Why Every Man Should Read The 48 Laws of Power

You say that if we do have to expend a high amount of effort we should make it appear that we don't. But if the people found out that in reality we have made so much efforts and we just pretended not to have just to seem 'cool' won't that seriously crash all the respect we have built, at that time or over time?

It seems like the story about the man who boldly goes to richest man in the village and asks for the large sum of money contradicts law 3. The rich man says the reason he gave the man the money was partially due to the man's clarity of his intent, which seems to directly contradict the idea that you must conceal your intentions. My question is how do you strike a balance between concealing your intentions and entering action with boldness?

Very interesting article.
I loved the read, was well worth it.

Though, i have question or two about the following:

"I was prepared to overcome the obstacles to having sex with a girl:
-A cab taking too long / getting stuck in traffic
-Her being hungry/lukewarm and not fully ready to come home with me"

I still haven`t been in a situation where i have to wait for a cab or be stuck in traffic or when a girl has been hungry, so what kind of obstacles can i possibly be facing?

If a situation like that arises, how do you proceed from there?

How much does it help you if your inexperienced?

Hey I loved the article but I have an off topic group of questions-- how do you know when a girl has orgasmed / is squirting the same as an orgasm or different / how do you know when a girl is sexually satisfied /what does it take to call a girl your girlfriend ?? -- thanks once again

Colt,

I think you are going to confuse a lot of beginners/readers with the idea of "concealing your intentions" paragraph. I believe it needs some clarification. Here is where our viewpoints differ. It should be known that "Concealing your intentions" with a woman is very situationally dependent. There are times when you should tell a woman your intentions, if not you are just "hiding your banana". I agree with you on the point that you make of not confessing your love for a woman early in a seduction. Things such as giving giving a girl a cmpliment on how sexy she looks or her style during a pick up is really revealing your intentions and letting your intentions be known to her. Telling a girl with complete honesty that you would love to ravish her in the bathroom of a plane in fact might turn her on because she has finally met a man who is not afraid to "reveal his intentions" and is not hiding his honest opinion of what he wants to do. This is a bit of an advanced theory that beginners should realize. Im assuming you are writting to let readers know that it is bad to confess your love to woman early in the seduction period. Readers: "Never hide your banana" let your dick & balls hang tell her you want to rip her clothes off and fuck the shit out of her and do it. Never "conceal your intentions". If she doesnt like your intentions, move on, rejection is good for you, at least you were honest as a man and hid nothing.

Could you suggest more books on influencing people and psychology of seduction ? (Apart from those suggested by Chase in his topic)

I have always admired the work of Robert Greene, another good book to check out is Mastery and its page on social intelligence but I will like to stick with 48 Laws of Power for this post.

A belief I have had is that mastering people means getting good with women in the long run. Now that said, one law that helped me a lot when going for certain kinds of women is "Law 36: Disdain that which you cannot have".

Say you want the hot blonde at the bar like most guys do but you aren't of the status of a pro athlete or famous actor to have one. Instead of whining about it, play down her value and show that you do not want her. Go for other kinds of girls and learn to downgrade her value in front of your eyes. See that the fake blonde hair and the fake tans are not as great and think about what kind of a sad woman would need to be that desperate to fit into such a hedonistic lifestyle. Don't hate her, but destroy that desire you have for a type and then you will not be so miserable over not getting that kind of girl.

Should that read a "faint heart never won fair lady" instead?

Hey man, I respect your writing, but one core question which came up to me as I was reading a summary of the book to see if it was worth the length was:

-how do you deal with the fact the book is morally bankrupt?

How can you build bridges, improve yourself, the people around you, the world... If all the book teaches is deceit... I feel it gives you a wrong state of mind.