How do you hold the reins of power?

How to grasp the reins of power? Authored by: Robert Greene Translated into Arabic by: Dr. Mohamed Tawfik Al-Bajairi Binding: Cover Parts: One Paper: Shamooh Size: 14 × 21 Summary: For those seekers of power, or who watch over power, or who seek what shields them from the calamity of power... Some tamper with power and lose it in a fatal mistake. And some exaggerate or fall short in it. And others prepare fully so they can take power with extraordinary skill beyond human nature. Throughout ages, scholars and philosophers have asked: What lessons should we learn from the successes and failures of our ancestors? Although various writings have been made about power over more than three thousand years, all are intertwined by recurring themes, ideas that hint at the essence of power and suggest properties that modify its increase and decrease. 1- Never shine more than the master. 2- Do not place too much trust in friends and learn how to use enemies. 3- Hide your intentions. 4- Always say less than necessary. 5- Much depends on your reputation, so protect it with your life. 6- Attract attention at any cost. 7- Make others do the work for you but always take the credit. 8- Make others come to you, and use bait when necessary. 9- Win through actions, never through discussion. 10- Infection: -Avoid the unhappy and unlucky. 11- Learn to keep people dependent on you. 12- Use honesty and generosity selectively to disarm your victim. 13- When asking for help, appeal to people's self-interest, not their mercy or gratitude. 14- Take the stance of a friend and act as a spy. 15- Crush your enemy completely. 16- Use absence to increase respect and honor. 17- Keep others in constant fear: -Create an atmosphere of unpredictability in your movements. 18- Do not build fortresses to protect yourself, as isolation is dangerous. 19- Know who you are dealing with, do not offend the unintended person. 20- Do not commit to anyone. 21- Play the fool to catch a fool, show that you are dumber than your target. 22- Use the surrender tactic: -Turn weakness into strength. 23- Focus your forces. 24- Play the role of the perfect courtier. 25- Reorganize yourself. 26- Hide your mistakes and keep a scapegoat close to take the blame. 27- Exploit people's need for faith to create ritual followers. 28- Enter the fray of work boldly. 29- Plan all the way to the end. 30- Make your achievements appear effortless. 31- Control choices and make others play with the cards you deal. 32- Play with people's fantasies. 33- Discover each person's pressure point. 34- Be regal in your own way: -Act like a king to be treated like a king. 35- Master the art of timing. 36- Disdain what you cannot possess: -Ignoring it is the best revenge. 37- Create captivating scenes. 38- Think as you like, but act like others. 39- Cloud the waters to catch fish. 40- Disdain free lunches. 41- Avoid solutions that replace a great man. 42- Strike the shepherd... -The sheep will scatter. 43- Try to influence others' hearts and minds. 44- Disarm and stir up anger with the effect of the mirror. 45- Announce the need for change but do not fix more than necessary at once. 46- Do not appear more complete than you should. 47- Do not surpass the target mark, and in victory, know when to stop. 48- Take a shapeless form.