1. Law 11 Learn to keep people
dependent on you
 Make people depend on you for
happiness and prosperity
 Always be needed and wanted
 Get people to do as you wish

2. Law 12 Use selective Honesty
and generosity to disarm your
victim
 Use honesty and generosity as a
distraction
 Build a reputation for honesty
 Being honest makes a person gullible

3. Law 13 When asking for help,
appeal to people self-interest,
never to their mercy of gratitude
 Understand the person your dealing with
 Don’t confuse your needs with theirs
 Never make a person feel superior over
you

4. Law 14 pose as a friend, work
as a spy
 Ask indirect questions to reveal
weakness and intentions
 Use other people to spy
 Give out false information
 You gain an advantage by giving false
information

5. Law 15 crush your enemy
totally
 Show your enemy no mercy
 Allow your enemy no options
 Never let your enemy recover

6. Law 16 use absence to
increase respect and honor
 Being seen or heard from your value
degrade
 Learn to withdraw yourself
 Starve people of your presence