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laws of human nature by Robert Greene

Also by Robert Greene Title Page Introduction 
1 Master Your Emotional Self 
2 The Law of Irrationality The Inner Athena Step One: Recognize the Biases Step Two: Beware the Inflaming Factors Step Three: Strategies Toward Bringing Out the Rational Self Transform Self-love into Empathy
 3 The Law of Narcissism 
The Narcissistic Spectrum
 Examples of Narcissistic Types 
See Through People’s Masks
 4 The Law of Role-playing 
The Second Language Observational Skills
 Decoding Keys
 The Art of Impression Management Determine the Strength of People’s Character
 5 The Law of Compulsive Behavior The Pattern Character Signs Toxic Types 
The Superior Character Become an Elusive Object of Desire The Law of Covetousness 
The Object of Desire
Strategies for Stimulating Desire The Supreme Desire 
6 Elevate Your Perspective 
7 The Law of Shortsightedness Moments of Madness Four Signs of Shortsightedness and Strategies to Overcome Them The Farsighted Human Soften People’s Resistance by Confirming Their Self-opinion
 8 The Law of Defensiveness 
The Influence Game Five Strategies for Becoming a Master Persuader The Flexible Mind—Self-strategies Change Your Circumstances by Changing Your Attitude 
9 The Law of Self-sabotage 
The Ultimate Freedom 
The Constricted (Negative) Attitude The Expansive (Positive) Attitude Confront Your Dark Side 
10 The Law of Repression 
The Dark Side Deciphering the Shadow: Contradictory Behavior The Integrated Human Beware the Fragile Ego 
11 The Law of Envy 
Fatal Friends
 Signs of Envy 
Envier Types 
Envy Triggers 
Beyond Envy 
Know Your Limits 
12 The Law of Grandiosity 
The Success Delusion 
The Grandiose Leader 
Practical Grandiosity 
Reconnect to the Masculine or Feminine Within You 
The Law of Gender Rigidity 
The Authentic Gender Gender Projection—Types
The Original Man/Woman 
13 Advance with a Sense of Purpose 
14 The Law of Aimlessness 
The Voice Strategies for Developing a High Sense of Purpose 
The Lure of False Purposes Resist the Downward Pull of the Group 
15 The Law of Conformity An Experiment in Human Nature 
The Court and Its Courtiers
 The Reality Group Make Them Want to Follow You 
16 The Law of Fickleness 
The Entitlement Curse Strategies for Establishing Authority 
The Inner Authority See the Hostility Behind the Friendly Façade 
17 The Law of Aggression 
The Sophisticated Aggressor 
The Source of Human Aggression Passive Aggression—Its Strategies and How to Counter Them Controlled Aggression Seize the Historical Moment 
18 The Law of Generational Myopia The Rising Tide 
The Generational Phenomenon Generational Patterns Strategies for Exploiting the Spirit of the Times 
The Human Beyond Time and Death Meditate on Our Common Mortality
The Law of Death Denial The Bullet in the Side A Philosophy of Life Through Death Acknowledgments 

Introduction

If you come across any special trait of meanness or stupidity... you must be careful not to let it annoy or distress you, but to look upon it merely as an addition to your knowledge-a new fact to be considered in studying the character of humanity. Your attitude towards it will be that of the mineralogist who stumbles upon a very characteristic specimen of a mineral.

-Arthur Schopenhauer

First, the Laws will work to transform you into a calmer and more strategic observer of people, helping to free you from all the emotional drama that needlessly drains you.
Second, the Laws will make you a master interpreter of the cues that people continually emit, giving you a much greater ability to judge their character
Third, the Laws will empower you to take on and outthink the toxic types who inevitably cross your path and who tend to cause long- term emotional damage.
Fourth, the Laws will teach you the true levers for motivating and influencing people, making your path in life that much easier
Fifth, the Laws will make you realize how deeply the forces of human nature operate within you, giving you the power to alter your own negative patterns
Sixth, the Laws will transform you into a more empathetic individual, creating deeper and more satisfying bonds with the people around you.
Finally, the Laws will alter how you see your own potential, making you aware of a higher, ideal self within you that you will want to bring out.
Man will only become better when vou make him see what he is like.

-Anton Chekhov

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