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    The 50th Law
    The 50th Law
    The 50th Law
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    The 50th Law

    By 50 Cent and Robert Greene

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    In The 50th Law, hip hop and pop culture icon 50 Cent (aka Curtis Jackson) joins forces with Robert Greene, bestselling author of The 48 Laws of Power, to write a “bible” for success in life and work based on a single principle: fear nothing. With stories from 50 Cent's life on the streets and in the boardroom as he rose to fame after the release of his album Get Rich or Die Tryin’, as well as examples of others who have overcome adversity through understanding and practicing the 50th Law, this deeply inspirational book is perfect for entrepreneurs as well as anyone interested in the extraordinary life of Curtis Jackson.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateSep 8, 2009
    ISBN9780061959110
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    50 Cent

    Curtis James Jackson III (born July 6, 1975), better known by his stage name 50 Cent, is an American rapper. He rose to fame with the release of his albums Get Rich or Die Tryin (2003) and The Massacre (2005). Both albums achieved multi-platinum success, selling over twenty-one million copies combined. He is the author of From Pieces to Weight: Once Upon a Time in Southside Queens (S&S, 2006). He lives in New York.

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    • 5/5
      after long time I found really useful book in personal life
    • 5/5
      50 & Rob added 2 more Laws, thats a hella of an upgrade !!! Inspiring !!!
    • 5/5
      really a good book was completely immersed and truthful enjoyed
    • 5/5
      Fearless and intense. Welcome to the hood you hustler. Always thought 50 was another rapper full of stereotypes. The man has a story to tell. During the read, had many flashbacks to the wire. They complement each other.
    • 1/5
      Very repetitive and tries really hard to make a lesson out of nothing. Plus, I hate misogynistic men with domestic violence and vandalism charges. I don’t know why Robert Green decided to write about this loser, otherwise a lot of Green’s books are masterpieces.
    • 5/5
      Robert Greene is amazing. His books are to be studied and not just read once.
    • 5/5
      love it! great book
    • 5/5
      i can say that this was a very fulfilling read. It kept me going and asking got more.
    • 5/5
      Great read! The main premise of the book is FEARLESSNESS and how we should not let the idea of being afraid hold us back from anything that we desire. In addition, it includes great examples of 50 Cent (Of course), Fredrick Douglas, and Napoleon.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 4/5
      The part on Reversal of Perspective is a must have concept in our life.."Your opinion of yourself becomes your reality. If you have all these doubts, then no one will believe in you & everything will go wrong. If you think the opposite, the opposite will happen. It's that simple."

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    • 5/5
      it's the best book for me this year

      1 person found this helpful

    • 3/5
      While this book had some useful information, it wasn't as useful as I was hoping. Another reviewer mentioned it was repetitive and, sadly, that is the case (and not in a "repetition is the mother of skill" type of way).

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      fye

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    • 4/5
      Would’ve been better without drug dealers. There were too many repetitions on 50c Hggg...

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    Book preview

    The 50th Law - 50 Cent

    CHAPTER 1

    See Things for What They Are—Intense Realism

    REALITY CAN BE RATHER HARSH. YOUR DAYS ARE NUMBERED. IT TAKES CONSTANT EFFORT TO CARVE A PLACE FOR YOURSELF IN THIS RUTHLESSLY COMPETITIVE WORLD AND HOLD ON TO IT. PEOPLE CAN BE TREACHEROUS. THEY BRING ENDLESS BATTLES INTO YOUR LIFE. YOUR TASK IS TO RESIST THE TEMPTATION TO WISH IT WERE ALL DIFFERENT; INSTEAD YOU MUST FEARLESSLY ACCEPT THESE CIRCUMSTANCES, EVEN EMBRACE THEM. BY FOCUSING YOUR ATTENTION ON WHAT IS GOING ON AROUND YOU, YOU WILL GAIN A SHARP APPRECIATION FOR WHAT MAKES SOME PEOPLE ADVANCE AND OTHER FALL BEHIND. BY SEEING THROUGH PEOPLE’S MANIPULATIONS, YOU CAN TURN THEM AROUND. THE FIRMER YOUR GRASP ON REALITY, THE MORE POWER YOU WILL HAVE TO ALTER IT FOR YOUR PURPOSES.

    The Hustler’s Eye

    THIS IS LIFE, NEW AND STRANGE; STRANGE, BECAUSE WE FEAR IT; NEW, BECAUSE WE HAVE KEPT OUR EYES TURNED FROM IT…. MEN ARE MEN AND LIFE IS LIFE, AND WE MUST DEAL WITH THEM AS THEY ARE; AND IF WE WANT TO CHANGE THEM, WE MUST DEAL WITH THEM IN THE FORM IN WHICH THEY EXIST.

    –Richard Wright

    As a boy, Curtis Jackson (aka 50 Cent) had one dominant drive—ambition. He wanted more than anything the very things that it seemed he could never have—money, freedom, and power.

    Looking out on the streets of Southside Queens where he grew up, Curtis saw a grim, depressing reality staring him in the face. He could go to school and take it seriously, but the kids who did that didn’t seem to get very far—a life of low-paying jobs. He could turn to crime and make his money fast, but the ones who went for that either died young or spent much of their youth in prison. He could escape it all by taking drugs—once you start down that path there is no turning back. The only people he could see who led the life that he dreamed of were the hustlers, the drug dealers. They had the cars, the clothes, the lifestyle, the degree of power that matched his ambitions. And so by the age of eleven he had made the choice to follow that path and become the greatest hustler of them all.

    The further he got into it, however, the more he realized that the reality was much grimier and harsher than he had imagined. The drug fiends, the customers, were erratic and hard to figure out. The fellow hustlers were all fighting over the same limited number of corners and they’d stab you in the back in an instant. The big-time dealers who ran the neighborhood could be violent and heavy-handed. If you did too well, someone would try to take what you had. The police were everywhere. One wrong move could land you in prison. How could he possibly succeed amid this chaos and avoid all of the inevitable dangers? It seemed impossible.

    One day he was discussing the troublesome aspects of the game with an older hustler named Truth, who told him something he would never forget. Don’t complain about the difficult circumstances, he said. In fact, the hard life of these streets is a blessing if you know what you’re doing. Because it is such a dangerous world, a hustler has to focus intensely on what’s going on around him. He has to get a feel for the streets—who’s trouble, where there might be some new opportunity. He has to see through all the bullshit people throw at him—their games, their lousy ideas. He has to look at himself, see his own limitations and stupidity. All of this sharpens the eye to a razor’s edge, making him a keen observer of everything. That’s his

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