Robert Greene
Author of the bestsellers The 48 Laws of Power, The Art of Seduction, The 33 Strategies of War, The 50th Law, Mastery and The Laws of Human Nature; degree in classical studies from the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
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Their wordsIt is not a power reserved for the intellectually superior, but a level of intelligence almost all of us can attain, if we understand where it comes from and work at it. The key lies within our own willpower and the intensity of our desire.
↗Hidden Powers & My Book “Mastery”powerseductionandwar.com 1st of 3 in this piece
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Great achievers' powers were the fruit of intense labour; genetics seemed to play only a minor role
Their wordsTheir powers did not appear in their early years, but were clearly the fruits of intense labor. Although genetics might play role, it seemed to be a minor one.
↗Hidden Powers & My Book “Mastery”powerseductionandwar.com 2nd of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsWhat separates Masters from the rest of us is the degree to which they feel connected to their primal inclinations and natural interests.
↗Hidden Powers & My Book “Mastery”powerseductionandwar.com 3rd of 3 in this piece
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Accepting life's realities brings success and power; denying or running from them does not
Their wordsMy idea is that to the degree that you accept these realities in life, you are going to be successful and powerful. And to the degree that you deny them and you avoid them and you hate them and you are miserable about them and you try and run away, you are not going to have success in life.
↗Robert Greene’s Speech at Yale (transcript)powerseductionandwar.com 1st of 5 in this piece
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Their wordsWe are, by our nature, the Machiavellian animal. It is 40 million years of evolution starting from primates back then to who we are now.
↗Robert Greene’s Speech at Yale (transcript)powerseductionandwar.com 2nd of 5 in this piece
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Their wordsThere is nothing wrong with the fact that in this world people are playing political games. There is nothing wrong with the fact that there are seducers and con artists and it is going on all the time. It is just reality.
↗Robert Greene’s Speech at Yale (transcript)powerseductionandwar.com 3rd of 5 in this piece
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Their wordsAnd to the extent that you bring out your uniqueness in life, that you become more of an individual, that you bring more of your individuality into play, the more power you are going to have.
↗Robert Greene’s Speech at Yale (transcript)powerseductionandwar.com 4th of 5 in this piece
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Their wordsYou no longer can depend on anybody and any job or your boss protecting you. We are all dealing with a world that is so much more insecure, where we have to learn these self-reliant skills, where putting out our individuality is the only way we are going to get power in this world.
↗Robert Greene’s Speech at Yale (transcript)powerseductionandwar.com 5th of 5 in this piece
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