His appetite to not step into his fathers shoes meant that he was able to create a greater legacy than his father could have ever dreamed of creating and guaranteed that he wrote his name into the history books. This "law" gave a good account of Alexander The Great and the fact that he wanted to be a different ruler from his father. The Law is "Avoid stepping into a great mans shows". Law 41 was a good one with a good example. This book makes reference to many famous figures throughout including John D Rockerfeller, Cleopatra, Elizabeth I and many many more. This book has a simple structure that is easy to follow with simple "laws" that delve into historical events and demonstrates 48 individual "laws of power". What did you like most about The 48 Laws of Power? If you do buy this book, please remember with great power comes great 'responsibility' possibly a good title for Greene's follow up novel?Īn overview of 48 "laws" and historical examples On the other hand the book is well written and enthrallingly narrated. This is why my curiosity was drawn to Power. The book covers have always been a big draw as the graphic is so strong and simple but completely on message. Always aware that often this sort of advice is pre-desired by the reader rather than being some innate truth. I have read Robert Greene's 'Masters' and enjoyed his ability to entwine self-help sage advice with real life stories. This book is truly poisonous in the wrong hands. According to this thinking altruism is a lie or at best an illusion. This book takes as its premise that all people act purely to out of self interest and encourages the use of power play behaviours to take advantage of the weak, infirm and/or genuinely nice. If you want cut throat, selfish and egotistical brain massaging, this the book for you.
Incredible insight into the world of Ego/Greed! Bottom line is that people will use the techniques used in this book against you, subconsciously or knowingly and regardless it helps knowing and seeing the signs that some one is playing you.
If you want to become a powerful monster, its a step by step guide If you want to learn how to deal with the monsters, its a step by step guide as well.
It would become a sketch movie that would jump from century to century If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be? If proof was ever needed that with confidence and knowing what to ask for and how, will make you appear much more powerful then you actually are. Or if used it can make you a very powerful and manipulative person who most would view as evil.Ĭhristopher Columbus, some one who took the power by just aiming for the stars and got away with the moon. If you could sum up The 48 Laws of Power in three words, what would they be?Ī guide how to see signs of people using, abusing, playing games and controlling you. I highly recommend this book as a great reference tool for your "toolbox kit of life"! Yet, at the same time, living a very fulfilling existence as we all ought to do. Anyone who's willing to implement even 5 or 10 (you'll quickly find that The Laws naturally flow into each other and build upon each other) of these Laws of Power into their lives, won't be able to help themselves from making better decisions, and taking more control over their lives. I thought that the author, Robert Greene, kept the book on track, simple, easy to follow and matter of factual. If nothing else, this book is a great "get off first base and start rounding the bases" book for anyone who feels that their life could use a little bit of a kickstart.
Ever since then, I've made it a point to implement as many of the 48 Laws of Power into my daily life as I possibly can.
The book helped me to realize that harboring deep inside of me, was a lot of untapped potential and power that I've yet to utilize. When I first read this book a couple years ago, it was so apropos for were I was in my life as I was going through a career change myself. We All Have A Lot More Power Than We Realize!