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Law 2: Never put too much trust in friends, learn to use enemies
Friends will quickly betray you.
Hire former enemies, they’ll be loyal.
Law 7: Let others to do the work for you, but always take credit
Use the skills of others to do the work for you, never do yourself what others can do for
you.
Your efficiency will appear god-like.
The more you’re relied on, the more freedom you have.
Law 13: When asking for help, appeal to people’s self-interest, never to their mercy
Find something that will benefit them and emphasize it out of proportion.
Law 19: Know who you’re dealing with – do not offend the wrong person
Maintain independence
Make people chase you and play people against one another
Law 21: Play a sucker to catch a sucker- seem dumber than your mark
Don’t be stupid, but make your mark appear smarter than you
When you’re weaker, never fight just for honor but surrender
Use large gestures and actions-your character will seem huge and you’ll gain power
Become the focal point of this and offer them a cause, a new faith
Give your new disciples rituals to perform and ask them to make sacrifices
Timidity is dangerous
Any mistakes your commit through audacity are easily corrected with more audacity
Law 31: Control the opinions: get others to play with the cards you deal
Law 34: Be royal in your own fashion: act like a king to be treated like one
Sniff out the spirit of the times, find the trends that’ll give you power
Learn to stand back when not ready, and then strike
Law 36: Disdain things you cannot have: ignoring them if the best revenge
The less interest you reveal, the more superior you seem
Striking imagery and symbolic gestures create the auro of power and people respond
Stage spectacles for those around you and heighten your presence
Dazzle by appearance
By flaunting your unconventional ways people will only think you want attention
Blend in
What happens first always appears better and more original than what’s next
Ignore the hearts and minds and they will grow to hate you
When you mirror exactly what your enemies do, they cannot figure out your strategy
The mirror effect mocks and humiliates them, making them overreact
Hold a mirror to their psyches and you’ll seduce them and they’ll think they share your values
Law 45: Preach the need for change, but never reform too much at once
Law 47: Do not go past the mark you aimed for; in victory know when to stop