Are you playing to win, or are you a piece in someone else's game?
Most of us are taught that fairness and hard work decide outcomes. In the rooms where capital and influence get allocated, position, timing and information decide them. Thirty rules, drawn from game theory and from a decade spent in those rooms, each one named so you can recognise it while it is being used on you.
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Thirty rules, five parts, one idea per page.
Thirty rules across five parts, built on the three ideas below. Each rule is short enough to read in a sitting and specific enough to use the same week.
Decode the invisible game
Learn to identify the hidden power dynamics, unspoken agreements, and psychological traps that govern every human interaction. Master the foundational principles of strategy that operate beneath the surface of everyday life.
Architect your wealth & influence
Go beyond simple investing. Learn the advanced rules of leverage, negotiation, and value creation used by financial titans. Build a resilient system for acquiring capital and deploying it with strategic precision.
Master your internal state
Your most dangerous opponent is your own undisciplined mind. Master the internal game by weaponizing your emotions, conquering your cognitive biases, and developing the unshakable psychological discipline of a master strategist.
Why you need this playbook
Gain an asymmetric advantage
Stop playing a 50/50 game. This book provides the strategic frameworks to find and exploit opportunities where your upside is infinite and your downside is controlled.
Achieve strategic sovereignty
Free yourself from reacting to the whims of others. Learn to set the frame, control the narrative, and operate on your own timeline, forcing others to play your game.
Make high-stakes decisions with cold clarity
Eliminate emotional errors and psychological traps. This playbook will arm you with the mental models to analyze any situation, from a multi-million dollar investment to a critical career choice, with the disciplined mind of a grandmaster.
Decode human nature
Understand the true motivations that drive people in business, negotiations, and relationships. Learn to read their interests, anticipate their moves, and position yourself to win.
Early praise for 30 Rules of the Game
“A ruthless, brilliant, and essential playbook for anyone who refuses to be a pawn in someone else's game. Hasnae Taleb sees the matrix, and now she's showing it to the rest of us. This is a weapon.”
“Terrifyingly insightful. Taleb has codified the unwritten rules of power that operate in every boardroom and on every trading floor. I wish I could un-learn some of these secrets just to keep them for myself. Read it before your competition does.”
“The most honest book on strategy I have ever read. It strips away the sentimental nonsense and reveals the cold, hard machinery of how the world actually works. A modern masterpiece in the vein of The Art of War.”
Endorsements are personal opinions, are not a guarantee of any result, and should not be read as a recommendation. Business relationships are disclosed where they exist.
Frequently asked
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This book is for the ambitious, the intelligent, and the impatient. It is for the entrepreneur, the executive, the negotiator, and the investor who feels that the rules they were taught do not match the reality they observe. It is for anyone who refuses to be a pawn and is ready to become a player.
Most books give you tactics. This book gives you a new operating system. It does not offer simplistic life hacks; it provides a permanent, foundational understanding of game theory as applied to real-world power dynamics. It is not written by a theorist, but by a practitioner who has won in the world's most competitive arenas.
No. The stock market is the crucible where these rules were tested and proven, but the principles themselves are universal. This book uses the high-stakes world of finance as a lens to decode the hidden games of power, status, and influence that are being played everywhere, from your career to your personal relationships.
Joining the waitlist means you hear first when 30 Rules of the Game is available for pre-order. You also get first access to launch-week extras: additional written material and private question and answer sessions.
Absolutely. While the principles were forged in the high-stakes world of finance, they are universal laws of human interaction. The book uses examples from business, politics, and history to show how these rules apply to everyone, whether you are negotiating a multi-million dollar deal or simply navigating office politics. If you are in any situation that involves other people and competing interests, then this playbook is for you.
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