agree with you through mimicking your actions.

avoid those who are unhappy

You can not make anyone happy. Someone else's misery is infectious as disease due to empathy. The unfortunate draw misfortune on themselves as their spirits, having been crushed, stand out as victims.

make and keep people dependent on you

To maintain your independence you must always be needed and wanted. The more you are relied on, the more freedom you have. Make opponents depend on you for their happiness and you have nothing to fear. Never teach them enough so that they can do without you.

use selective honesty to disarm

One sincere and honest move will cover dozens of dishonest ones. Open-hearted gestures of honesty bring down the guard of even the most suspicious opponents. Once your selective honesty opens a hole in their armor, you can deceive and manipulate them at will.

never ask for help when you need it

When you do you become subservient.

everyone is your opponent

Ask indirect questions to get opponents to reveal their weaknesses and intentions. There is no occasion that is not an opportunity to understand opponents mental process'.

crush your opponents totally

All great leaders since Moses have known that a feared opponent must be crushed completely. (Sometimes they have learned this the hard way.) If one ember is left alight, no matter how dimly it smolders, a fire will eventually break out. More is lost through stopping halfway than through total annihilation: The opponent will recover, and will seek revenge. Crush opponents, body and spirit.

stay mysterious

The more you are seen and heard from, the more common you appear. Create value through scarcity.

cultivate an air of unpredictability

Humans are creatures of habit with an insatiable need to see familiarity in other's actions. Be deliberately unpredictable. Behavior that seems to have no consistency or purpose will keep opponents off-balance, and opponents will wear themselves out trying to explain your moves. Taken to an extreme, this strategy can intimidate and terrorize opponents.

make no commitments

It is the fool who always rushes to commit. Do not commit to any side or cause but yourself. By maintaining your independence, you become the master of others. Play opponents against one another. Make them pursue you.

transform weakness into power

When you are weaker, never fight for honor's sake; choose surrender instead. Surrender gives you time to recover, time to torment and irritate your conqueror, time to wait for your opponents power to wane. Do not give opponents the satisfaction of fighting and defeating you – run and hide. By turning the other check you infuriate and unsettle opponents. Use surrender as a tool of power.

concentrate your strength

Conserve your forces and energies by keeping them concentrated at their strongest points. When looking for sources of power to elevate you, find key patrons, the fat cows who will give milk for a long time to come.

reject societal conditioning

Do not accept the roles that society foists on you. Re-create yourself by forging a new identity, one that commands attention and never bores the audience. Be the master of your own image rather than letting others define it for you. Incorporate dramatic devices into your public gestures and actions – your power will be enhanced and your character will seem larger than life.

use people's need to believe

People have an overwhelming desire to believe in something. Become a focal point of such desire by offering a cause, a new faith. Carefully plan your course of action using rationality and clear thinking. Never back down and have your talking points set in stone. Anyone who can not think rationally and logically is a threat to you - excommunicate them from your life.

act boldly

Accept no doubt when embarking on a course of action - doubts and hesitations will negatively effect your execution. Timidity is dangerous. Mistakes committed through audacity are easily corrected with more audacity. Everyone admires and fears the bold; no one fears the timid.

plan carefully

When embarking upon a course of action plan all the way, taking into account all the possible consequences, obstacles, and twists that might reverse your hard work. Gently guide fortune and help determine the future by thinking far ahead.

make accomplishments seem effortless

Your actions must seem natural and executed with ease. All the toil and practice that go into them, and also all the clever tricks, must be concealed. When you act, act effortlessly, as if you could do much more. Avoid the temptation of revealing how hard you work – opponents envy will increase.

control options by offering only dilemmas

The best deceptions are the ones that seem to give an opponent a choice. Give opponents options that come out in your favor whichever one they choose. Force opponents to make choices between the lesser of two evils, both of which serve your purpose. Put them on the horns of a dilemma: Opponents are gored wherever they turn.

play to fantasty

The truth is often avoided because it is ugly and unpleasant. Never appeal to truth and reality unless you are prepared for the anger that comes from disenchantment. Life is so harsh and distressing that people who can manufacture romance or conjure up fantasy are like oases in the desert: Everyone flocks to them. There is great power in tapping into the fantasies of the masses.

learn to push buttons

Everyone has a weakness, a gap in the castle wall. That weakness is usually a sore spot - an insecurity, an uncontrollable emotion or desire; it can also be a small corrupt secret pleasure. Learn to poke the sore spot - push buttons or yank their chain.

act confidently

The way you carry yourself will often determine how you are treated; appearing vulgar or common will make people disrespect you. Act regally, confident of your powers.

time your acts

Never seem to be in a hurry – hurrying betrays a lack of control over yourself, over time and a failure to properly plan. Always seem patient, as if you know that everything will come to you eventually. Become a detective of the right moment; sniff out the spirit of the times, the trends that will carry you to power. Learn to stand back when the time is not yet ripe, and to strike fiercely when it has reached fruition.

ignore minor setbacks

By acknowledging a petty problem you give it existence and credibility, a small mistake is often made worse and more visible when you try to fix it. It is sometimes best to leave things alone.

use symbolism

Striking imagery and grand symbolic gestures create the aura of greatness – opponents responds to them. Stage performances for those around you using arresting visuals and radiant symbols that heighten your presence. Dazzled by appearances, opponents will not notice what you are really doing.

stay calm and objective

Anger and emotion are strategically counterproductive. You must always stay calm and objective. But if you can make your opponents angry while staying calm yourself, you gain a decided advantage. Put your opponents off-balance: Find the chink in their vanity through which you can rattle them and you hold the strings.

kill the Shepherd

Trouble can often be traced to a single strong individual – the stirrer, the arrogant underling, the poisoner of goodwill. If you allow such opponents room to operate, others will succumb to their influence. Do not wait for the troubles they cause to multiply, do not try to negotiate with them – they are irredeemable.

seduce hearts and minds

Coercion does not work over time. You must seduce others into wanting to move in your direction. Soften up the resistant by working on their emotions, playing on what they hold dear and what they fear.

infuriate with the mirror effect

The mirror reflects reverse reality, the perfect tool for deception. When you mirror an opponents actions they cannot figure out your strategy. The mirror effect mocks and humiliates them, making them overreact. By holding up a mirror to their psyches, you seduce them with the illusion that you share their values; by holding up a mirror to their actions, you teach them a lesson in humility.

savor victory soberly

The moment of victory is often the moment of greatest peril. In the heat of victory, arrogance and overconfidence can push you past the goal you had aimed for, and by going too far, you make more opponents than you defeat. Do not allow success to go to your head. There is no substitute for strategy and careful planning.

assume formlessness

By taking a shape, by having a visible plan, you open yourself to attack. Instead of taking a form for your opponents to grasp, keep yourself adaptable and on the move. Nothing is guarenteed, no outcome is fixed. The best way to protect yourself is to be as fluid and formless as water; never bet on stability or lasting order as everything changes.

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