In continuation of the 48 laws of power, here are laws 13 to 18 summarised and analyzed. 13. When asking for help, appeal to people’s self-interest, never to their mercy or gratitude: Find out what people crave psychologically. Praise, achievement, money: find the desire. Promise and provide this to them while emphasizing that what you …
(Chapter 1: https://saragawde.com/power-unsealed-chapter-1/) It had been one week and three days since Jason had last interacted with Lyra, via an email he had sent the night he had returned home. His nervousness had been enough to imprint the back of his phone with burnt fingerprints. It hadn’t been the first time that year that his …
Part 1 of the 48 laws of power: https://saragawde.com/the-48-laws-of-power-part-1/#google_vignette Greetings reader, I hope you have been well. This next part of the book incorporates laws 7 to 12 of power as promised. 7. Get others to do the work for you, but always take the credit: The key described here is, quoted, “never do yourself …
The 48 laws of power is a guidebook for those on a quest for power. Think kings and queens, and you have the aura that this book aims to provide you with. This book is for anyone who demands an ultimate, or an operative position in hierarchy. Someone who wants, by definition, the capacity or …
Jason Dever entered the dilapidated building tentatively. He found the walls of the staircase oozing semi-dried black liquid, and the dingy lighting offensively spooky as he climbed up the stairs. Tugging his coat into the tightness of his armpits, he felt the air get colder. On each floor, there was at least one of four …
(Chapter 2: https://saragawde.com/chapter-2/) Asher At six in the morning the next day, Asher walked down the creaking floorboards of the inn with his hands stuffed in his pockets, his scarf slung over his neck, and his back hunched forward, towards the incoming stairs. “Wait, we need to take Miss Jones with us.” George snapped at …
(Chapter 9: https://saragawde.com/chapter-9/) Asher “Filled in?” Asher asked. “Mhm.” The builder said. “Some time after Rebecca’s husband’s death, she’d wanted his study filled in. I hadn’t been able to take up the contract just then, but I had told her I’d get back to her with it when I could. I called her back after …
Asher Asher spent the next ten minutes wallowing by the table in the cafe, his forehead resting on the net he’d made by interweaving his fingers, his elbows on the table. Dissatisfaction filled him like rain fills a dam, slow but impactful every time. Every thought pricking his mind into thinking the next one. What …
(Chapter 7: https://saragawde.com/chapter-7/) Olivia Olivia was speechless. How was she supposed to reply? She wished she could say ‘no’. Of course her answer would be a ‘no’, she hadn’t known the man for a week. And, she wasn’t the type of person to surf dating apps, was she? What if she didn’t want to say …
(Chapter 6: https://saragawde.com/chapter-6/) Asher “Alright then, could you make your signature coffee though. I think I saw some coffee powder in one of the upper cabinets, and I’m not sure whether Miss Robins is a coffee person or a tea person today. Mostly because her choice of beverage depends on her mood.” Asher said, looking …