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Hip-Hop Bible: '48 Laws of Power'
Sources and related links:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_48_Laws_of_Power
http://escobar300.wordpress.com/2010/06/03/48-laws-of-power-and-its-influence-on-hip-hop/
http://blackartemis.blogspot.ca/2006/07/48-laws-of-oppression.html
Hip-Hop Bible: '48 Laws of Power'
The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene is a very popular book in the business-wise Hip Hop communauty. Also for ghetto crack dealers. |
THE 48 LAWS OF POWER
· Law 1 Never Outshine the Master
· Law 2 Never put too Much Trust in Friends, Learn how to use Enemies
· Law 3 Conceal your Intentions
· Law 4 Always Say Less than Necessary
· Law 5 So Much Depends on Reputation – Guard it with your Life
· Law 6 Court Attention at all Cost
· Law 7 Get others to do the Work for you, but Always Take the Credit
· Law 8 Make other People come to you – use Bait if Necessary
· Law 9 Win through your Actions, Never through Argument
· Law 10 Infection: Avoid the Unhappy and Unlucky
· Law 11 Learn to Keep People Dependent on You
· Law 12 Use Selective Honesty and Generosity to Disarm your Victim
· Law 13 When Asking for Help, Appeal to People’s Self-Interest, Never to their Mercy or Gratitude
· Law 14 Pose as a Friend, Work as a Spy
· Law 15 Crush your Enemy Totally
· Law 16 Use Absence to Increase Respect and Honor
· Law 17 Keep Others in Suspended Terror: Cultivate an Air of Unpredictability
· Law 18 Do Not Build Fortresses to Protect Yourself – Isolation is Dangerous
· Law 19 Know Who You’re Dealing with – Do Not Offend the Wrong Person
· Law 20 Do Not Commit to Anyone
· Law 21 Play a Sucker to Catch a Sucker – Seem Dumber than your Mark
· Law 22 Use the Surrender Tactic: Transform Weakness into Power
· Law 23 Concentrate Your Forces
· Law 24 Play the Perfect Courtier
· Law 25 Re-Create Yourself
· Law 26 Keep Your Hands Clean
· Law 27 Play on People’s Need to Believe to Create a Cultlike Following
· Law 28 Enter Action with Boldness
· Law 29 Plan All the Way to the End
· Law 30 Make your Accomplishments Seem Effortless
· Law 31 Control the Options: Get Others to Play with the Cards you Deal
· Law 32 Play to People’s Fantasies
· Law 33 Discover Each Man’s Thumbscrew
· Law 34 Be Royal in your Own Fashion: Act like a King to be treated like one
· Law 35 Master the Art of Timing
· Law 36 Disdain Things you cannot have: Ignoring them is the best Revenge
· Law 37 Create Compelling Spectacles
· Law 38 Think as you like but Behave like others
· Law 39 Stir up Waters to Catch Fish
· Law 40 Despise the Free Lunch
· Law 41 Avoid Stepping into a Great Man’s Shoes
· Law 42 Strike the Shepherd and the Sheep will Scatter
· Law 43 Work on the Hearts and Minds of Others
· Law 44 Disarm and Infuriate with the Mirror Effect
· Law 45 Preach the Need for Change, but Never Reform too much at Once
· Law 46 Never appear too Perfect
· Law 47 Do not go Past the Mark you Aimed for; In Victory, Learn when to Stop
· Law 48 Assume Formlessness
· Law 1 Never Outshine the Master
· Law 2 Never put too Much Trust in Friends, Learn how to use Enemies
· Law 3 Conceal your Intentions
· Law 4 Always Say Less than Necessary
· Law 5 So Much Depends on Reputation – Guard it with your Life
· Law 6 Court Attention at all Cost
· Law 7 Get others to do the Work for you, but Always Take the Credit
· Law 8 Make other People come to you – use Bait if Necessary
· Law 9 Win through your Actions, Never through Argument
· Law 10 Infection: Avoid the Unhappy and Unlucky
· Law 11 Learn to Keep People Dependent on You
· Law 12 Use Selective Honesty and Generosity to Disarm your Victim
· Law 13 When Asking for Help, Appeal to People’s Self-Interest, Never to their Mercy or Gratitude
· Law 14 Pose as a Friend, Work as a Spy
· Law 15 Crush your Enemy Totally
· Law 16 Use Absence to Increase Respect and Honor
· Law 17 Keep Others in Suspended Terror: Cultivate an Air of Unpredictability
· Law 18 Do Not Build Fortresses to Protect Yourself – Isolation is Dangerous
· Law 19 Know Who You’re Dealing with – Do Not Offend the Wrong Person
· Law 20 Do Not Commit to Anyone
· Law 21 Play a Sucker to Catch a Sucker – Seem Dumber than your Mark
· Law 22 Use the Surrender Tactic: Transform Weakness into Power
· Law 23 Concentrate Your Forces
· Law 24 Play the Perfect Courtier
· Law 25 Re-Create Yourself
· Law 26 Keep Your Hands Clean
· Law 27 Play on People’s Need to Believe to Create a Cultlike Following
· Law 28 Enter Action with Boldness
· Law 29 Plan All the Way to the End
· Law 30 Make your Accomplishments Seem Effortless
· Law 31 Control the Options: Get Others to Play with the Cards you Deal
· Law 32 Play to People’s Fantasies
· Law 33 Discover Each Man’s Thumbscrew
· Law 34 Be Royal in your Own Fashion: Act like a King to be treated like one
· Law 35 Master the Art of Timing
· Law 36 Disdain Things you cannot have: Ignoring them is the best Revenge
· Law 37 Create Compelling Spectacles
· Law 38 Think as you like but Behave like others
· Law 39 Stir up Waters to Catch Fish
· Law 40 Despise the Free Lunch
· Law 41 Avoid Stepping into a Great Man’s Shoes
· Law 42 Strike the Shepherd and the Sheep will Scatter
· Law 43 Work on the Hearts and Minds of Others
· Law 44 Disarm and Infuriate with the Mirror Effect
· Law 45 Preach the Need for Change, but Never Reform too much at Once
· Law 46 Never appear too Perfect
· Law 47 Do not go Past the Mark you Aimed for; In Victory, Learn when to Stop
· Law 48 Assume Formlessness
Sources and related links:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_48_Laws_of_Power
http://escobar300.wordpress.com/2010/06/03/48-laws-of-power-and-its-influence-on-hip-hop/
http://blackartemis.blogspot.ca/2006/07/48-laws-of-oppression.html