The 48 Laws of Power

This is a fascinating book that is relevant to developing Limitless social, communication, negotiation, and persuasion skill sets.

The author outlines 48 different principals of power and influence such as:

• Never outshine the master ...
• Always say less than necessary.
• Learn to keep people dependent on you.
• When asking for help, appeal to people's self-interests, never to their mercy or gratitude.
• Enter action with boldness.
• Be royal in your fashion: act like a king to be treated like one.
• Avoid stepping into a great man's shoes.
• Assume formlessness.

For each principal the author gives a fascinating story example from history (both recent and ancient) of a clever historical character that utilized the principal in question for gain, domination or survival.