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Robert Greene

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From “The 48 Laws of Power”

The best way to protect yourself is to be as fluid and formless as water; never bet on stability or lasting order. Everything changes.

Power Change Flexibility

If there is something you want but you cannot have, show contempt for it. The less interest you reveal, the more superior you seem.

Power Respect

Never seem to be in a hurry -- hurrying betrays a lack of control over yourself and over time. Always seem patient, as if you know that everything will come to you eventually.

Power Respect Time Patience

Be royal in your own fashion. Act like a king to be treated like one.

Power Respect

Give people options that come out in your favor whichever one they choose.

Power Secret Option

Teach no one your tricks or they will be used against you.

Power Secret tricks

When you act, act effortlessly, as if you could do much more. Avoid the temptation of revealing how hard you work -- it only raises questions.

Power Effort pretending

What good is it to have the greatest dream in the world if others reap the benefits and the glory? Never lose your head over a vague, open-ended dream—plan to the end.

Power Dreams plans

Never waste valuable time or mental peace of mind on the affairs of others - that is too high a price to pay.

Power People

In a world growing increasingly banal and familiar, what seems enigmatic instantly draws attention. Never make it too clear what you are doing or about to do. Do not show all your cards. An air of mystery heightens your presence; it also creates anticipation—everyone

Power Mystery

So much of power is not what you do but what you do not do—the rash and foolish actions that you refrain from before they get you into trouble.

Power Greatness actions

Do not commit to any side or cause but yourself. By maintaining your independence, you become the master of others -- playing people against one another, making them pursue you.

Power Greatness People Commitment

Know who you're dealing with. Do not offend the wrong person.

Power Greatness People

Your predictability gives them a sense of control. Turn the tables; be deliberately unpredictable.

Power Greatness Predictability

The more you are seen and heard from, the more common you appear.

Power Greatness Value

You must learn when to leave. Create value through scarcity.

Power Greatness Value

If, for example, you are miserly by nature, you will never go beyond a certain limit; only generous souls attain greatness.

Power Misery Greatness Success

An emotional response to a situation is the single greatest barrier to power, a mistake that will cost you a lot more than any temporary satisfaction you might gain by expressing your feelings.

Power emotions

Make people depend on you for their happiness and prosperity and you have nothing to fear. Never teach them enough so that they can do without you.

Power Success Dependence

Never be distracted by people’s glamorous portraits of themselves and their lives; search and dig for what really imprisons them.

Power Success

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