{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1.1","title":"Stephen Ajulu","home_page_url":"https://ajulu.netlify.app/","feed_url":"https://ajulu.netlify.app/categories/laws-of-power/feed.json","description":"Hello, I'm Stephen Ajulu, a seasoned multidisciplinary tech professional with over a decade of experience. I build impactful solutions using design, tech, and engineering in the pursuit of impact.","icon":"https://ajulu.netlify.app/images/me.jpg","authors":[{"name":"Stephen Ajulu","url":"https://stephenajulu.com","avatar":"https://ajulu.netlify.app/images/me.jpg"}],"items":[{"id":"https://ajulu.netlify.app/posts/the-48-laws-of-power-listed/","url":"https://ajulu.netlify.app/posts/the-48-laws-of-power-listed/","title":"The 48 Laws of Power(Listed)","summary":"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 costs 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 or the 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 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 strength and honor Law 17: Keep others in suspended terror, cultivate an air of unpredictability Law 18: Do not build a fortress 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 cult-like 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 to 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, know when to stop Law 48: Assume formlessness","content_html":"\u003ch3 id=\"law-1-never-outshine-the-master\"\u003eLaw 1: Never outshine the master\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"law-2-never-put-too-much-trust-in-friends-learn-how-to-use-enemies\"\u003eLaw 2: Never put too much trust in friends, learn how to use enemies\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"law-3-conceal-your-intentions\"\u003eLaw 3: Conceal Your Intentions\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"law-4-always-say-less-than-necessary\"\u003eLaw 4: Always say less than necessary\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"law-5-so-much-depends-on-reputation-guard-it-with-your-life\"\u003eLaw 5: So much depends on reputation, guard it with your life\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"law-6-court-attention-at-all-costs\"\u003eLaw 6: Court attention at all costs\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"law-7-get-others-to-do-the-work-for-you-but-always-take-the-credit\"\u003eLaw 7: Get others to do the work for you, but always take the credit\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"law-8-make-other-people-come-to-you-use-bait-if-necessary\"\u003eLaw 8: Make other people come to you, use bait if necessary\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"law-9-win-through-your-actions-never-through-argument\"\u003eLaw 9: Win through your actions, never through argument\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"law-10-infection-avoid-the-unhappy-or-the-unlucky\"\u003eLaw 10: Infection: Avoid the unhappy or the unlucky\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"law-11-learn-to-keep-people-dependent-on-you\"\u003eLaw 11: Learn to keep people dependent on you\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"law-12-use-selective-honesty-and-generosity-to-disarm-your-victim\"\u003eLaw 12: Use selective honesty and generosity to disarm your victim\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"law-13-when-asking-for-help-appeal-to-peoples-self-interest-never-their-mercy-or-gratitude\"\u003eLaw 13: When asking for help, appeal to people’s self-interest, never their mercy or gratitude\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"law-14-pose-as-a-friend-work-as-a-spy\"\u003eLaw 14: Pose as a friend, work as a spy\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"law-15-crush-your-enemy-totally\"\u003eLaw 15: Crush your enemy totally\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"law-16-use-absence-to-increase-strength-and-honor\"\u003eLaw 16: Use absence to increase strength and honor\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"law-17-keep-others-in-suspended-terror-cultivate-an-air-of-unpredictability\"\u003eLaw 17: Keep others in suspended terror, cultivate an air of unpredictability\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"law-18-do-not-build-a-fortress-to-protect-yourself-isolation-is-dangerous\"\u003eLaw 18: Do not build a fortress to protect yourself, isolation is dangerous\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"law-19-know-who-youre-dealing-with-do-not-offend-the-wrong-person\"\u003eLaw 19: Know who you’re dealing with, do not offend the wrong person\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"law-20-do-not-commit-to-anyone\"\u003eLaw 20: Do not commit to anyone\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"law-21-play-a-sucker-to-catch-a-sucker-seem-dumber-than-your-mark\"\u003eLaw 21: Play a sucker to catch a sucker, seem dumber than your mark\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"law-22-use-the-surrender-tactic-transform-weakness-into-power\"\u003eLaw 22: Use the surrender tactic: transform weakness into power\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"law-23-concentrate-your-forces\"\u003eLaw 23: Concentrate your forces\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"law-24-play-the-perfect-courtier\"\u003eLaw 24: Play the perfect courtier\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"law-25-re-create-yourself\"\u003eLaw 25: Re-Create Yourself\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"law-26-keep-your-hands-clean\"\u003eLaw 26: Keep your hands clean\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"law-27-play-on-peoples-need-to-believe-to-create-a-cult-like-following\"\u003eLaw 27: Play on people’s need to believe to create a cult-like following\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"law-28-enter-action-with-boldness\"\u003eLaw 28: Enter action with boldness\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"law-29-plan-all-the-way-to-the-end\"\u003eLaw 29: Plan all the way to the end\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"law-30-make-your-accomplishments-seem-effortless\"\u003eLaw 30: Make your accomplishments seem effortless\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"law-31-control-the-options-get-others-to-play-with-the-cards-you-deal\"\u003eLaw 31: Control the options, get others to play with the cards you deal\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"law-32-play-to-peoples-fantasies\"\u003eLaw 32: Play to people’s fantasies\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"law-33-discover-each-mans-thumbscrew\"\u003eLaw 33: Discover each man’s thumbscrew\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"law-34-be-royal-in-your-own-fashion-act-like-a-king-to-be-treated-like-one\"\u003eLaw 34: Be royal in your own fashion. Act like a king to be treated like one\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"law-35-master-the-art-of-timing\"\u003eLaw 35: Master the art of timing\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"law-36-disdain-things-you-cannot-have-ignoring-them-is-the-best-revenge\"\u003eLaw 36: Disdain things you cannot have, ignoring them is the best revenge\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"law-37-create-compelling-spectacles\"\u003eLaw 37: Create compelling spectacles\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"law-38-think-as-you-like-but-behave-like-others\"\u003eLaw 38: Think as you like but behave like others\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"law-39-stir-up-waters-to-catch-fish\"\u003eLaw 39: Stir up waters to catch fish\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"law-40-despise-the-free-lunch\"\u003eLaw 40: Despise the free lunch\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"law-41-avoid-stepping-into-a-great-mans-shoes\"\u003eLaw 41: Avoid stepping into a great man’s shoes\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"law-42-strike-the-shepherd-and-the-sheep-will-scatter\"\u003eLaw 42: Strike the shepherd and the sheep will scatter\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"law-43-work-on-the-hearts-and-minds-of-others\"\u003eLaw 43: Work on the hearts and minds of others\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"law-44-disarm-and-infuriate-with-the-mirror-effect\"\u003eLaw 44: Disarm and infuriate with the mirror effect\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"law-45-preach-the-need-to-change-but-never-reform-too-much-at-once\"\u003eLaw 45: Preach the need to change, but never reform too much at once\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"law-46-never-appear-too-perfect\"\u003eLaw 46: Never appear too perfect\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"law-47-do-not-go-past-the-mark-you-aimed-for-in-victory-know-when-to-stop\"\u003eLaw 47: Do not go past the mark you aimed for. In victory, know when to stop\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"law-48-assume-formlessness\"\u003eLaw 48: Assume formlessness\u003c/h3\u003e\n","date_published":"2021-08-09T16:07:00+03:00","image":"https://ajulu.netlify.app/images/48lawsof-power.jpg","tags":["self improvement","books","laws of power"]}]}