The Concise 48 Laws Of Power (The Modern Machiavellian Robert Greene)

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It's a cynical book if taken straight to the heart, I don't think power should be that plotted although we can't deny many leaders follow 75% of the laws in the book.

There are many laws that would help you to reach your goal, but there are some outrageous laws that you wouldn't want to apply in your life, but you can atleast use them to understand the psychology of people around you (because not everyone would refrain from applying the negative). The impression that this book would leave upon a reader is highly subjective, based on whether you take it literally and condemn it for being ruthless, or you use it as a tool to understand the cruel people around you and safeguard yourself from getting crushed in their journey of success.

So I would want to conclude with a quote by the American guitarist, Jimi Hendrix- "When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace". Reading Greene's work makes you feel slightly uneasy (certainly a bit guilty about enjoying it), but at the same time the guy's got a point about the whole human nature thingy.

There's a lot in here that only works if you already have some power socially, though I will admit that probably we have more power than we surmise due to network effects. Christmas is just around the corner, but DON’T PANIC: we’re here to provide you with the ultimate festive gifting inspiration, and remind you that books are certainly the easiest presents to wrap…!

I give this book credit for two things: first of all, being written in a very intriguing way (which made me hesitant whether or not I should continue reading, because on the one hand the style kept me interested and curious yet on the other hand the content made me sad for all those who naïvely absorb it); and second of all, I give it credit for being a shortened version of a 500-paged book. Since now I have entered an environment, where I need to deal with a lot of competition and thrive to get myself noticed, I started reading this book again. The book also enunciates many positive and imperative rules related to power, like knowing when to stop, not letting success get to your head, never accepting free lunches, using mirror effect to make people realize their faults etc.

Firstly, obligatory shout-out to Fight Mediocrity for convincing me that this would be a worthy time investment.Then have sex with the poor bastard's wife (I've also read Greene's Art of Seduction and am therefore an expert on the subject). The perspective from which this book approaches life, and advises you on how to gain power in it, is so destructive and dark on many levels that I chose not to continue reading. Las 48 leyes del poder, son leyes fundamentales para el exito y no hay que obviarlas, hay que ponerlas en practica. On completing the 195 pages of this book, I was really grateful that I didn't try to understand it back in my teenage, lest treachery would have become a part of my character. As Fight Mediocrity claims, this is the essential counterpart to Carnegie's book, yet to read that but I can well imagine that this claim is on point.