Mastery: Robert Greene (The Modern Machiavellian Robert Greene)

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Fun fact: this book is revered by many rappers and moguls, and is, apparently, one of the most favorite Robert Greene books in prison libraries in the United States of America! Greene believes anyone can be rich and powerful, you just need to know the rules. And The 48 Laws of Power has a blueprint. Greene's work has been featured in The New York Times, USA Today, CNN, The New Yorker, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, Forbes and the Huffington Post. [1] [6] [15]Greene has also appeared on The Today Show, CNBC, ABC, and MTV News. [66] [67] [68] [69] [70] There are many things I would like to be truly great at. I have enormous respect for anyone with a work ethic. I play piano, fairly well, but I’m no Glenn Gould. I sometimes wonder what potential could be unleashed if I seriously sat down and started practicing six hours a day. But I also suspect that the secret to a good life is more balance than achievement. And I’m confused how to navigate these seemingly contradictory intuitions (working hard vs. stopping to smell the roses). I received no guidance from this book. Secrecy came naturally to John le Carré, and there were some secrets that he fought fiercely to keep, nowhere more so than in his private life. Seemingly content in his marriage, the novelist conducted a string of love affairs over four decades. To keep these relationships secret, he made use of tradecraft that he had learned as a spy: code names and cover stories, cut outs, safe houses and dead letter boxes. Opening in 1963 New York, to Renaissance Florence, to the birth of theatre in fifth-century Athens, and the Sex Pistols shattering Thatcherite Britain - take your seat for the history of performance.

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Greene’s inspiration for the book came from History’s great men – rulers, thinkers, and military men alike – which Greene believed shared many of the traits that bind together the powerful elite of our times. a b Capouya, John (November 9, 2012). "Zen and the art of global domination". CNN Money. Archived from the original on November 13, 2012. Dillon, Frank (January 10, 2010). "A guide to balancing your books; Business leaders give Frank Dillon tips on what the best managers should be reading". The Sunday Times. Robert Greene. The Aha! Moments That Made Paul Grahms Y Combinator Possible. Fast Company. November 12, 2012.Generalizations - lots of generalizations of the prima facie sort, such as “our minds are always hurrying to generalize about things,” which is itself a generalization. The apprenticeship phase: Follow your inclinations. In this phase you dedicate 10000 hours of your time in learning your desired skill, need to put in your effort by overcoming obstacles and boredom. You need a teacher from whom you can learn, be respectful, obey at all costs by letting go of your ego. The road to the author's mastery is to be a colossal jerk it seems. I would much rather take the path to accomplished and be nice. This book is really 2 distinct parts. The first is a series of biographies on modern and classic 'masters' in their respective fields. The second part is examining what lessons can be learned from these masters and how they can be applied in our everyday lives to become masters in our own rights.