Keep people off balance and in the dark by never revealing the purpose behind your actions. If they have no clue of what you are up to,they cannot prepare a defence. Guide them far enough down the wrong path, envelope them in enough smoke, and by the time they will realise your intentions, it will be too late.

LAW 3: CONCEAL YOUR INTENTIONS

Those who make a show or display of innocence are the least innocent of all.

Remember!

Always make those above you feel comfortably superior. If you desire to please and impress them, do not go too far in displaying your talents or you might accomplish the opposite -inspre fear and insecurity.Make you masters appear more brilliant than they are and you will attain the heights of power

NEVER PUT TOO MUCH TRUST IN FRIENDS, LEARN HOW TO USE YOUR ENEMIES.Be wary of friends- they will betray you more quickly, for they are easily aroused to envy. But hire a former enemy and he will be more loyal than a friend, because he has more to prove. In fact,you have more to fear from friends than from enemies. If you have no enemies find a way to make them

Pick up a bee from kindness, and learn the limitations of kindness.

Lord, protect me from my friends; I can take care of my enemies.

Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this multi-million-copy New York Times bestseller is the definitive manual for anyone interested in gaining, observing, or defending against ultimate control – from the author of The Laws of Human Nature. In the book that People magazine proclaimed “beguiling” and “fascinating,” Robert Greene and Joost Elffers have distilled three thousand years of the history of power into 48 essential laws by drawing from the philosophies of Machiavelli, Sun Tzu, and Carl Von Clausewitz and also from the lives of figures ranging from Henry Kissinger to P.T. Barnum.   Some laws teach the need for prudence (“Law 1: Never Outshine the Master”), others teach the value of confidence (“Law 28: Enter Action with Boldness”), and many recommend absolute self-preservation (“Law 15: Crush Your Enemy Totally”). Every law, though, has one thing in common: an interest in total domination. In a bold and arresting two-color package, The 48 Laws of Power is ideal whether your aim is conquest, self-defense, or simply to understand the rules of the game.

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