Four Power Plays
Robert Greene’s controversial book, “The 48 Laws of Power,” lays out a code of conduct that appears diametrically opposed to Fast Company’s principles and precepts for the new economy. Here, we pit Greene’s laws against Fast Company models and mentors. Whose power schemes make sense to you?
Content: Article | Authors: Anni Layne Rodgers, Robert Greene | Source: Fast Company | Subject: Leadership
The 48 Laws of Power
“Learning the game of power requires a certain way of looking at the world, a shifting of perspective,” writes Robert Greene. Mastery of one’s emotions and the arts of deception and indirection are, he goes on to assert, essential. The 48 laws outlined in this book “have a simple premise: certain actions always increase one’s power … while others decrease it and even ruin us.”
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Content: Book | Authors: Joost Elffers, Robert Greene | Subjects: Leadership, Organizational Behavior