#383 - Robert Greene - 12 Laws Of Power & Human Nature
Modern Wisdom
Chris Williamson
4.7 • 4.6K Ratings
🗓️ 11 October 2021
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
Robert Greene is an author and historian.
Many people want and need power in life, but almost none of us admit it. Robert's new book compiles 366 of his best lessons on power, seduction, human nature and mastery, and today we get to go through my favourites.
Expect to learn how remaining absent can increase respect, why you should suffer fools gladly, why focussing on actions not words is the best way to judge someone's character, how to avoid losing your sanity in a group and much more...
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| 0:00.0 | What's happening people? Welcome back to the show. My guest today is Robert Green. He's an author and a historian. |
| 0:08.3 | Many people want and need power in life, but almost none of us admit it. |
| 0:14.1 | Robert's new book compiles 366 of his best lessons on power, seduction, human nature and mastery. |
| 0:22.1 | And today we get to go through my favourites. |
| 0:25.7 | I expect to learn how remaining absent can increase respect, why you should suffer fools gladly, |
| 0:31.8 | why focusing on actions, not words is the best way to judge someone's character, |
| 0:36.2 | how to avoid losing your sanity in a group and much more. |
| 0:40.4 | It's been three years, nearly three years since Robert was last on the show, which is mental to think that. |
| 0:49.1 | But today's episode I really, really enjoy it. These ones where I get to take a big body of work |
| 0:54.5 | and then just chop them up into little lessons like the harsh psychology truths episode with Adam |
| 0:59.3 | Lane Smith or there's another one with Gwinderbogel coming up this Saturday on mental models that you need in life. |
| 1:05.1 | I find it keeps everything really fast paced and it means that we're constantly changing and switching |
| 1:10.4 | and it keeps us accountable and then still gives us time for tons of lessons and examples that Robert |
| 1:14.8 | gives from history and from politics and stuff. It's really, really interesting. I know that you're |
| 1:20.3 | going to love this one. In other very exciting news, I finally got the modern wisdom community |
| 1:25.7 | sorted and ready to launch. Tons of you have been asking for it somewhere where we can go and |
| 1:31.0 | discuss episodes and I can do live streams and you can connect with me and give me ideas and |
| 1:35.9 | everything and we're going to do it on locals. I'd had Patreon, I launched Patreon about a year |
| 1:41.5 | ago but I didn't, I just felt a bit icky about it. I don't really know what it was and I think it's |
| 1:46.5 | because I didn't feel like I was adding a ton of value and it wasn't actually providing what I |
| 1:50.6 | wanted which was for people who listened to the show and think about these sort of topics and |
| 1:56.1 | have interests that align with mine and everyone else's. It didn't help them create a community, |
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