Book Reviews

The Princessa: Machiavelli for Women by Harriet Rubin

05/08/2012 , 0 Mrs Hill

1. Don’t play by their rules. Change the game.
2. Win by “besting”. You don’t have to put other people down in order to raise yourself up.
3. Win by winning people over. People don’t like to be defeated, but they like to be won over.
4. Have strong feelings and don’t feel ashamed of expressing them.
5. Have strong desires and don’t feel ashamed of fulfilling them.
6. Strengthen your opponents because they are potential allies.
7. Love and war are the same thing.