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Robert Greene

Robert Greene

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How People Misread The 48 Laws

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Robert Greene is the author of the New York Times bestsellers The 48 Laws of Power, The Art of Seduction, The 33 Strategies of War, The 50th Law, Mastery, The Laws of Human Nature, and most recently, The Daily Laws.

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I am an avid reader. This book, however, took me years to read properly and with an open mind. Over the course of a decade, I started and abandoned the first chapters several times. In hindsight, I believe I misunderstood—and was misled by—the title from the very beginning. The word power itself triggered a deep sense of repulsion in me. Any book that dealt with acquiring power over others through seduction, manipulation, authority, or position unsettled me. This one seemed aligned with Machiavelli, whom I had also read. I am a fan of Robert Greene and had enjoyed some of his other works, so I often wondered how someone like him could have written a book like this. But one day, I set aside my scruples and read it thoroughly. I ended up enjoying it very much. Is this book really about power? Better read it.

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That 100% means to be a piece of shit! He literally just explained that lol

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Robert Greene releasing a book of common sense for people who have absolutely no idea what real life is! Thanks!

@Starkillr1
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What if your goal is just saying 48 common sense things? Then do you call yourself an author?

@Starkillr1
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this asshole is rewriting history and gaslighting, he write it in 99 with hone very specific purpose, now that people see right through it, he's trying to take credit for that too.

@feedthesnake3394
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You said that those are the laws and that we have enemies etc. Now you see what you have done and you are trying to correct your mistake.

@LazarPerovic-w5l
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We love this book..love you

@suthardevanand
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I am to crush and yet be a fool. Got it.

@bigbrother9531
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Chapter 4 is actual fact tho. Cuz I Will admit, I do sense jealous of my friends sometime if they do better than me, so I’m like, if I feel that then won’t they feel the same to me also? I’m not saying all friends but like to be aware of.

@skyrisesenpaiii678
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This message should have been addressed to President Trump -

'If all you're after is POWER, the people will eventually turn against you'!

He alienated MAGA, his most ardent supporters, but when they pushed for the E files, accountability, and victims' justice, he told us "I don't need your support, go join the left"; and when we reminded him he ran his platform on peace & no war in the middle east - THERFORE, if he were to bomb Iran back in July 2025 - that would not satiate BB, and we'd end up in a future war with Iran, he called us PANICANS & not his supporters!

We were correct but he has continued down his narcissistic path!

@Shyeena
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People misread Law 15 Crush your enemy totally. If you are in conflict just close it, don’t stay forever in it or it will destroy you. It’s not to kill your colleague at work who hates you, or to destroy his reputation or even humiliate him.

@ЙорданЙорданов-л9э
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I have the book The Prince. And boy, was it very unorthodox but awakening

@bluedude7445
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One reliable way to identify a narcissist (or worse) is to determine whether they viewed 48 Laws as an instruction manual or survival manual.

@CloutRacersLIVE
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You need to do 24 laws of love 😮

@ChadPowers7
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What is the purpose of power? Who, in all of history, does Robert Greene look up to? If all goes well, then learning about power and how to aquire it, will from today, 6th of March, be my new interest, of several(f.ex. how to behave with women, learning practically anything, working out, jogging, etc.)You, Robert, has taught me that money and power are not the same; extremely fascinating. How do you acquire power without having money, or selling your godbegodden soul😊 Thanks for great edutainment, Mr Robert Greene. Btw, is it so, that the most powerful male gets the most beautiful girl. or is it more complicated? I respect women, by the way. Justice for all. I am myself a nice guy with kind intentions, and you, Mr Greene, told the listeners that if you want to be powerful, than you must not be kind!? So I must start braking bad in order to seize power? Do not good guys get any power? Thank you for an awesome show, Robert Greene. Since you Are so kind with me and telling me how to get power, I hereby offer you my friendship(if what you say are not lies)! Say hello to the wife and offspring from me, Robert Greene😊

@Eirikgrind24Hours
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How come a commoner preaches about power, and then complains that the very same principles he preaches are misread? Are people really that stupid?

@emiliospowerballer1441
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completed the book, all the laws are relevant, good to know that some people will crush you without thinking twice.

@salim7701
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Maintaining power is a constant struggle. I see it all the time! The deception game requires its members to cut out new angles of deception in order to keep the narrative going. "Over time" when the people no longer bend to coercion and or believe the lies. The people will have no choice but to recognize the yoke around their necks! Its a temporary false sense of control where its members need each other to validate and push the same deceptive story..... but when the pressure is on they, the members of deception, will turn on each other. Time and circumstance will expose them.The strive for Power is way too exhausting!

@Moe-x1n
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Too late, I'm literally Fang Yuan now 😎.

@Kai-zd9vc
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If the goal were simply awareness, the structure wouldn’t read like a tactical manual. Calling these patterns “laws” isn’t neutral analysis. It’s injunctive framing. Decades of research on normative influence show that directive language increases imitation compared to descriptive commentary (Cialdini et al., 1990; 2003). I think all of these concepts could have been framed in a more responsible way.

@kss_2.14
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Dude walking back his whole book. Hilarious

@littlechaq
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At some point it's needed 0:41

@real_samfx
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No wonder I meet with so many assholes lately,
they think they are on top and I don't see top of what!
so they misread the book in secret, mistake intent of the book and come out here like some GOD'S of Olympus, thinking they shall control way of life ,😂😂😂
phew 😅,thanks for clarification now I won't repeat the same mistake and become 48 ways to be an asshole 😂😂😂😂
I going to read the book properly now.

@Johnmkolangunzi
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48 Laws of Power was suggested to me in 2008 by a former drug dealer who was making $130,000 a week before getting thrown in prison for several years. It wasn't until this year that I actually bought the book and started reading it. This book has presented itseld spiritually several times over the years. I used to be very naive and a human doormat. Not anymore.

@KhadijahSays83
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Thanks man for guiding me and creating a better change in my perspective of viewing a life.

@Hero_ki_kya_baat
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Robert! 48 Laws Trump edition.

@BiographyCodex
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2nd law:dont trust your friends all the time and make enemies

@yulduz2807
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It turned against me 😂😂😂😂😂

@SlimeTV420
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I am going to buy your book at the start of the next month, Insha Allah, Dear Sir, when you suggest books to your readers, plz suggest them also to read the Holy Quran to ref for the wisdom and the justice whix needs this world.

@Insighttaxservices
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I like your channel and how you tell these insightful stories and statements 🎉

@Notmyname420
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Big fan of your work Robert. You have helped me in many ways unseen to before.

@colinjames7569
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No one really talks about how there are people who are ignorant and selfish, and no amount of strategizing will make a difference. They have their own agenda and they usually fail and bring everyone down with them

@keenanpryor4965
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A mind From another planet 🫡

@Greenesmindset-s8z
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the preface blow my mind .. how about more pages? this is mind opening book, where people can do better and put the world in a better place not to literally harm.

@Ashjamesvilloga
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I'm fairly certain that Trump has read your book. In reference to the 3rd law of power. Seems like it.

@maritahartmann591
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Haven't read the book yet , but will soon.

@DjibrilNdiaye-e1g
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Your book is great.. I was able to be better in power play at work. Office politics 101

@adilahaz
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I think this Machiavellian view of the world is so sad, so dark, so uncivilized.

@andrewdordevic5938
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Your book changed my life. I now rule everyone and assert dominance

@LendingLooks
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I am sorry, because I doubted you, although I know laws are true, but those things can't apply to everyone, but as I grow up, I understand society does not work that way

@surya32111
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I'm reading it only for self defense and knowledge, and as a person who understands psychology it ws the best experience

@NargisAbdul_Qayyum
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Does anyone else notice that every single millionaire says the exact same things? It’s always mindset first. I used to roll my eyes at that stuff until I picked up a copy of Asher Vorst’s book (Hidden Laws of Reality). It genuinely scared me how accurate it was about human psychology. Once you understand the "mechanism of belief" he talks about, you start seeing opportunities everywhere. I quit my 9-5 three months later. Mindset is literally everything.

@Roman89guy
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So, which book should I start with? Power, Human Nature, or Mastery? 🤔

@fangboy4940