January. Your life's task: planting the seeds for mastery -- February. The ideal apprenticeship: transforming yourself -- March. The master at work: activating skills and attaining mastery -- April. The perfect courtier: playing the game of power -- May. The supposed nonplayers of power: recognizing toxic types and disguised power strategies -- June. The divine craft: mastering the arts of indirection and manipulation -- July. The seductive character: penetrating hearts and minds -- August. The master persuader: softening people's resistance -- September. The grand strategist: rising out of tactical hell -- October. The emotional self: coming to terms with our dark side -- November. The rational human: realizing your higher self -- December. The cosmic sublime: expanding the mind to its furthest reaches

"[This book] offers a page of refined and concise wisdom for each day of the year, in an easy-to-digest lesson that will only take a few minutes to absorb. Each day features a Daily Law as well--a prescription that readers cannot afford to ignore in the battle of life. Each month centers around a major theme: power, seduction, persuasion, strategy, human nature, toxic people, self-control, mastery, psychology, leadership, adversity, or creativity. Who doesn't want to be more powerful? More in control? The best at what they do? The secret: Read this book every day. "Daily study," Leo Tolstoy wrote in 1884, is "necessary for all people." More than just an introduction for new fans, this book is a Rosetta stone for internalizing the many lessons that fill Greene's books and will reward a lifetime of reading and rereading."--Back cover