ROBERT GREENE | The Laws of Power and Human Nature
Order of Man
Ryan Michler
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🗓️ 2 March 2021
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
If only more of us, as men, learned more about the laws of power and the dynamics of human nature, we'd be able to lead others more effectively. Unfortunately, many men believe that even exploring these concepts is an immoral pursuit. And, although they can be used to hurt others, they can also be used to fulfill our responsibilities to protect, provide, and preside.
Today, I am joined by multiple New York Times Bestselling Author, Robert Greene to talk about the negative stigma that comes with power and human nature dynamics. We also cover embracing weirdness, what he refers to as "power games," how life isn't always a win-win, why so many people have incorporated whining as a tactic for power, and why manipulation isn't inherently wrong.
SHOW HIGHLIGHTS
- The "Crisis Generation"
- Finding middle ground
- Dealing with Woke Culture
- Painful opportunities and lessons
- Why parents have become so afraid
- How resistance makes you tougher
- Influencing people
- Not taking things personally
- The Manipulative Side of humans
- Getting what you want
- Changing other opinions
- Virtue signaling as a strategy
- The human desire for power
- Gain at the expense of another
- Becoming more enlightened
- Asymmetric warfare
- Operating outside a moral code
ROBERT GREENE
My guest today is the one and only Robert Greene. Needless to say, his writings and teaching have inspired much discussion and controversy about the laws of human nature and how to harness them effectively.
He is the author of many books including The 48 Laws of Power, The Art of Seduction, Mastery, and The Laws of Human Nature. And, for over 25 years, he's been researching, studying, and sharing lessons about how people behave and why they do what they do.
This one was a very enlightening discussion and gave me some tremendous insight into not only how Robert's mind works, but other humans as well.
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| 0:00.0 | If only more of us as men learned more about the laws of power and the dynamics of human nature, |
| 0:05.2 | we'd be able to lead others more effectively. Unfortunately, many men believe that even exploring |
| 0:09.8 | these concepts is a nimoral pursuit. And although these ideas can be used to hurt others, |
| 0:16.2 | they can also be used to fulfill our responsibilities to protect, provide, and preside. |
| 0:20.8 | Today, I'm joined by multiple New York Times bestselling author Robert Green to talk about |
| 0:25.7 | the negative stigma that comes with power and human nature dynamics. We also cover why you should |
| 0:32.4 | consider embracing your weirdness, what he refers to as quote unquote power games, how life isn't |
| 0:38.4 | always a win-win scenario, why so many people have incorporated whining as a tactic for power, |
| 0:45.0 | and why manipulation is not inherently wrong. Your a man of action, you live life to the fullest, |
| 0:51.2 | embrace your fears, and boldly charge your own path. When life knocks you down, you get back up |
| 0:56.7 | one more time, every time. You are not easily deterred or defeated, rugged, resilient, strong. |
| 1:03.8 | This is your life, this is who you are, this is who you will become. At the end of the day, |
| 1:09.2 | and after all is said and done, you can call yourself a man. |
| 1:13.2 | Gentlemen, what is going on today? My name is Ryan McClure, and I have the host and the founder of |
| 1:17.8 | the Older Men Movement and podcast. Welcome here and welcome back. If you're new here, this is |
| 1:23.8 | a movement designed to reclaim and restore masculinity. There's a lot of society that would tell you |
| 1:29.6 | that masculinity is wrong or bad or inherently toxic, and we are the antithesis to that. We are |
| 1:37.7 | giving you the conversations, tools, resources, everything that men need to thrive, |
| 1:41.7 | as husbands, fathers, business owners, and community leaders, and that's exactly what this podcast |
| 1:46.5 | is about. We're having some great conversations with my guest today, Robert Green and guys like |
| 1:50.4 | Jocke Willink and Andy Frasilla and David Goggins and other incredible men. I think we've interviewed |
| 1:56.8 | close to 320 highly, highly successful men in different areas and facets of life. Make sure |
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