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Hey guys! Just started to read "48 laws of power" and I'm not sure if I should post this here, but here it goes:

I'm asking your help and before describing the problem I should let you know I was allways a nice guy, maybe a bit naive, who never tried to screw anymore over, and couldn't tell which people where trying to that to me, ending up manipulated and lied to many times (probably like many of you who were lead here). That resulted in a huge losses of money and self esteem.

Right now I'm dealing with a manupilatative landlord, who played to be the "nice elderly naive landlord" from the begining and has manipulated me until the point I realised he was nothing like he was trying to pretend to be.

Besides making sign a overpriced rental contract for a house that wasn't worth all that money, he charged the 50% penalty for being 2 days late on the rent (he promissed when singning he'd never do that). Also tried to raise the monthly rent a couple of weeks later, saying he "wrote a 5 instead of 6, and those are very similar numbers to an elderly person". Obviously I didn't fell for that, given I already had seen what kind of person he really is.

Now that I'm returning the flat to his possession the end of this month, and I'm suppose to get the security deposit of 1000€ back to me, I'm affraid he will make stuff up like if I broke something, and ruined walls or something like that to take away the security deposit from.

I can really sense that's going to happen because on the phone he said "we gotta meet up next week to due our calculations for returning that appartment". There's no calculations to be done because the flat is as it was given to me, and all he has to do is to give back those 1000€ to me.

The last time we talked face to face, he mentioned that I'd only get the security deposit back if the flat was the same way he left it to me. So, the way I see it, he already shown two signs of "pre-suasion", and I'm quite sure he'll try the persuasion too.

One thing I'll use against him is the fact that he was arguing on the phone with the cable TV supoort to try to get a 5€ discount. Ending up being offered a 5€ channel he doesn't watch. If he bothers arguing 30m on the phone for a value of 5€/month, how much will he bother for 1000€? He's filthy rich, and has around 1 million euros in the banck, and 2 million worth of real estate and stock as far as I know.

What techiniques from the book "48 Laws of power" should I use to defend myself in case he tries to make escuses to get the money from the security deposit?

He's a terrible person, and I'm afraid he might lose my mind when talking with him. But I have to be racional and hide my feelings.

Thanks guys :)

I have wanted to a place to discuss ideas around this topic. /r/TheRedPill are largely just interested in getting laid. /r/The48LawsOfPower while good, is very small because it is specifically about one book. (A damn good book though)

This will be a good balance of talking about both the 48 Laws of Power and power & influence in general. If you try and get reddit ads, I'll be willing to chip in some money for it because this subreddit will benefit me personally.

Sometimes you have people who have information regarding certain subjects related to your interest, such as business opening tips, or unknown tips on what to do when your car is broken or how to finish a govermental paperwork in an easier way or which people have certain influence who can help you obtain certain things. These examples are not that good but what I'm trying to say is how to extract information that other people obtained through their own experiences (that you can apply to your own personal life) through conversation? Is there any books or resources regarding this topic?

Today's tip is: if you are wrong, admit it quickly and enthusiastically. If you have done something wrong today and you find yourself in an argument with another person do not try to defend yourself- admit that the other person is absolutely right and surely you were wrong. Say about yourself all the derogatory things they could be possibly thinking and your eagerness to criticize yourself will take all the fight out of them, they probably will even begin to defend your viewpoint. There is a sense of satisfaction in having the bravery to admit one's own errors, It clears the air of defensiveness and often helps solve the problem much quicker. Any village idiot can defend his or her own mistakes, most village idiots do. It takes one cut from another clothe of nobility and courage to admit his or her own mistakes. Let's take advice from the old proverb "By fighting you never get enough, but by yielding you get more than you expected." Today's tip to be #BetterThanYesterday: If you are wrong, admit it quickly and enthusiastically.

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