48 Laws of Power

Barbie cant tell you how to take over the world.. But there are laws of power she can make known to you....

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.