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Hey guys,Im uploading this version of the 48 Laws of Power because 1) its been OCR’d.2) and is now compatible with programs that READ pdfs aloud e.g. Text AloudTHE 48 LAWS OF POWERby Robert GreeneEBOOK: THE 48 LAWS OF POWERThe 48 Laws of Power: “This book is all about power. How to gain it, use it and prevent it from being used against you!”This eye-opening ebook is full of handy tips and historic examples, it can help you achieve that little bit more in life or reach that goal that is just out of sight.Everyone wants power and success, and everyone is in a constant duplicitous game to gain these at the expense of others, according to Greene, a screenwriter and former editor at Esquire. We live today as courtiers once did in royal courts: we must appear civil while attempting to crush all those around us. This power game can be played well or poorly, and in these 48 laws culled from the history and wisdom of the world’s greatest power players are the rules that must be followed to win.   A book of the ways and means of power   Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this piercing work distills three thousand years of the history of power in to forty-eight well explicated laws. As attention-grabbing in its design as it is in its content, this bold volume outlines the laws of power in their unvarnished essence, synthesizing the philosophies of Machiavelli, Sun-tzu, Carl von Clausewitz, and other great thinkers.   Some laws teach the need for prudence (“Law 1: Never Outshine the Master”), the virtue of stealth (“Law 3: Conceal Your Intentions”), and many demand the total absence of mercy (“Law 15: Crush Your Enemy Totally”), but like it or not, all have applications in real life. Illustrated through the tactics of Queen Elizabeth I, Henry Kissinger, P. T. Barnum, and other famous figures who have wielded – or been victimized by – power, these laws will fascinate any reader interested in gaining, observing, or defending against ultimate control.   “Learning the game of power requires a certain way of looking at the world, a shifting of perspective,” writes Robert Greene. Mastery of one’s emotions and the arts of deception and indirection are, he goes on to assert, essential. The 48 laws outlined in this book “have a simple premise: certain actions always increase one’s power … while others decrease it and even ruin us.” The laws cull their principles from many great schemers – and scheming instructors – throughout history, from Sun-Tzu to Talleyrand.