The 48 Laws of Power | Robert Greene | Guidelines for the Realists

The 48 Laws of Power | Robert Greene | A practical handbook to life.

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The 48 Laws of Power

	The 48 Laws of Power Robert Greene Penguin (Non-Classics), 2000 - 452 pages average customer review:based on 508 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Guidelines for the Realists

This book is a true guideline for the Realists or the Strategists.

Although the laws don't seem to follow each other, the sum is a compendium of solutions to stay competitive and gain an advantage if your mission is to be number one.

I strongly recommend it to individuals who have a need for "power & control".

A practical handbook to life.

With all the distractions available today, time has become an increasingly valuable commodity. How many of us that might be inclined to study the classics find that after work, school, family & social obligations, a dusty copy of Aeschylus composed in ancient prose is simply not a very pleasant way to relax? Hey, it takes 4 years of intensive, full time study to get through the 100 great books on the St. Johns College reading list. Which would you rather do, go see a ball game, or get started on 1500 pages of Tolstoy? Does that mean the layman is not deserving of, entitled to, or could not benefit from the collective wisdom of the human species? Of course not.

What we've got here is a concentration, and condensation of the principles for success. Predicated on the fact that we must live in an organized society, and that the rules for social interaction can be studied, documented and learned, much of our success will be based on the ability to interact with others. And that's exactly what this book is all about.

Most of the best philosophy in its original composition is (almost) impenetrably inaccessible. Pick up a copy of "Beyond Good and Evil" and it's easy to understand why ole' Freddie had a reputation for being a miserable prick. It's pompous, haughty, deliberately verbose and self-consciously ostentatious. However, his work was radically revolutionary, and something everyone should be exposed to. He might have had some good stuff to say, but if 90% of the time is spent showing off (my my Freddie, aren't you so erudite and articulate), people will get annoyed, stop reading, and that's counter-productive.

There is nothing original about the content of 48 Laws, what is original is the delivery. Robert Greene has applied his study of the classics, and repackaged it in a form palatable to the modern reader. Anybody can go out in the field, thresh, harvest, mill and then eat your oats raw, or you can pull this one off the shelf, and unwrap a granola bar.

Strongly recommended to everyone EXCEPT pretentious philosophy/classics majors.

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Success for sure, but ...

This book is really good. On top of all the business/power learnings it brings great tales and historical facts, which makes the reading pleasant and interesting.
If you follow all the laws in this book, you will be a really powerful person, but forget about having friends. The laws are though to follow and come with a price.

Life changing knowledge

This is a philosophy and a truth that most people have lost or do not even consider important.

Thank you, Robert Greene.

Pompous writer, but interesting book

I find the subject matter that Mr. Greene writes about to be interesting, but I found it also to be more "highbrow" than necessary at times. His strategies are solid (they're basic manipulation techniques), but I think more modern references outside of the European courts of the 17th and 18th century might make the book a bit more digestable for most. However, I must give the author credit for not dumbing down the subject matter so much that ANYONE could understand it.

Needless to say though, with a little bit of interest in history this book is an easy read. Wouldn't use it as a guide for living, but at least you can spot these strategies in others when they arise.

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