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Stan Taylor

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Author of The Black Book of Power.

For twenty-three years, I created campaigns you never knew existed. I helped elect presidents in Latin America. I designed the psychological operations that made you buy products you didn't need, support wars you shouldn't have backed, and hate people you'd never met. My fingerprints are on every major manipulation of public opinion since 1998, though you'll find no record of my work.

I was paid handsomely to be invisible, the ghost in the machine, and the shadow consultant whose invoices were routed through shell companies in jurisdictions that don't exist on any map you've seen. Then I discovered what they were really building, what the campaigns were preparing you for, and I realized I'd helped construct
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The conversation lasted forty-five minutes, and somehow you absorbed her marriage problems, anxiety about her teenage son, resentment toward her mother-in-law, and her creeping fear that she chose the wrong career twenty years ago. You canceled your afternoon plans because you need to lie down. You're replaying everything she said, turning her pain over in your mind like a stone you can't put down

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Published on January 24, 2026 01:17
Average rating: 4.65 · 66 ratings · 58 reviews · 1 distinct work
The Black Book of Power

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The Black Book of Power by Stan  Taylor
"The title scared me… the content is transformative. I am at the beginning of my journey but even in these few short weeks, I can feel a metamorphosis. There is much in this book that is uncomfortable, yet somehow, oddly and infuriatingly affirming. I" Read more of this review »
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"I am partway through the 21 day protocol…and there's no turning back, no way to unsee what has been revealed about me to me. I've done tons of “the work” and this is different. This is making crystal clear why I was still fighting so much of what I'd" Read more of this review »
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"Against the advise of the book, I listened through without completing the 21 Day Empathy Challenge and 3 day Phoenix Protocol. Albeit implementing variations of many of the practices with great success.

I have restarted, wrapping up chapter 4 (with a " Read more of this review »
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"I find the Black book of Power kind of disturbing. It hits hard, like I'm reading a book that has me wondering how can I be so predictable that this book can call me out in each chapter.

There are many areas and examples I read and think, yea I know " Read more of this review »
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“Every 'yes' divides your worth by 2. Every 'no' multiplies it by 10. To be expensive, become allergic to availability. The most powerful people on Earth have one thing in common: you can't fucking reach them.”
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“Every 'yes' divides your worth by 2. Every 'no' multiplies it by 10. To be expensive, become allergic to availability. The most powerful people on Earth have one thing in common: you can't fucking reach them.”
Stan Taylor, The Black Book of Power

“Make them wait. Waiting is the first payment.”
Stan Taylor, The Black Book of Power

“Every 'yes' divides your worth by 2. Every 'no' multiplies it by 10. To be expensive, become allergic to availability. The most powerful people on Earth have one thing in common: you can't fucking reach them.”
Stan Taylor, The Black Book of Power

“Make them wait. Waiting is the first payment.”
Stan Taylor, The Black Book of Power

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