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Plan All The Way To The End 'All's Well That Ends Well' was true over 400 years ago and it is still true today. So plan all the way to the end. Take into account all the possible consequences, obstacles, and twists of fortune. By planning to the end you will not be overwhelmed by...

Enter Action With Boldness Being timid is dangerous, your doubts and hesitations will infect your actions. It's always better to enter with boldness. When you enter with boldness you are going on the aggressive. You’re playing offence instead of defense. You capture the attention of all and...

Create A Cult-like Following People have an overwhelming desire to believe in something. Become the focal point of such desire by setting an example – a new faith to follow. Not only will your followers worship you, they will attack your enemies and voluntarily take on the work of enticing...

Keep Your Hands Clean If there is something unpleasant that needs to be done, plan ahead and try to imagine ways in which other people can be baited into doing the job for you. There will always be people who can help you with your tasks. This will usually be a person who is unlikely to...

Re-Create Yourself Do not accept the roles that society imposes 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 it for you. Incorporate dramatic devices into your...

Play The Perfect Courtier Courtiers thrive in a world of power and political dexterity. They deceptively play with appearances and only let those around them see what they want to see. This level of deception requires you to practice nonchalance. Let your record speak for itself, but if you...

Concentrate Your Forces Power itself always exists in concentrated forms. When you have an important goal, focus on it and beat it into submission — such an arrow will find its mark every time and can overwhelm the enemy. Only the fool flails about without fixing his target. Your mind and...

Use The Surrender Tactic: Transform Weakens Into Power The concept of this law may prove challenging for many, especially because surrender is typically associated as a sign of weakness. However, lulling your enemy into complacency by surrendering gives you time to devise your revenge or...

Play A Sucker To Catch A Sucker No one likes feeling stupider than the next person. So, subliminally reassure people that they are more intelligent than you are, or even that you are a bit of a moron, and you can run rings around them. The feeling of intellectual superiority you give them...

Do Not Commit To Anyone Humans can be very stubborn creatures stuck in comfortable habits and thought processes. When we don’t question our beliefs we may find ourselves overly committing to one idea or philosophy as ‘the only truth’. But only the fool rushes to take sides. Do not be quick...

Know Who You're Dealing With The road to power can be dangerous. There are many different kinds of people in the world, and you can never assume that everyone will react to your strategies in the same way. Learn to see through people's appearances and their contradictions. Never trust the...

Do Not Build A Fortress To Defend Yourself The world is dangerous and enemies are everywhere — everyone has to protect themselves. However, if you intend to build a fortress to "protect" you from your enemies, think again. You are only more susceptible to danger than you know it. Understand...

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 sense of control. Turn the tables: Be deliberately unpredictable. Behavior that seems to have no consistency or purpose...

Use Absence to Increase Respect When you leave with little to no reason it excites the curiosity of those around you. The other person begins to make assumptions to fill in the blanks, and these assumptions and imaginations only make their respect for you grow stronger. Itachi's 6th Law...

Crush Your Enemy All great leaders have known that some enemies must be crushed completely. If one ember is left alight, no matter how dimly it smolders, a fire will eventually break out. More is lost through stopping halfway than through total annihilation. Do not sympathize with determined...

Pose As A Friend, Work As A Spy In the realm of power, your goal is a degree of control over future events. Part of the problem however is that people won't simply tell you their true thoughts, emotions and plans. Knowledge is critical. Use spies to gather valuable information that will keep...

When Asking For Help Appeal To People's Self-Interest If you're asking for a favor, uncover something in your request, or in your alliance, that will benefit the other person. Never appeal to their mercy or gratitude. When you emphasize what people can gain for themselves they will respond...

Use Selective Honesty To Disarm Your Victim One sincere and honest move will cover over dozens of dishonest ones. Open-hearted gestures of honesty and generosity bring down the guard of even the most closed off people. Once your selective honesty opens a hole in their armor, they can be...

Learn To Keep People Dependent On You There is great power in being needed and wanted. The more you are relied on, the more control you have. Make people depend on you for their prosperity and progress and you have nothing to fear. Demonstrate your ability, but never teach them enough so...

Avoid The Unhappy And Unlucky You can die from someone else’s pessimism — emotional states are as infectious as diseases. You may feel inclined to help the drowning man but you are only precipitating your own disaster. When the pessimist inevitably draws misfortune on themselves; they will...