Book Review: The Daily Laws by Robert Greene

Robert Greene’s greatest hits

This is the best of Robert Greene’s wisdom, in a form of summaries taken from his previous books: 48 Laws of Power, The Art of Seduction, The 33 Strategies of War, The 50th Law, Mastery, and The Laws of Human Nature, as well as from his speeches.

The strategies and stories are neatly broken down into 366 chapters for each day of the year, and organized under 12 different themes for each month. So not 48, not 33, but 366 laws filled with insights from history.

For an illustration, most of the summary of 48 Laws of Power are in the 30 days of April, The Art of Seduction is in the month of July, and The 33 Strategies of War are mostly in September. Imagine what would the other 9 months look like?

As usual with any Robert Greene book, I don’t want to spoil any more details. It is perhaps better if you don’t read it, because it’s supposed to be a heavily guarded cheat sheet of life. One that I’m reluctant to share.

All in all, the book is a good introduction for everything about Robert Greene’s thinking. In fact, I already gave 1 copy to a friend while I was still reading the month of May (yeah I read the book in one go, instead of reading one page a day).