Keep Others In Suspense: Cultivate An Air of Unpredictability

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3 min readDec 15, 2021

Law 17 from the book “48 Laws of Power”

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The book 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene provides a guideline on the concept of power, strategy, and influence. Although, critics debated that the book portrays the Machiavellian type of laws. But, the laws merely demonstrate the strategies to gain power and influence in a strategic and composed way. Also, we can…

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Keep Others In Suspense: Cultivate An Air of Unpredictability

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