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48 Laws of Power Notes

  • Never look better than your boss. They gets insecure. And soon might replace you with low capability person.
  • Never assume you will be entertained by the boss forever. 
  • Praise him indirectly, it is far more powerful than direct one. Act as if you are stupid. Do mistake such that you will require his help. Everyone likes to say his greatness. 
  • Always give  credit to boss in front of everyone. He is sun, make him sun, make him the source of entire light.
  • Never trust friends, learn to do work from enemies.
  • An old enemy would be more dedicated than close friend as he has to prove more things. 
  • Friends try to not tell u the truth as they wants to loose you. That is why you don't know what they actually think about you. 
  • Everyone one wants to believe that they got any thing by their own ability. 
  • Hiring friends limits your power
  • You are always at better position with enemies as compared to friends. 
  • Always hide your intentions. If they don't know what you want then you can misguide them for longer period.
  • Honesty cuts less bleed more. Talk what they want to hear always not what you want to tell.
  • If you want power then keep aside honesty.
  • Create a strong image based on your unique identity. Image is like a treasure and never let anyone to attack you.
  • Never hurry to save your image. 
  • Attacking on someone else image especially when opponent is stringer is the best technique to start. But it should be for short time and you should not go way ahead in doing this. Example - making fun of that person.
  • Majority agreed publicity is very important always. People trust on such person because majority opinion is important for them
  • Always attract attention
  • People always think they are superior from the person whom they can predict better
  • use others, their knowledge, their expertise .. be like vulture
  • Take credit of others
  • Bring other people closer to you, if possible give them 'lalach/offer'
  • Its always better that your opponent to come to you. 
  • If control is not in my hand why should I waste my time in reacting instead of trying to control the things. The major mistake that I do is misconception of power, reacting/getting aggressive we feel is the power. But in reality staying back is the power. 
  • Let other should react on your move is the real power.
  • The one has control who has power. You should control your emotions. 
  • The more powerful your offering is the more your opponent is likely to fall for it
  • Honey trap for the bear
  • A true warrior never goes to anyone
  • Never argue
  • Stay away from sad and unfortunate people, we get used to their habits and thoughts.
  • If your sad stay with happy friends, if you are poor then stay with rich friends
  • Misfortune comes with stupidity, and no one is ever powerful enough to manipulate you as an unfortunate person
  • Make people dependent on you. Never teach a person who could replace you. 'Replacing you should be destruction for anyone'
  • You can always control fear but cannot control love. Its better to be important than being lovable
  • Be like a money-plant like crawlers/creepers, its better to let them grow instead of cutting them
  • Keeps hopes alive but never fulfill it
  • Divert attention. Give before take. A bit honesty for ex,
  • When asking for the help, show the future benefit instead of what you have done in past.
  • Always remove enemy completely, never leave thing incomplete
  • Stay away often to stay important
  • Scarcity leads towards importance or demand
  • Always be unpredictable. Rain, storms, talented king is always unpredictable
  • Never built forts in your defense, loneliness is harmful, meet people.
  • You should have all information about as much things as possible
  • Think world as your palace, you should keep visiting different rooms often, avoid being stable. Forts could be dangerous.
  • Never disappoint wrong person, beware who is that person in front of you
  • Identify who is vulture, eagle, wolf, sheep, rabbit.
  • Opponent, stupid and target. Never behave with everyone same.
  • Proud/egoist person - If he feels insulted he will take revenge for sure. Stay away from him for longer period.
  • Doubtful person - who thinks everyone is behind him, insecured. Easy target.
  • Snake person - who won't react at an instant but will attack when time comes. Be double careful from such person. It you hurt him then stay away from him or kill him completely
  • Stupid Person - you will waste your time on him. Can be useful sometime, never insult him. Mistakes are forgotten but insult never
  • Be independent of thoughts. Never become or subscribed to any group or organization intensively. You are always powerful as independent than aligned to an organization
  • You should not be dependent on any group others should be dependent on you
  • Be fool to make other fool. Never insult anyone's intelligence. Indirectly mention that they are a bit smarter than you
  • Smartness is such a talent that should be expressed minimum.
  • We often loose because we react
  • Always consider surrender when you are at disadvantage
  • Concentrate your focus on the weaker point of an enemy. Concentrated efforts. Quality is better than quantity
  • Stay away from demonstration of any greatness. Never see you working hard. People should be amaze with your effortless work. Indirect true praise. The should remember you from any crowd. 
  • It is wrong to treat everyone same. 
  • Never announce bad news. Never make fun of interest of seniors.
  • Always become source of happiness
  • Try to mold yourself. 
  • Create an awesome character to present. Be like actor. be unpredictable
  • Change yourself according to environment. People attract with similar people
  • Keep your hands clean
  • Use people to get things done from you 
  • Always keep things abstract. 
  • Create a cult. Become a head of cult -- keep it unclear but simple.
  • Create a common enemy
  • Be like king , people will treat you like king.
  • Behave as if nothing can disturb you and u have ample amount of time.
  • Always demand bravely, increase your value, always keep your value up
  • Always choose big opponent.
  • Always give gifts to better/powerful person.
  • If u ask less you will get less. Show them you are owner of a huge treasure.
  • Be talented and gain skills on timing, always show you are patient.
  • Time is artificial concept. Man created this concept and he can play with it.
  • We have 3 times: Long time - Patience and guidance
  • Short Term - could be used as powerful weapon to disturb others time
  • End time - use full power and speed, never glitch
  • Letting people wait is a powerful weapon. Disturbing their timing is best weapon. Let them know all happening is permanent
  • Bravery is nothing if you don’t know how to finish the game. Bravery is nothing if you don’t have wish to end the opponent.
  • If you can’t get a thing then hate it. Ignore them
  • The more you focus the more you make powerful to that person. Sometimes is better to leave things as it is. The less you show interest the more you will be powerful
  • People gets conscious on things you take over interest. If they started liking you then you are successful if they hate you. You made them disturbed do things you want
  • Hate is a right of a king. The person is dead if king shows back to that person.
  • You will be seen as tiny if you focus more on tiny opponent, and you will make him powerful in process
  • If you hurt teaser, then people sympathies that person.
  • No need to correct your mistakes, many times its better to leave your mistakes as it is
  • Complain about the things that you don’t get and show it as If you are least interested in it and never ever will be interested in it
  • Divert attention on other things of the people
  • Never show you are hurt.
  • Hatred only works when its not shown artificial
  • Learn how to use hatred
  • There is no stronger revenge than non existence of an opponent
  • Words are arrows that usually never goes on target. So never praise yourself. Words make you put on defensive stance.
  • Use symbols to express yourself than words. Create a strong larger than life picture. People likes huge larger than life things. Kings needs his pupils to be busy in festivals.
  • Think however you wish but behavior should be like everyone else. If you try to express out of the box views, people tends to feel hatred about you and inferior about themselves. No one likes to be felt inferior. And they will try to hurt you later on. They will feel you are trying to get/attract attention.
  • It is fool to think as of all old traditions are no longer exists.
  • Never give sacred thing to dogs and never through pearls towards pig, because they will attack you.
  • Shake water to catch fish. Identify the anger point of an opponent and play with it. They take everything personal. They feel anger is sign of power. But you loose respect when you get angry. Everyone feels that you have very low self control and could be easily destroyed.
  • Think as if the person is angry on you is trying to control you. Be patient. Anger limits your options to attack or play the game. No one can progress without much options.
  • You are most powerful when you can control/avoid/play emotional reactions. Never react is the best strategy when opponent is angry.
  • Try to act as if you are bored if you want to divert attention. 
  • The person who can make opponent angry at its will he is the most powerful. 
  • Always hate the things that you got for free. Spend the money.  Let your money flow.
  • Taking gifts makes you weak. Giving gifts makes you strong
  • All powerful people always finds others worth. Mostly looking for the same quality thing in low price
  • Better to take loss than wasting time with people us you after giving you money.
  • Extreme Free handed people spends because they want love and appreciation from others. 
  • River should always get flooded. Extreme tight handed person at high level is unfortunate person because no one loves him.
  • Never follow great person. Things that happens first are always felt better than later. 
  • Always your past should be far lower than your present
  • Power depends upon skills to fill the gaps
  • It is superstition to think as if you follow the person you will become one
  • Powerful people always strive for changed reactions and new ways to achieve things. 
  • New ways might be tough but they are shortcut for the greatness
  • Don't waste time on poisonous people in trying to convince them. Always through them away.
  • People will always surround powerful people. 
  • Powerful people work on only important people. 
  • People who turn the fire on always do that secretly.
  • Keep enemies apart if possible 
  • Loneliness is death in Power game.
  • If you remove the sun, planets will gets disturbed. Never waste time on planets
  • Always work on heart and heads of others. Take advantage of their fears, things that they love. If you ignore others heart and head, they will hate you.
  • People always hates being ignored. First let their emotions flow. Check for things they differ from others and things they do like others. Let their feelings get emerged such as happiness sadness hatred etc. This way you made their self control weaker and now they are in a better position to listen to you. 
  • Excite your followers always with their own desire. Don't be fool to follow single technique on every one. 
  • The more friends you make the better you are in a position to attack.
  • Never open locks with force of others emotions and desires. Find the key. Understand that person. Else you will find another wall
  • Always show the mirror to the opponent. Enemies gets angry and react more. And you can fool them and hide your intentions to set a trap.
  • Always talk about change but never do as such. You can predict their behavior.
  • Never appear too perfect. Accept harmless defaults in you.
  • To convince people, there is a simple rule. First, uplift them and then slowly bring them down.
  • Image - Shield of Perseus against Medusa.
  • First be a young woman at the beginning then become like a rabbit. 
  • The person who bring the change he can only be safe until he has weapons in his hand. People fall pray for older times later on after becoming calm. 
  • Always relate the change positively with the past loud openly. 
  • When you are seen as worshiper of traditions and cultures, you will face less criticism always.
  • Identify the changes that are positively related to past traditions. 
  • When things are unstable then talk about past peace. Other side in peace time, development and revolution to be talked. 
  • Image  - Cat. If we change her routine she will go mad. Fool her. Keep her old places at their own and fool her somehow.
  • Always handle jealousy - notice as early as possible. People will always work against you who are jealous. 
  • Its easy to not to let your friends jealous than to handle them later. Never let them jealous at any cost.
  • Success brings jealousy. Give credit to luck. and show as if any one could achieve it. Demonstrate harmless defect in you. 
  • Ignore their reactions and stay away from them.
  • Image - Karpatwar Tree.  This grows in entire garden slowly. You need to stop watering it. You can't see it growing until it consumes everything. Stop it before it grows.
  • Preach change but never do it quickly
  • Never appear too perfect
  • In victory learn when to stop
  • Assume formlessness
  • Always show dumb/boring face and the same face for everything
  • Image
  • Sky full of stars
  • Mouth of gratitude - not holding sword from front
  • Skin of sheep with wolf inside
  • Phophecy of Delphi - talk like that
  • Treasure full of diamonds - protect it all cost
  • Actor standing in limelight- only one could be focused
  • Vulture - waiting for smone to hunt and he enjoy
  • Honey trap for bears
  • See Saw - only up down no progress
  • Disease - Spreads 
  • Creeper with thorns - better to let it grow thn cut
  • Trojan Horse - Extreme careful
  • Strong Rope that binds - only rope with self-interest/greed works than any other
  • Third Eye - Of detective
  • Injured Snake - kill complete
  • Sun - Important when absent
  • Air - Unpredictable, Storms and etc
  • Castle Built on a hill - keep meeting people and get outside
  • Hunter - diffrent trap for diffrent pray/ never insult
  • Meditation - dnt choose sides be free
  • Oppsum acting dead - be stupidest in room
  • Stubborn tree vs flexible tree - surrender whn week nad be extra honest later
  • Arrow - Concentrated efforts - Focus on only one thing
  • Typical Courtman
  • Proteius Greek God - shape shifter as per surrounding 
  • Innocent Goat - mistake is not hiding one
  • Modi/Religion - Create a cult
  • Tiger catching Rabbit - only act when confident be brave only then
  • Gods on hill that can see through clouds
  • Race Course - work done in boredome seems more effective than normal
  • Bull thorns - two in numbers to provide worst best option
  • Moon / Oasis- false things are more interesting than reality, goes away when close
  • Weak Vein 
  • Thorn of a king
  • Eagle Hunting - timming 
  • Small injury - ignorance / hatred for things u dnt like
  • Symbols 
  • Black Sheep  - always lonely
  • Lake with fish - shake water to catch fish
  • Flowing River - Gifts are helpful
  • Fathers Shadow who forces child to follow him
  • Shepard guarding sheeps
  • Keyhole
  • Persious Shield Mirror
  • Cat used to daily routine
  • Creeper that not cut in early stages will be harmful
  • Bird flying towards sun - don't know where to stop after winning
  • Formless Water