Machiavelli and modern strategy

Think of how you spent the last week. Were those seven days as efficient or productive as they could be? 

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📚 BOOKS MENTIONED:

48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene

33 Strategies of War by Robert Greene

The Art of Seduction by Robert Greene

Keep Going by Austin Kleon

Words That Work by Dr. Frank Luntz

The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing by Al Ries and Jack Trout 

Purple Cow by Seth Godin

Growth Hacker Marketing by Ryan Holiday

Supercommunicators by Charles Duhigg 

Trust Me, I’m Lying by Ryan Holiday

Right Thing, Right Now by Ryan Holiday 

Waging a Good War by Thomas Ricks

Bury the Chains by Adam Hochschild

How To Be A Leader by Plutarch

How To Stop A Conspiracy by Sallust

The Children by David Halberstam’

Rules for Radicals by Saul Alinksy

The Prince by Machiavelli

Boyd by Robert Coram

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