Chapters 2 and 3 of "The 48 Laws of Power"

All about obfuscation and keeping people off balance.  Use smoke screens to hide your intentions.  Use "red herrings" to lead people astray.  Examples are given using Louis XIV, yellow kid Weil, Henry Kissinger and Chinese emperors. The examples and stories used to illustrate this book are irrelevant to the average individual.  How many of you have been an emperor? A king? A secretary of state?  Me neither. How many of us are looking to create awe and fear in other people?  None.  All of us want respect.  Enough respect to raise our children and lead our employees.  The examples and stories should have come from the perspective of the average person.  The parent, the supervisor, the teacher, the soccer coach.