Robert Greene || The Laws of Human Nature

The Psychology Podcast

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Social Sciences, Science

4.4 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2018

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Today we have Robert Greene on the podcast. Robert is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The 48 Laws of Power, The 33 Strategies of War, The Art of Seduction, and Mastery, and is an internationally renowned expert on power strategies. His latest book is The Laws of Human Nature. In this episode we discuss: What is human nature? How to transform self-love into empathy The deep narcissist vs. the the heathy narcissist Abraham Maslow’s encounter with Alfred Adler How to confront your dark side Returning to your more authentic self How people who are one-sided are concealing the opposite trait The importance of not taking yourself too seriously How to see through people’s masks The importance of assessing people’s actions over time Why toxic types have a peculiar sort of charm Healthy people-pleasers vs. toxic people-pleasers How to get in deep contact with your purpose The importance of becoming aware of the "spirit of the generation" How to confront your mortality and open your mind to the sublime --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-psychology-podcast/support

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Psychology Podcast, where we give you insights into the mind, brain, behavior, and creativity.
0:13.0	I'm Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman,
0:15.0	and in each episode I have a conversation with a guest
0:18.0	you will stimulate your mind and give you a greater understanding of yourself,
0:21.0	others, and the world we live in.
0:23.8	Hopefully we'll also provide a glimpse into human possibility.
0:27.3	Thanks for listening and on the podcast.
0:37.0	Robert is the number one New York Times best-selling author of the 48 Laws of Power,
0:41.0	The 33 Strategies of War, The art of seduction, and mastery, and is an
0:46.0	internationally renowned expert on power strategies.
0:49.2	His latest book is The Walls of Human Nature.
0:52.0	Robert, really great to chat with you again on the podcast.
0:55.0	Thanks for having me again, Scott.
0:56.9	My pleasure.
0:58.4	Yeah, so there's lots of talk about with this book.
1:00.8	It's quite a insightful book that spans a wide range of territory.
1:05.2	I thought we could start off with the question of your own definition of human nature that
1:09.5	you present your book because it was a I thought it was a quite a unique definition well my definition is that there are
1:16.9	forces within us we're not aware of in other words there's kind of a stranger within each of us. There are patterns of behavior
1:26.5	that are ingrained in us going back hundreds of thousands of years based on how we evolved as a species. And we're not aware of these forces as they
1:35.8	operate within us. They kind of move us around like ponds on a chessboard.
1:40.8	They sort of control a lot of our behavior if we don't make an effort to become aware of them.
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