48 Laws of Power Audiobook

48 Laws of Power Robert Greene Audiobook – 🎧

This piercing work distills 3,000 years of power history into 48 well-explained laws. It is amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive. This audacious book distills the laws of power to their essence, synthesizing the philosophies of Machiavelli, Sun Tzu, Carl von Clausewitz, and other illustrious strategists. Any listener interested in gaining, observing, or defending against ultimate control will be captivated by The 48 Laws of Power.

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Robert Greene Biography

Robert Greene is an author and public speaker from the United States, best known for his books on strategy, power, and seduction. Among his best-selling titles are ‘The 48 Laws of Power,’ ‘The Art of Seduction,’ and ‘Mastery.’ Born and bred in a middle-class Jewish household in California, he went on to study classical studies at the ‘University of California’ and the ‘University of Wisconsin.’ He did everything from basic labor to working as a writer in Hollywood. A chance meeting with book publisher Joost Elffers resulted in the release of his first book, which became a best-seller. His writings are noted for their appropriate quotations. His writing has a diverse following that includes merchants, prison inmates, war historians, and show-biz performers. His writing, however, has been criticized for being Machiavellian and unscrupulous. He has worked as a consultant to many influential people in business and the arts after reaching success, but he has also turned down a lot of consulting job since only those with compelling life stories interest him.

48 Laws of Power Audiobook Excerpt Transcript

Sent nor resist you to some people, the notion of consciously playing power games, no matter how indirect seems evil a social, a relic of the past. They believe they can opt out of the game by behaving in ways that have nothing to do with power. You must beware of such people, for while they express such opinions outwardly, they are often among the most adept players at power. They utilize strategies that cleverly disguise the nature of the manipulation involved. These types, for example, will often display their weakness and lack of power as a kind of moral virtue, but true powerlessness without any motive of self-interest, would not publicize its weakness to gain sympathy or respect.

Making a show of one’s weakness is actually a very effective strategy. Subtle and deceptive, in the game of power, as we’ll see in law 22, the surrender tactic. Another strategy of the supposed non-player is to demand equality in every area of life. Everyone must be treated alike, whatever their status and strength, but to avoid the taint of power, you attempt to treat everyone equally and fairly. You will confront the problem that some people do certain things better than others.

Treating everyone equally means ignoring their differences, elevating the less skillful, and suppressing those who excel again. Many of those who behave this way are actually deploying another power strategy, redistributing people’s rewards in a way that they determine yet another way of avoiding a game would be perfect. Honesty and straightforwardness, since one of the main techniques of those who seek power, is deceit and secrecy, but, being perfectly honest, will inevitably hurt and insult a great many people, some of whom will choose to injure you in return. No one will see your honest statement as entirely objective and free of some personal motivation, and they will be right. In truth, the use of honesty is indeed a power strategy intended to convince people of one’s noble, good-hearted, selfless character.

It is a form of persuasion, even a subtle form of coercion. Finally, those who claim to be non-players may affect an air of naivete to protect them from the accusation that they are after power. Beware again, however, for the appearance of naivete can be an effective means of deceit as you’ll see in law, 21 seem dumber than your mark, and even genuine naivete is not free of the snares of power. Children may be naive in many ways, but they often act from an elemental need to gain control over those around them. Children suffer greatly from feeling powerless in the adult world and they use any means available to get their way genuinely innocent people may still be playing for power and are often horribly effective at the game since they are not hindered by reflection once again.

Those who make a show or display of innocence are the least innocent. You can recognize these supposed non-players by the way they flaunt their moral qualities, their piety their exquisite sense of justice, but since all of us, hunger for power and almost all of our actions are aimed at gaining it, the non-players are merely throwing dust in our eyes. Distracting us from their power plays with their air of moral superiority. If you observe them closely, you will see in fact that they are often the ones most skillful at indirect manipulation, even if some of them practice it unconsciously. They greatly resent any publicizing of the tactics they use every day. If the world is like a giant scheming court and we are trapped inside it, there is no use in trying to opt out of the game that will only render you powerless and powerlessness will make you miserable instead of struggling against the inevitable.

Instead of arguing and whining and feeling guilty, it is far better to excel at power. In fact, the better you are at dealing with power, the better friend lover, husband, wife, and person you become by following the root of the perfect courtier. You learn to make others feel better about themselves becoming a source of pleasure to them. They will grow dependent on your abilities and desire for your presence by mastering the 48 laws in this book. You spare others the pain that comes from bundling with power by playing with fire without knowing its properties.