The Concise Laws of Power

Always say less than necessary

When you're trying to impress people with words the more you say the more common You Appear in control even if you are saying something but now it will seem original if you make it value open-ended and spins like powerful people impressed and intimidated by saying less the more you say the more likely you are to say something foolish.

Power is in many ways a game of appearances and when you say less than necessary we never label a greater and more powerful than you are your silence will make other people uncomfortable humans and machines of interpretation and explanation they have to know what you are thinking when you carefully control what you review they cannot place your intentions or your meaning your short answers answer unless we put them on the defensive and they will jump in alvaston feeling the silence with all kinds of comments that will give you valuable information about them and their weakness is they will leave a meeting with you feeling as if they had been robbed and they will go home and ponder your every wordthis extra attention to your brief comments will only add to your power as a young man the artist Andy Warhol and the revelation that it was generally possible to get people to do what you wanted them to do by talking to them they will turn against use of that your wishes disobey you out of sheer prezervatif he wants to defend that letter that you actually have more power when you shut up any later than 4:00 this strategy with great success in his interviews with exercising oracular speech you would say something that you are the biggest and the interviewer with twist and cycles were trying to figure it out imagine there was something around behind is often mixed races wow I really thought about his work a let others do the intubating the less he said about his work the more people talking about it and the more they talk the more valuable is work begin by saying less than necessary plate appearance of money and power also do you say the letter is the role of saying something finish even dangerous iin 1825 a New czar Nicholas 1 , ascended the throne of Russia a rebellion immediately broke out led by liberals demanding that the country modernise than its industrial and civil structures catch up with the rest of Europe brutally crushing this rebellion decembrist uprising Nicholas 1 sentenced one of its leaders karate right nerve to death on the day of the execution Riley live stewed on the gallows the news around his neck the trap door opened but Israel earlier thank god the rope broke dashing into the ground at the time in West like this will consider size of Providence or heavenly wheel and the man saved from execution this way was usually panel has Ryanair got to his feet be used and get it but believing his name and respect saved a called out to the crowd you say in Russia and they don't know how to do anything properly not even how to make me a messenger immediately went to the Winter Palace with the news of the failed hanging. vexed by this disappointing turnabout Nicholas 1 nevertheless began to sign the pardon.but Then did Ryleyev say anything about this miracle the czar asked the messenger sire the messenger replied he said they in Russia they don't even know how to make rope in that case said the czar let us prove the contrary and he tore up the pardon the next day Ryleyev was hanged again this time the rope did not break. Learn the lesson once the words are out you cannot take them back.keep them under control be particularly careful about sarcasm the momentary satisfaction in again with your brain biting words we will be outweighed by the price you pay The oracle at Delphi when visitors consulted the Oracle the priestess would alter a few enigmatic enigmatic words that seemed full of meaning and import no-one disobeyed the words of the Oracle the Earth power over life-and-death never start moving your own lives and things before the subordinate do the longer I keep quiet the sooner others move their lips and teeth as they move their lives and see if I can thereby understand their real intentions if this of rain is not mysterious the ministers will find opportunity to take and take.