Four Dozen Laws Of Joules Per Second

Question 1

L1

Never outshine

Answer 1

the master

Question 2

L2

Never put too much trust in friends,

Answer 2

Learn how to use enemies.

Question 3

L3

Conceal your

Answer 3

Intentions.

Question 4

L4

Always say less

Answer 4

than necessary.

Question 5

L5

So much depends on reputation,

Answer 5

guard it with your life.

Question 6

L6

Court attention

Answer 6

at all costs.

Question 7

L7

Get others to do the work for you,

Answer 7

but always take the credit.

Question 8

L8

Make other people come to you

Answer 8

use bait if necessary.

Question 9

L9

Win through your actions,

Answer 9

never through argument.

Question 10

L10

Infection: Avoid the

Answer 10

Unhappy and unlucky.

Question 11

L11

Learn to keep people

Answer 11

dependant on you.

Question 12

L12

Use selective honesty and generousity to

Answer 12

disarm your victums.

Question 13

L13

When asking for help, appeal to people’s self interest,

Answer 13

never to their mercy or gratitude.

Question 14

L14

Pose as a friend,

Answer 14

work as a spy.

Question 15

L15

Chrush your

Answer 15

enemy totally

Question 16

L16

Use absence to increase

Answer 16

respect and honor.

Question 17

L17

Keep others in suspended terror,

Answer 17

cultivate an air of unpredictability.

Question 18

L18

Do not build fortresses to protect yourself,

Answer 18

Isolation is dangerous.

Question 19

L19

Know who you’re dealing with,

Answer 19

do not offend the wrong person.

Question 20

L20

Do not commit

Answer 20

To anyone.

Question 21

L21

Play a sucker to catch a sucker

Answer 21

Seem dumber than your mark.

Question 22

L22

Use the surrender tactic,

Answer 22

transform weakness into power.

Question 23

L23

Concentrate your

Answer 23

forces.

Question 24

L24

Play the perfect

Answer 24

courtier.

Question 25

L25

Re-create

Answer 25

yourself.

Question 26

L26

Keep your

Answer 26

hands clean.

Question 27

L27

Play on people’s need to believe to

Answer 27

create a cult like following.

Question 28

L28

Enter action with

Answer 28

boldness.

Question 29

L29

Plan all the

Answer 29

way to the end.

Question 30

L30

Make your accomplishments

Answer 30

seem effortless.

Question 31

L31

Control the options,

Answer 31

get others to play with the cards you deal.

Question 32

L32

Play to people’s

Answer 32

fantasies.

Question 33

L33

Discover each man’s

Answer 33

thumbscrew.

Question 34

L34

Be royal in your own fashion

Answer 34

act like a king to be treated like one.

Question 35

L35

Master the art of

Answer 35

timing.

Question 36

L36

Disdain things you cannot have,

Answer 36

ignoring them is the best revenge.

Question 37

L37

Create compelling

Answer 37

spectacles.

Question 38

L38

Think as you like but

Answer 38

behave like others.

Question 39

L39

Stir up waters

Answer 39

to catch fish.

Question 40

L40

Despise the free

Answer 40

lunch.

Question 41

L41

Avoid stepping into a

Answer 41

great man’s shoes.

Question 42

L42

Strike the shepherd,

Answer 42

and the sheep will scatter.

Question 43

L43

Work on the hearts,

Answer 43

and minds of others.

Question 44

L44

Disarm and infuriate,

Answer 44

with the mirror effect.

Question 45

L45

Preach the need for change but,

Answer 45

never reform too much at once.

Question 46

L46

Never appear,

Answer 46

too perfect.

Question 46

L47

Do not go past the mark you aimed for,

Answer 46

In victory, know when to stop.

Question 47

L48

Assume

Answer 47

formlessness.