Name: The 33 Strategies of War
ISBN: 9780670034574

Robert Greene

Draws on some of history's most effective military tactics and the examples of such figures as Napoleon, Margaret Thatcher, and Ulysses S. Grant to outline psychological strategies for effective negotiating, responding to dangerous situations, and managing life milestones. 75,000 first printing.

The 33 Strategies of War

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Ivaylo Durmonski

You think that after World War 2 and the recent war affairs in Afghanistan we’re all done with the combats. Well, you got it wrong. Robert Greene makes a really good analogy in the book between our daily lives and the times at war. Basically, he says that we’re constantly fighting. That we are involved in combat, no matter whether we like it or not. And he is absolutely correct to make this comparison.

The competition is getting more and more fearful in retail as well as in the job market. And since you can’t dust the co-workers who are trying to get their hands on the promotion that’s rightfully yours, you need to eliminate them with grace.

The book is clever, insidious, full of deceitful techniques that will help you lower the guard of your competition and hit them right in the face without them realizing. It’s a joy to read.

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Christian Beck

The first quarter is the strongest, the middle starts to waver, and the end is just fairly useless unless you’re literally a general who lacks for any sense of morality or ethics. 

The beginning I found inspirational in thinking of how to personally improve. But his principles get redundant and less applicable as he goes on. And the way his anecdotes are weaved in was truthfully cumbersome to read. It was like footnotes came to life and tried to take over the book. 

I appreciated him drawing on examples covering thousands of years and vastly different industries. But ultimately I this lacked focus and purpose.