The 48 laws of Power - Statistics

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  • The average score is 6 of 48
Answer Stats
Hint Answer % Correct
Law #1 Never outshine the master
97%
Law #6 Court attention at all cost
32%
Law #2 Never put too much trust in friends, learn how to use enemies
32%
Law #4 Always say less than necessary
29%
Law #48 Assume formlessness
29%
Law #5 So much depends on reputation - guard it with your life
29%
Law #10 Infection: avoid the unhappy and unlucky
19%
Law #25 Re-create yourself
19%
Law #40 Despise the free lunch
16%
Law #33 Discover each man's thumbscrew
16%
Law #20 Do not commit to anyone
16%
Law #7 Get others to do the work for you, but always take the credit
16%
Law #9 Win through your actions, never through argument
16%
Law #23 Concentrate your forces
13%
Law #37 Create compelling spectacles
13%
Law #15 Crush your enemy totally
13%
Law #28 Enter the action with boldness
13%
Law #26 Keep your hands clean
13%
Law #29 Plan all the way to the end
13%
Law #24 Play the perfect courtier
13%
Law #14 Pose as a friend, work as a spy
13%
Law #16 Use absence to increase respect and honor
13%
Law #3 Conceal your intensions
10%
Law #18 Do not build fortresses to protect yourself - isolation is dangerous
10%
Law #8 Make other people come to you - use bait if necessary
10%
Law #35 Master the art of timing
10%
Law #32 Play to people's fantasies
10%
Law #41 Avoid stepping into great man's shoes
6%
Law #34 Be royal in your own fashion: act like a king to be treated like one
6%
Law #46 Never appear too perfect
6%
Law #21 Play a sucker to catch a sucker - seem dumber than you mark
6%
Law #27 Play on people's need to create a cultlike following
6%
Law #45 Preach the need for change but never reform too much at once
6%
Law #38 Think as you like but behave like others
6%
Law #12 Use selective honesty and generosity to disarm your victim
6%
Law #22 Use surrender tactic: transform weakness into power
6%
Law #31 Control the options: get others play with the cards you deal
3%
Law #44 Disarm and intimidate with the mirror effect
3%
Law #36 Disdain the things you cannot have: ignoring them is the best revenge
3%
Law #47 Don't go past the mark you were aiming for; in the victory, learn when to stop
3%
Law #17 Keep others in suspended terror: cultivate air of unpredictability
3%
Law #19 Know who you are dealing with - do not offend the wrong person
3%
Law #11 Learn to keep people dependent on you
3%
Law #30 Make your accomplishments seem effortless
3%
Law #39 Stir up waters to catch a fish
3%
Law #42 Strike the shepherd and sheep will scatter
3%
Law #13 When asking for help, appeal to people's self interest, never to their mercy or gratitude
3%
Law #43 Work on the hearts and minds of others
3%
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