Fast Company called the book a 'mega cult classic', and The Los Angeles Times noted that The 48 Laws of Power turned Greene into a 'cult hero with the hip-hop set, Hollywood elite and prison inmates alike'. The 48 Laws of Power has sold over 1.2 million copies in the United States and has been translated into 24 languages. He would note this as the turning point of his life. Greene wrote the treatment, which later became The 48 Laws of Power. However, at the time Greene was rereading his favorite biography about Julius Caesar and took inspiration from Caesar's decision to cross the Rubicon River and fight Pompey, thus inciting the Great Roman Civil War. Īlthough Greene was unhappy in his current job, he was comfortable and saw the time needed to write a proper book proposal as too risky. Greene pitched a book about power to Elffers and six months later, Elffers requested that Greene write a treatment. In 1995, Greene worked as a writer at Fabrica, an art and media school, and met a book packager named Joost Elffers. Greene initially formulated some of the ideas in The 48 Laws of Power while working as a writer in Hollywood and concluding that today's power elite shared similar traits with powerful figures throughout history. The 48 Laws of Power is popular with well-known rappers, entrepreneurs, celebrities, athletes and actors including 50 Cent, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Busta Rhymes, Ludacris, DJ Premier, Drake, Dov Charney, Brian Grazer, Andrew Bynum, Chris Bosh, Michael Jackson, Courtney Love and Will Smith. The book is a bestseller, selling over 1.2 million copies in the United States, and is popular with prison inmates and celebrities. The 48 Laws of Power (1998) is a non-fiction book by American authorRobert Greene. If you're a fan of Robert Greene's '48 Laws of Power', then you may also be interested in the following Science audio books: The 48 Laws of Power Authorġ998 (Viking Press) (HC) 2007 (HighBridge Audio) CD
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