PIMPOLOGY

The 48 Laws of the Game

PIMPIN' KEN, Karen Hunter

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
• Year: 2012
• eBook ISBN:
  9781471103650
• Topic: Personal Development
• Subtopic: Self Improvement

The pimp has reached nearly mythical status. We are fascinated by the question of how a guy from the ghetto with no startup capital and no credit -- nothing but the words out of his mouth -- comes not only to have a stable of sexy women who consider him "their man, " but to drive a Rolls, sport diamonds, and wear custom suits and alligator shoes from Italy. His secret is to follow the "unwritten rules of the game" -- a set of regulations handed down orally from older, wiser macks -- which give him superhuman powers of charm, psychological manipulation, and persuasion. In Pimpology, star of the documentaries Pimps Up, Ho's Downand American Pimp and Annual Players Ball Mack of the Year winner Ken Ivy pulls a square's coat on the unwritten rules that took him from the ghetto streets to the executive suites. Ken's lessons will serve any person in any interaction: Whether at work, in relationships, or among friends, somebody's got to be on top. To be the one with the upper hand, you've got to have good game, and good game starts with knowing the rules. If you want the money, power, and respect you dream of, you can't just "pimp your ride, " you need to pimp your whole life. And unless you've seen Ray Charles leading Stevie Wonder somewhere, you need Ken's guidelines to do it. They'll reach out and touch you like AT&T and bring good things to life like GE. Then you can be the boss with the hot sauce who gets it all like Monty Hall

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Introduction     Pimps Are Born, Not Sworn
• Law 1     Purse First, Ass Last
• Law 2     Get a Name in a Game
• Law 3     Don’t Chase ’Em, Replace ’Em
• Law 4     Keep a Ho in Arrears
• Law 5     Prey on the Weak
• Law 6     When Pimpin’ Begins, Friendship Ends
• Law 7     Pimp the Game
• Law 8     Don’t Let Your History Be a Mystery
• Law 9     Learn the Rules
• Law 10     Plan Your Work and Work Your Plan
• Law 11     Avoid Gorillas and Godzillas
• Law 12     Ain’t No Love in This Shit
• Law 13     Pimp Like You’re Ho-less
• Law 14     Better a Turnout Than a Burnout
• Law 15     Say What You Mean and Mean What You Say
• Law 16     Give Motivation and Inspiration
• Law 17     Get You a Bottom Bitch
• Law 18     Cop and Blow
• Law 19     Turn Ho Ends into Dividends
• Law 20     Get In a Ho’s Head
• Law 21     A Ho Without Instruction Is Headed for Self-Destruction
• Law 22     Keep Hoes on Their Toes
• Law 23     A Ho Joins a Stable to Ruin It
• Law 24     Set the Trend
• Law 25     Grind for Your Shine
• Law 26     The Game Is to Be Sold, Not Told
• Law 27     Keep Your Game on the Low
• Law 28     Be a Leader
• Law 29     Play One Ho Against the Next
• Law 30     Prosperity over Popularity
• Law 31     Look Out for Suzy Choosy
• Law 32     Turn a Tramp into a Champ
• Law 33     Bring Your People with You to the Top
• Law 34     Show Respect to Get Respect
• Law 35     Trust Nothing but the Game
• Law 36     Be Internationally Known, Nationally Recognized, and Locally Accepted
• Law 37     Let a Ho Know
• Law 38     Wreck a Hater
• Law 39     Switch Up
• Law 40     Don’t Down ’Em, Crown ’Em
• Law 41     Keep Your Front Up Till You Come Up
• Law 42     If You Can See It, You Can Be It
• Law 43     Talk Shit and Swallow Spit
• Law 44     You Need Fire and Desire
• Law 45     Get Rid of the Word “If”
• Law 46     Move and Shake Like a Pimp Shakes
• Law 47     Pimpin’ Is What You Do, Not Who You Are
• Law 48     Don’t Believe the Hype
• Pimptionary
• Acknowledgments