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Originally Posted by Steve Pavlina  FYI a great book to learn how to be an intelligent and aware darkworker is The 48 Laws of Power. |
I looked at the first pages of it on Amazon, wherein the laws are summarized. Doesn't the book display darkworker syndrome?
For example, law 17: "Keep others in suspended terror: cultivate an air of unpredictability." That keeping people down in terror.
The book also seems to play up direct dishonesty.
That goes against that a polarized darkworker is easier to trust. People know where they have them, and are thus more likely to make deals with them. If dark lies, unexpected secrets are kept, hidden and unclaimed by the darkworker, they can be used against the darkworker.
Law 21: "Play a sucker to catch a sucker - seem dumber than your mark" That would actally seem to give a darkworker less power of intimidation in the long run.
Law 26: "Keep your hands clean" ("...using others as scapegoats and cat's-paws...")
Publicly rising above a public faliure seems it would grant more respect, and without creating more bitter enemies.
Though I do agree that some of the laws are good, it also seems that some of the book's major points are wrong.