Robert Greene

#1 NYT Bestselling Author: The 48 Laws of Power, The Art of Seduction, The 33 Strategies of War, The 50th Law, Mastery, The Laws of Human Nature, The Daily Laws

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After seven years of intense work, I am excited to announce that my new book, The Law of the Sublime, will be out in November. and is now available for pre-order (see link below).

The book is designed to expand your mind, and to reveal to you a world to explore beyond what you consider reality: the realm of the Sublime.

This adventure does not require travel, drugs, or any form of external stimulation.

It only requires a new pair of eyes to see the extraordinary all around you.

Through stories, exercises, and meditations, the book will immerse you in the Sublime and forever transform how you experience life.

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Never be distracted by people’s glamorous portraits of themselves and their lives; search and dig for what really imprisons them.

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All successful people I’ve met and interviewed have been internally motivated not externally motivated.

What keeps you internally motivated? 👇🏼

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Remember: The best deceivers do everything they can to cloak their roguish qualities. They cultivate an air of honesty in one area to disguise their dishonesty in others. Honesty is merely another decoy in their arsenal of weapons.

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An emotional response to a situation is the single greatest barrier to power, a mistake that will cost you a lot more than any temporary satisfaction you might gain by expressing your feelings.

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Instead of looksmaxing, here is what I advise people to focus on.

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To succeed in the game of power, you have to master your emotions. But even if you succeed in gaining such self-control, you can never control the temperamental dispositions of those around you. And this presents a great danger.

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Empathy plays an enormous role in learning and knowledge.

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When you look at the exceptionally creative work of Masters, you must not ignore the years of practice, the endless routines, the hours of doubt, and the tenacious overcoming of obstacles these people endured. Creative energy is the fruit of such efforts and nothing else.

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We are entering a world in which we can rely less and less upon the state, the corporation, or family or friends to help and protect us.

It is a globalized, harshly competitive environment.

We must learn to develop ourselves.

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To become indignant at [people’s] conduct is as foolish as to be angry with a stone because it rolls into your path.

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The advice I give to people in their 20s. @StevenBartlett

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The time that leads to mastery is dependent on the intensity of our focus.

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In the end, the money and success that truly last come not to those who focus on such things as goals, but rather to those who focus on mastery and fulfilling their Life’s Task.

What is your Life's Task? 👇🏼

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Do not take so seriously people’s promises or their ardor in wanting to help you.

If they come through, so much the better, but be prepared for the more frequent change of heart.

Rely upon yourself to get things done and you will not be disappointed.

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If you need everything in your life to be simple and safe, this open-ended nature of the task will fill you with anxiety.

If you are worried about what others might think and about how your position in the group might be jeopardized, then you will never really create anything.

You will unconsciously tether your mind to certain conventions, and your ideas will grow stale and flat.

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You do not belong to you. You belong to the Universe.

Your significance will remain forever obscure to you, but you may assume that you are fulfilling your job if you apply yourself to converting your experiences to the advantage of others.

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The perniciousness of social media. @jayshetty

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The ultimate distinction you make is between yourself and the world.

There is the inside (your subjective experience) and there is the outside.

But every time you learn something, your brain is altered as new connections are formed.

Your experience of something that occurs in the world physically alters your brain.

The boundaries between you and the world are much more fluid than you might imagine.

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As the great physicist Max Planck put it, scientists must have a vivid intuitive imagination, for new ideas are not generated by deduction, but by an artistically creative imagination.

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Read more in my 5th book "Mastery" here: https://t.co/1NPPZnDzHz

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When it comes to mastering a skill, time is the magic ingredient.

Assuming your practice proceeds at a steady level, over days and weeks certain elements of the skill become hardwired.

Slowly, the entire skill becomes internalized, part of your nervous system.

The mind is no longer mired in the details, but can see the larger picture. It is a miraculous sensation and practice will lead you to that point, no matter the talent level you are born with.

The only real impediment to this is yourself and your emotions—boredom, panic, frustration, insecurity.

You cannot suppress such emotions—they are normal to the process and are experienced by everyone, including Masters.

What you can do is have faith in the process.

The boredom will go away once you enter the cycle.

The panic disappears after repeated exposure.

The frustration is a sign of progress—a signal that your mind is processing complexity and requires more practice.

The insecurities will transform into their opposites when you gain mastery.

Trusting this will all happen, you will allow the natural learning process to move forward, and everything else will fall into place.