The 48 Laws Of Power

LAW

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VVCHRKQAS.A.SPY’

JUDGMENT

Knowing

about

your

rivaliscritical.Use

spies’

to

gather

valuable

infmrmation

thatwill

keepyou

a

step

ahead.

Betterstz'll:

Play

the

spyyourself.

In

polite

socialencoun~

ters,

learnto

pmbe.

Askindirect

questions

to

getpeople

to

revealtheirweaknessesandintentions.Thereisnoocca-

sionthatisnotan

ojiponfunityforartfulspying.

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