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Robert Greene is a master guide for millions of listeners, distilling ancient wisdom and philosophy into essential texts for seekers of power, understanding, and mastery. Now he turns to the most important subject of all - understanding people's drives and motivations, even when they are unconscious of them themselves. Whether at work, in relationships, or in shaping the world around you, The Laws of Human Nature offers brilliant tactics for success, self-improvement, and self-defense.
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For David Goggins, childhood was a nightmare--poverty, prejudice, and physical abuse colored his days and haunted his nights. But through self-discipline, mental toughness, and hard work, Goggins transformed himself from a depressed, overweight young man with no future into a US Armed Forces icon and one of the world's top endurance athletes. The only man in history to complete elite training as a Navy SEAL, Army Ranger, and Air Force tactical air controller, he went on to set records in numerous endurance events.
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This book contains the playbooks that took me from sleeping on my gym floor to owning a portfolio of companies that generate $200 million per year in less than a decade. Want to know the biggest difference between those two time periods? How many leads I was getting.
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Stephen R. Covey's book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, has been a top seller for the simple reason that it ignores trends and pop psychology for proven principles of fairness, integrity, honesty, and human dignity. Celebrating its 15th year of helping people solve personal and professional problems, this special anniversary edition includes a new foreword and afterword written by Covey that explore whether the 7 Habits are still relevant and answer some of the most common questions he has received over the past 15 years.
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From the world’s foremost expert on power and strategy comes a daily devotional designed to help you seize your destiny.
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Legendary leadership and elite performance expert Robin Sharma introduced The 5am Club concept more than 20 years ago, based on a revolutionary morning routine that has helped his clients maximize their productivity, activate their best health and bulletproof their serenity in this age of overwhelming complexity. Now, in this life-changing guide, handcrafted by the author over a rigorous four-year period, you will discover the early-rising habit that has helped so many accomplish epic results while upgrading their happiness, helpfulness, and feelings of aliveness.
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Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this piercing work distills 3,000 years of the history of power into 48 well-explicated laws. This bold volume outlines the laws of power in their unvarnished essence, synthesizing the philosophies of Machiavelli, Sun Tzu, Carl von Clausewitz, and other infamous strategists. The 48 Laws of Power will fascinate any listener interested in gaining, observing, or defending against ultimate control.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2018-12-21
Hard to finish
I feel you would need to be a history buff to truly appreciate the book. The history given to prove the laws is always interesting, however the listening length made it hard to pay attention to.
Transitions between laws were also hard to follow for me. As their are 48 laws, going back to review one is very hard as an audible.
I finally bought the book paperback. Good book, hard to listen to. 3* as audible, 4.5* as paperback.
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- Janette T.
- 2019-06-12
Save your money, save your wellbeing.
I've listened to the first several chapters. I can not make time or subject my soul or my mental wellbeing to these immoral "laws". Agree there are people out there who live and breathe these values (one need look no further then the Whitehouse). This book or type of guidance will not serve the "know your enemy to protect yourself crowd". Rather, it will implant unprincipled, dishonorable, iniquitous, corrupt, devious thoughts. Save your money and save yourself the karma this way of being brings. Don't be fooled by $6.95 price like I was, it's cheap for a reason.
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- nicholas lanthier
- 2019-03-08
a psychopaths nightmare
im a fan of R. greenes book the laws of human nature but this one is not my cup of tea. its a stark reminder that the world is indeed full of evil manipulators with alterior motives for control...greed, and ego is the bane of mankind. But it seems to me this book is made for sociopaths and people who yearn to deceive people. Maybe im a fool but many things i do is out of kindness to bring joy and lend a hand to others without having a sinister motive in my mind of using people for my benefit...
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- Bernard Denis
- 2020-08-16
Nonsense.
Anyone listening to this thinking they will rule anything, from work to family or team is living in another time. The examples given are from outdated times where kings and magnates had not earned their power, but inherited it.
Refer to the great, modern dictum, A's hire A's, B's hire C's and if you believe this book will make tou an A, you may want to think about your real aptitudes in life. Not sure Warren Buffet, Tim Cook and many more great leaders of this era followed the cunning way portrayed here to the top.
Hopefully the author wrote it to make money, as there is a vast clientele for this type of stuff.
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- Homanshu Sharma
- 2018-10-11
Powerful!
This is probably the best audiobook I’ve ever listened to in my lifetime. Not only is the book itself is compelling, the narrator is also the best I’ve ever heard. Recommended!
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- Hazel
- 2020-10-04
It’s Not What You Think
I was very weary to read this book bc I was reading many reviews accusing the author of teaching readers how to be manipulative. But I decided to read it anyway and I’m glad I did.
This book is incredible. First, yes, there are elements of manipulation. But, you can use this to your advantage so that you can recognize when someone is doing it to you! Second, the incredible historical stories that he tells to provide context is...I have no words. I would love to know the process of selecting the stories used.
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- clifford w delage
- 2019-08-15
Not for me
If you have ethics, values and a moral compass, you may find this book of very little value. It is very well written and read tho
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- RP
- 2019-10-25
Long and boring.
The author identifies a series of ways to manipulate people around you and create a false sense of power. Machiavelli's The Prince provided better insights to power than this book. I could not finish it. Some ideas even conflict with each other.
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- Mike Reiter
- 2019-09-07
For con men and charlatans, maybe courtiers
What I hoped for in this book was really about how to be a leader, or a better leader. I was disappointed. The premise of this book is that you can gain power through deceit and trickery. While the lessons might be applicable in a Royal Court, or maybe Politics, except for in the most dysfunctional company, most of the lessons taught in this book would not be useful. It is really about tricks, deceit and backstabbing but never about how to produce anything or motivate people beyond fear. There are a lot of anecdotes to illustrate the rules that the author expounds, but I know at least one of them was wrong. The author states that both Tesla and Edison were up to share the 1914 Nobel Prize in Physics. Rather than give Tesla any publicity, Edison refused and the the prize went to somebody else. Actually it went to Max von Laue for the discovery of the diffraction of X-rays by crystals. But Nobel Prizes don't work that way. Even if Edison had refused they both would have been awarded the prize and Edison would have just refused. But all the publicity would still be there.
The inability to get facts right, the lack of methods of motivation, the focus on deception make me feel this book is for the stupid, sociopaths and or morally bankrupt. Only where power is based on a popularity contest, like politics, or bestowed such as a royal court, would any of this be useful. I guess within the corporate environment it could be used to move up the ladder but you better vacate the spot as soon as possible and sell short on the stock because once you achieve any sort of power, you will be in a position where you don't have a loyal team supporting you and you have no idea how to product anything. Also if you pay attention every "Rule" has a contradictory "Rule". "Crush your enemy utterly and completely" is a rule as is "Show mercy to your enemies you will gain a most loyal ally".
If you are ever hiring somebody that has risen in previous companies but never stayed anywhere more than two years, they are probably the kind of bottom feeder that adheres to the advice in this book. I guess on positive aspect it does have is it elucidates the tactics so you can shut that scum down when you see it.
The last 3 or 4 chapters are potentially useful for regular people who aren't working towards a career as a con man
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- adeojoa
- 2018-09-10
boring, cold-hearted rhetoric
did bill gates,jeff bozoz, Warren buffet use this, cold-hearted victory just makes it seem seductive
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- mikus
- 2019-03-14
Long and repetitive, quite dated
First of all the book is far too long. With a bit stricter selection and less repetitions it could easily fit in half of the time, with the same message. With every next chapter the conclusions become more and more blurred and inconsistent with the 'laws'. I'd risk that they would perfectly make up 10 laws instead of shady 48 of them...
The tone of the book suggests clearly that it pretends to be a guidebook, yet almost all of the historical examples date to the events of 5 century BC to early XX, with next to none references to the modern times. It is true that most of the mentioned mechanism never change, but the application of the books laws per se are quite unrealistic in the times where conflicts are not anymore solved with swords and if you are not born a king of XVII century France. It also completely skips the moral part of moves like intentionally killing all your siblings or using your best friends as scapegoats... if one would care.
As long as I really enjoyed the short historical anecdotes which are really plenty in this book I still don't really see who is the target of it. It is a too simplistic and unstructured to be a resource for any social studies, yet too too old-fashioned and lacking any modern life references to be a popular lifestyle guidebook. It is also neither light nor relaxing to listen, as it constantly tries to be instructional and greatly covers wars and killings. I guess it would make a perfect study for a young prince in XVII century Europe, or if you're a control freak, but not sure how to make it real.
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- Client d'Amazon
- 2018-12-29
How to be a sociopath
The author has dedicated time and effort to mislead people. True power comes from within you, from authentic being, from living life according to your values.
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- Tarek Alabras Alashkar
- 2018-01-19
great book! weak story!
great book, valuable insight to the game of power however chapters don't feel logically connected with a powerful story which makes it harder to remember the context precisely.
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- yegue
- 2016-06-18
Riche en enseignements
À relire plus d'une fois pour capter, et assimiler les leçons. J'aime bien la méthode utilisée pour la transmission du savoir. Reco
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- Laura Bonnet
- 2023-08-06
Very interesting life advices
I recommend this book to any teenager or young person that prepares himself or herself to start her professional life. Am insightful research about social techniques used since the oldest times, that are very useful in any society, doesn’t matter how developed it is.
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- Cliente Amazon
- 2023-07-17
Good book
It’s a good point of view. A lot of stories to prove the mechanism of the laws
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- Mario
- 2023-06-18
Langue de serpent
Pour les faibles d'esprit peut s'avérer un bon livre.
Pas pour moi
Ce n'est pas le type de livre quel je pensais. Pour les serpents, pour les envenimer d'avantage.
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- Anonymous User
- 2022-01-15
Too long
Too much history telling only to make weird leaders that don’t serve for nothing. Waste of time
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- Client d'Amazon
- 2018-11-19
Un incontournable !
Ce livre est absolument a lire pour toute personne qui souhaite mieux comprendre les relations de pouvoir ! Excellent livre.
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- #Limo
- 2017-11-27
De l'or en loi
écoutez la version abrégée, la version longue contient plus d'anecdotes et d'exemples historiques. intéressant pour l'analyse historique mais lourd pour étudier les mécanismes de pouvoir
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- Gaggleframpf
- 2016-02-25
You don't have to be a psychopath to like this.
This is an absolutely amazing book. It will help you to tell your true friends apart from people who just want to use you. It will tell when to give more to your employer, or when to tone down your enthusiasm. It will warn you about going too far in your quest for power.
If you really are a power-hungry maniac, this book will do just as much to help you reach your goals as it will if you are an average joe with no ambitions. I'm an idealist myself - I like to see the good in everyone and I don't like to think of myself as someone who wants "power" over other people.
But that is not an excuse to avoid encountering the incredibly valuable information in this book. At the very least, it will keep you from making poor moves that will cause you to fall out of favor with others. At the most, you will be able to spot when someone else is playing "the game" and use their techniques against them.
I don't like to play the game myself; I don't think power is a game. But I sure as hell like to watch the people who DO live like it's a game spin their wheels as they try and fail to pin me down and make themselves look totally incompetent in the process.
If you're an honest person and if you think rewards and status should be earned by merit and not by raw power or deception, then your reputation and character will go before you and these laws of power will walk behind you.
Don't use this book to grow in power for power's sake. This is a fool's errand, and ends in your annihilation. Rather learn the laws of power to attain mastery over your own spirit, and to defend against those who would prey upon your honesty and integrity.
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- Marlon
- 2016-07-07
Interesting
As a Christian I find myself struggling with these laws and approaches to power. Maybe I am naive when it comes to power, or too idealistic. This book seems to outline all the dirty tricks played by politicians to stay in power. The author seems to recommend some of the behavior we naturally disapprove of as an acceptable means to power.
So why did I listen to the whole thing? I thought about returning the book after listening to the first chapter. But I realized that even though I may dislike these "laws of power" they are at play in the world I live in. And even thought I do not believe I will ever live by the majority of these laws, being aware of them has helped open my eyes to what is going on around me.
So I would not highly recommend this book because there is little emphasis, if any, in character. But the book is useful in pointing out how people acquire and maintain power, and there is a benefit to being aware of how power can work.
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- Juan
- 2016-02-14
Good Road Listen
being a trusting person by nature... and working amongst a bunch of sharks. Listening to this has helped me gain perspectives I've never considered.
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- El Barto
- 2019-05-29
NOT a Self Help Book
Perhaps the best title for this book should be “A Con Man’s Primer” or “The Unabridged Encyclopedia of Selfishness.” An interesting look at cons and power plays throughout history, this book takes a totally amoral look at how to win at all costs.
While many of the points brought out through history are fascinating (and do provide some insights into what others may be doing to exert control or power over you), I certainly wouldn’t want to use this book as a guide for my life simply because it lacks any substance that would help you create and sustain a “real connection” with another human being.
I find it interesting that the manuscript quotes several times from the Bible yet teaches a philosophy that is so directly opposed to what is taught there.
This is a book of contradictions (although it refers to several “paradoxes” of power). One law tells you to take all the credit for performance while another encourages you to give your master the credit. Which is it? Yes, the points are well taken when it comes to these paradoxical principles, but mostly you’re left to ask, “So WHEN do I exercise one law over another one?”
In summary, this is primarily an interesting historical read. Yes, it could help you recognize times when others may be trying to exert control or power over you, but that’s about where its usefulness stops.
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- Joakim Andersson
- 2016-03-13
The face of human tragedy smiles
This book would be easier to enjoy if it were written as a study in how people attain power, rather than a how-to guide. Not once is it the least bit apologetic or remorseful as it urges you on down the road of complete sociopathy.
At its least harmful, this book merely describes how to pander to the worst aspects of human nature, such as "don't outshine or criticize your master", "don't speak your mind" and just generally "be as fake as possible". And to some extent I can understand this - you do what you have to do, right? It's not your fault if the people around you are judgmental twats or your master is an insecure selfish asshole. And if you wanna attain power in order to change the world for the better, then you can't act like a saint all the time, right? On the other hand, it doesn't just take a strong leader to effect change. The real difference between "better" and "worse" societies lies not in their laws, but in their people. And to attain a society of (intellectually and ethically) better people, it requires people from every social stratum being the best person they can possibly be.
(Also, improved material conditions are a big factor here, but it's not the only factor.)
Let's take science, for instance - do we want a scientific community of rational, enlightened people who put the truth above all, who, while having the same kinds of human flaws as everyone else, do their best to overcome these flaws? Or do we want a scientific community where no one speaks up against whatever unfairness or incorrectness they perceive, where everyone is afraid to step out of line? Because that's exactly the kind of attitude that this book promotes (again, at its least harmful). Everyone is a yes man, unless it is in their own selfish interests not to be.
Also, most people who attain power probably set out to do good, but then end up like everyone else in their position. No one is qualified to evaluate whether they themselves will be better than other powerful people, so the excuse of wanting to attain power so you can do good later doesn't do much to justify the means. I'm not saying you have to be perfect all the time. If you're a politician, just be more honest (or whatever other positive trait) than the politicians around you and reward honesty in colleagues and subordinates (and obviously do your best to not be fooled by fake honesty like this book describes), and you'll have influenced the culture of politics in a positive way.
Also, this book always assumes the worst about everyone. I think most professors would encourage rather than be offended by criticism from their Ph.D. students, and I don't think they'd be concerned about being outshone. And this book says that arguing for your point of view is a bad strategy because you'll win over some but offend many more, but with people being far more intelligent today than in centuries past due to the Flynn effect, and with modern education encouraging argumentation and critical thinking, I don't think this is true anymore. At the very least it's far less true than it once was.
The book also says "don't overstep your bounds", and gives an example of a king who had a crown-keeper and a coat-keeper. The crown-keeper's only task was to handle the crown, but he once saw his king sleeping in the garden without a coat, and placed his own coat over the king to keep him warm as it was getting cold. The coat-keeper was punished for negligence, and the crown-keeper was beheaded. Here the book literally assumes the worst. Your employer may be a psychopathic evil tyrant, therefore, never do more than you are assigned to do.
At its worst, this book explicitly encourages you to commit any horrendous act you can possibly gain power from. Steal, leech off of, and take credit for your friends' hard work! Ruin others' reputation for your own benefit! Sacrifice your friends as scapegoats to save your own skin!
(Also in arguing for that last thing, it quoted some ancient guy saying "I would rather betray the whole world than let the world betray me" like that guy's a fucking role model. Is the author actively trying to say the most fucked up shit imaginable?)
Law 15 is "Crush your enemy totally". This might be useful in some situations if you're a medieval king at war, but what if you're running for president of your neighborhood association? Should you crush your rivals completely? Manipulate their kids to hate them, plant child porn on their computer, burn their house down and frame them for insurance fraud? Again, this book is completely unapologetic. It insists that power games are amoral, and never pays lip service to the idea that maybe some things are just fucked up to do. It doesn't say "for medieval kings it was often a prudent strategy to crush their enemies completely". It says to crush your enemies, completely. Out of all the people who have enemies or rivals today, how many do you think are even close to warranted to crush them completely?
While morally reprehensible to the extreme, this book also has some flaws in its reasoning. First of all there is no empirical data whatsoever. Main points of each law are backed up by anecdote and sometimes argumentation of varying quality, but lots of details are merely stated in a way that sounds convincing without being motivated at all. There was also plenty of advice that appeared contradictory to what had been said earlier
I get that some things are just very hard to study scientifically, but surely there are plenty of things to be said about power that can and have been studied, and that have plenty of overlap with what is being discussed here. Power has much to do with the human mind and ways in which it is irrational, and there's plenty of data on that that could have been woven into this book. I also get that you can't argue incessantly for every little detail, but at points it feels like the author wasn't trying hard enough. Also, this probably happened a lot more than I noticed, because it's easier to notice the lack of argumentation (or the bad argumentation) when you don't already agree.
At one point the book said to seem like your success comes from talent rather than hard work, and it motivated this by some seemingly sound but rather arbitrary reasoning. I could just as well make up some reason for the opposite view; you should downplay your talent because it's a lot harder to become talented than hard working, so people will be jealous of your talent but not your hard work. Which of these hypotheses is true probably depends a lot on the culture in as well as your specific situation, so the book shouldn't just authoritatively state "do this" as if it were a general law.
Still, for all its flaws, this book contains valuable insight into the world of power games, so I do not regret reading it.
Verdict: 60%, or 2.4 on a 0-4 scale, or 3.4 rounded to 3 on a 1-5 scale.
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- Peter
- 2017-06-26
Psychopathy Manual
This book would be more aptly titled: How to be a Psychopath: Strategies of Manipulation and Deceit.
It is an entertaining and useful, yet highly disturbing book. Now that I know the true scope of the drive for power, I see the world through suspicious eyes. If you are someone who seeks power at the expense of all else, this historical guide book will likely thrill you. If you are a normal light hearted good natured sort, you may find this book appalling, as it reads like it was written by the devil himself. Yet you should probably listen to it anyway. If nothing else, it will alert you to the strategies of the wolves around you.
Besides all the rules themselves and the commands to use, manipulate, control, trick and destroy everyone that crosses your path, this book is primarily a collection of historical antidotes. Listening to it will increase your knowledge base of the history of some of the world's most influential power players. It will also help you be alert to such tactics in use in the present.
The narration of this book was perfect. It could not have been done better. The narrator captured the sadistic domineering feel this book requires to a tee. He was engaging and clear with a very agreeable voice and cadence.
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- V. Taras
- 2018-09-12
Interesting stories blur into a useless flood
As I wrote in my review,
The book is a compilation of very interesting stories.
However, after several chapters, all those stories blur into an easily-forgettable flood of dates, names, and facts.
All you will be able to recall a day later that someone killed or betrayed someone, or lied, or spread rumors, or did something else Machiavellian.
What's presented as "Laws" is is a collection of random, often mutually exclusive observations. Some people lied to get to the top, some were articulate and said a lot and tried to be in the public eye. Others got to the top by being secretive and never seen in public. Some were generous and that helped them succeed, others were greedy and ruthless.
The book is definitely worth reading if you just want to hear a bunch of entertaining historic anecdotes. However, unless you're a student of history and know enough history to recognize the names from these stories and put them in context, if you're like most, you'll forget 95% of these stories the moment you move on to the next chapter.
Treat this book as a great collection of interesting historic stories, but do NOT expect that you will receive a practical advice on how to influence others and achieve your goals.
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- beavercopa
- 2019-06-02
Does not resonate with my entrepreneurial goals
Deceptive intentions are just not my way. I love great business recommendations. Second motives will not accomplish anything and karma is real. I will go back to Brian Tracy.
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- James Hallberg
- 2019-07-03
Machiavelli would be proud.
great philosophies for evil people. garbage if you have a moral bone in your body.
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- JazzUp
- 2016-03-18
Learn from lessons from the past. Great narration!
This book tells a story of lessons that can be learned from examples of things that have happened in history. All of the lessons revolve around a theme of what you should and shouldn't do to put yourself in the best position for power. A little philosophical, but if you enjoy philosophy you will like that piece of it. You don't have to have ambitions of being a power monger to get a lot out of this book. It may make you re-think how you approach things on a day to day basis. It's a little long, but it found it to be engaging and enjoyable the whole way thru.
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