@RobertGreeneOfficial taught me that karma is real and it isn’t mystical, it’s actually social

Robert Greene taught me that karma is real and it's not mystical, it's actually social.

I'm kind of agnostic about the mystical concept of karma as it comes through Buddhism, but there is a kind of karma that exists as a social animal, and I do believe in it. So that— and I talk about it in The 48 Laws. People think that the book is all about manipulating ugliness. It's not. There's all sorts of books about about seducing, about pleasing people, about knowing how to get them on your side. Right. There's one chapter called Win the Hearts and Minds of Others. That means if you're in any position of power, if you offend too many people, it's going to come back and bite you. Karma will bite you. You need as many allies in this world as possible. Nobody ever— and I'm getting sick of it— nobody ever points to that chapter and says, wow, you know, that's great. They always point to crush your enemy totally. That's because people want to hone in on the controversy. But there are plenty of laws about that.

Alienate too many people and one wrong move will finish you.