{"id":6203,"date":"2022-03-09T16:00:14","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T15:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joapen.com\/blog\/?p=6203"},"modified":"2022-03-09T16:14:25","modified_gmt":"2022-03-09T15:14:25","slug":"the-48-laws-of-power-by-robert-greene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joapen.com\/blog\/2022\/03\/09\/the-48-laws-of-power-by-robert-greene\/","title":{"rendered":"The 48 Laws of Power, by Robert Greene"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
This book is very interesting by two reasons:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One, the stories are really diverse and well described, which help to remember the laws. Second because what Robert Greene calls “laws” is very similar to what I understand as gameplays (from Wardley Maps).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The laws by category<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
I have used some of the categories of Wardley Map’s gameplays to organize these 48 laws. Note that some of the laws could be in more than one category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some of these laws, as the gameplays, can be applied permanently or on sporadic moments. In addition to that, the good strategist will apply them in a combined way. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Basics<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Law 23: Concentrate Your Forces<\/li>
Law 29: Plan All the Way to the End<\/li>
Law 35: Master the Art of Timing<\/li>
Law 39: Stir Up Waters to Catch Fish<\/li>
Law 45: Preach the Need for Change, But Never Reform Too Much at Once<\/li>
Law 47: Do Not Go Past the Mark You Aimed For<\/li>
Law 48: Assume Formlessness<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Defensive<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Law 1: Never Outshine the Master<\/li>
Law 2: Never Put too Much Trust in Friends, Learn How to Use Enemies<\/li>
Law 3: Conceal Your Intentions<\/li>
Law 4: Always Say Less than Necessary<\/li>
Law 10: Infection: Avoid the Unhappy and Unlucky<\/li>
Law: 19: Know Who You\u2019re Dealing With \u2013 Do Not Offend the Wrong Person<\/li>
Law 22: Use the Surrender Tactic: Transform Weakness into Power<\/li>
Law 42: Strike the Shepherd and the Sheep Will Scatter<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
User perception<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Law 5: So Much Depends on Reputation \u2014 Guard It with Your Life<\/li>
Law 6: Create an Air of Mystery<\/li>
Law 14: Pose as a Friend, Work as a Spy<\/li>
Law 16: Use Absence to Increase Respect and Honor<\/li>
Law 17: Keep Others in Suspended Terror: Cultivate an Air of Unpredictability<\/li>
Law 21: Play a Sucker to Catch a Sucker \u2013 Seem Dumber Than Your Mark<\/li>
Law 24: Play the Perfect Courtier<\/li>
Law 25: Re-Create Yourself<\/li>
Law 27: Play on People\u2019s Need to Believe to Create a Cultlike Following<\/li>
Law 28: Enter Action with Boldness<\/li>
Law 30: Make Your Accomplishments Seem Effortless<\/li>
Law 32: Play to People\u2019s Fantasies<\/li>
Law 36: Disdain Things You Cannot Have<\/li>
Law 37: Create Compelling Spectacles<\/li>
Law 38: Think as You Like But Behave Like Others<\/li>
Law 40: Despise the Free Lunch<\/li>
Law 43: Work on the Hearts and Minds of Others<\/li>
Law 44: Disarm and Infuriate with the Mirror Effect<\/li>
Law 46: Never Appear Too Perfect<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Positional<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Law 7: Get Others to Do the Work for You, but Always Take the Credit<\/li>
Law 11: Learn to Keep People Dependent on You<\/li>
Law 13: When Asking for Help, Appeal to People\u2019s Self-Interest, Never to their Mercy or Gratitude<\/li>
Law 18: Do Not Build Fortresses to Protect Yourself \u2013 Isolation is Dangerous<\/li>
Law 20: Do Not Commit to Anyone<\/li>
Law: 26: Keep Your Hands Clean<\/li>
Law 31: Control the Options<\/li>
Law 34: Be Royal in Your Own Fashion: Act Like a King to Be Treated Like One<\/li>
Law 41: Avoid Stepping Into a Great Man\u2019s Shoes<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Attacking<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Law 9: Win Through Your Actions, Never Through Argument<\/li>
Law 12: Use Selective Honesty and Generosity to Disarm Your Victim<\/li>
Law 15: Crush Your Enemy Totally<\/li>
Law 33: Discover Each Man\u2019s Thumbscrew<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Games plays proposed in Wardley maps<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
This is the table I was mentioning above:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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