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< December 13 2007 at 3:36 PM >
Flo says...

From 48 Laws of Power by Robert Green
21.Play a Sucker to Catch a Sucker - Seem Dumber than your Mark
No one likes feeling stupider than the next persons.

The trick, is to make your victims feel smart - and not just smart, but smarter than you are. Once convinced of this, they will never suspect that you may have ulterior motives.

22.Use the Surrender Tactic: Transform Weakness into Power
When you are weaker, never fight for honor's sake; choose surrender instead.

Surrender gives you time to recover, time to torment and irritate your conqueror, time to wait for his power to wane. Do not give him the satisfaction of fighting and defeating you - surrender first.

By turning the other check you infuriate and unsettle him. Make surrender a tool of power.

23.Concentrate Your Forces
Conserve your forces and energies by keeping them concentrated at their strongest point.

You gain more by finding a rich mine and mining it deeper, than by flitting from one shallow mine to another - intensity defeats extensity every time. When looking for sources of power to elevate you, find the one key patron, the fat cow who will give you milk for a long time to come.
24.Play the Perfect Courtier (as in Govenment or in Corporations)
The perfect courtier thrives in a world where everything revolves around power and political dexterity.

He has mastered the art of indirection; he flatters, yields to superiors, and asserts power over others in the mot oblique and graceful manner.

Learn and apply the laws of courtiership and there will be no limit to how far you can rise in the court.

25.Re-Create Yourself
Do not accept the roles that society foists on you. Re-create yourself by forging a new identity, one that commands attention and never bores the audience.

Be the master of your own image rather than letting others define if for you. Incorporate dramatic devices into your public gestures and actions - your power will be enhanced and your character will seem larger than life.

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Posted by Flo on December 13 2007 at 3:36 PM



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14.POSE AS A FRIEND WORK AS A SPY knowing about your rival is critical. Use spies to gather valuable information that will keep you a step ahead. Better still play the spy yourself. In polite social encounters, learn to PROBE. Ask INDIRECT questions > >
Flo, 8-Dec-07 4:47 pm
From 48 Laws of Power by Robert Green 17. Keep Others in Suspended Terror: Cultivate an Air of Unpredictability Humans are creatures of habit with an insatiable need to see familiarity in other people’s actions. Your predictability gives them a se > >
Flo, 13-Dec-07 3:29 pm
From 48 Laws of Power by Robert Green 21.Play a Sucker to Catch a Sucker – Seem Dumber than your Mark No one likes feeling stupider than the next persons. The trick, is to make your victims feel smart – and not just smart, but smarter than you... > >
Flo, 13-Dec-07 3:36 pm
From 48 Laws of Power by Robert Green 26.Keep Your Hands Clean You must seem a paragon of civility and efficiency: Your hands are never soiled by mistakes and nasty deeds. Maintain such a spotless appearance by using others as scapegoats and cat’s > >
Flo, 13-Dec-07 3:45 pm
From 48 Laws of Power by Robert Green 31.Control the Options: Get Others to Play with the Cards you Deal The best deceptions are the ones that seem to give the other person a choice: Your victims feel they are in control, but are actually your pup > >
Flo, 13-Dec-07 3:54 pm
From 48 Laws of Power by Robert Green book 38.Think as you like but Behave like others If you make a show of going against the times, flaunting your unconventional ideas and unorthodox ways, people will think that you only want attention and that y > >
Flo, 13-Dec-07 4:04 pm
From 48 Laws of Power by Robert Green book. 43. Work on the Hearts and Minds of Others Coercion creates a reaction that will eventually work against you. You must SEDUCE others into wanting to move in your direction. A person you have seduced bec > >
Flo, 13-Dec-07 4:19 pm
For those who wish to print them. This is straight from the book without comments from me. Book written by Robert Green. 1.Never Outshine the Master Always make those above you feel comfortably superior. In your desire to please or impress them, > >
Flo, 13-Dec-07 4:55 pm
For those who wish to print them. Straight from the book without comments from me. From 48 Laws of Power by Robert Green 14.Pose as a Friend, Work as a Spy Knowing about your rival is critical. Use spies to gather valuable information that will k > >
Flo, 13-Dec-07 5:10 pm
SEE archives for all the laws of power or click to original messarge and all the entries under laws of power will be listed beneath it. Good luck Flo > >
Flo, 13-Dec-07 5:14 pm
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