When the crab sees it thus, he will insert a stone or straw inside the shell, thus preventing the oyster from closing it again whereupon the crab devours him. вЂњWhen the moon is full, the oyster opens up its shell. So it is with him who opens his mouth to tell a secret he becomes the victim of an indiscreet listener.вЂќ The more you say, the more likely you are to say something foolish.вЂќ Powerful people impress and intimidate by saying less. Even if you are saying something banal, it will seem original if you make it vague, open-ended, and sphinxlike. вЂњWhen you are trying to impress people with words, the more you say, the more common you appear, and the less in control. Then you can be the boss with the hot sauce who gets it all like Monty Hall. TheyвЂ™ll reach out and touch you like AT&T and bring good things to life like GE. And unless youвЂ™ve seen Ray Charles leading Stevie Wonder somewhere, you need KenвЂ™s guidelines to do it. If you want the money, power, and respect you dream of, you canвЂ™t just вЂњpimp your ride,вЂќ you need to pimp your whole life. To be the one with the upper hand, youвЂ™ve got to have good game, and good game starts with knowing the rules. KenвЂ™s lessons will serve any person in any interaction: Whether at work, in relationships, or among friends, somebodyвЂ™s got to be on top. In Pimpology, star of the documentaries Pimps Up, HoвЂ™s Down and American Pimp and Annual Players Ball Mack of the Year winner Ken Ivy pulls a squareвЂ™s coat on the unwritten rules that took him from the ghetto streets to the executive suites. The book gathers 3000 years of ancient knowledge and classifies everything the reader must know into 48 sections.

His secret is to follow the вЂњunwritten rules of the gameвЂќ - a set of regulations handed down orally from older, wiser macks - which give him superhuman powers of charm, psychological manipulation, and persuasion. If you want to understand how the world works and learn the way to earn success, then вЂ48 Laws of PowerвЂ is a must-read. We are fascinated by the question of how a guy from the ghetto with no startup capital and no credit - nothing but the words out of his mouth - comes not only to have a stable of sexy women who consider him вЂњtheir man,вЂќ but to drive a Rolls, sport diamonds, and wear custom suits and alligator shoes from Italy. The pimp has reached nearly mythical status.

The names change, but the game remains the same.

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