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🗓️ 10 May 2023
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Robert Greene, New York Times Best Selling Author of The 48 Laws of Power, shares a life changing speech on the 48 laws of power, strategy and seduction.
"Powerful people impress and intimidate by saying less. The more you say, the more likely you are to say something foolish."
- Robert Greene
We had the opportunity to interviewNew York Times best selling author Robert Greene. In the interview we asked him questions to understand people’s drives and motivations, and how power and strategy can help you seize your destiny and take control of your life.
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Robert Greene
Interview Host
Tyler Waye
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0:00.0 | Humans are fascinated with what we repress, and so by hitting that nerve, that little thing that we don't really want to talk about, |
0:06.7 | but we're secretly fascinated by, I think that's what kind of led to the success of the book, |
0:11.3 | but I've always been fascinated by the dark side of human nature. |
0:15.6 | People generally bring to anything in life their own psychology, their own mindset, |
0:21.1 | but for most people, most people in this world are naive. |
0:24.1 | Most people don't understand the 48 laws of power. |
0:27.1 | They don't understand that you want to talk less to appear more powerful, |
0:31.0 | and that naive atay is what gets you into a lot of trouble in life. |
0:34.9 | I was one of those people who was a bit naive and didn't understand this kind of secret language |
0:39.6 | that a people in power have, but I don't want to be in the position which a lot of people make a |
0:44.6 | mistake of in life, of constantly repeating the same success of formula. |
0:50.0 | I've always followed the laws of power which has changed things up, |
0:53.6 | interaction with boldness, don't be afraid to do things differently. |
0:57.9 | Adapt your strategy to the circumstance, so every book represents a new challenge to me, |
1:02.8 | a new subject. It's never too late. It's better to start earlier on in life. |
1:07.2 | I mean, I wrote a book mastery that deals with that subject. |
1:10.2 | The early you figured out the better off you are, but it can happen later in life. |
1:15.4 | Now, I figured out at an early age that I wanted to write. I didn't know what I wanted to write, |
1:19.3 | but I loved words and I loved writing. And if I didn't have that connection when I was eight |
1:24.1 | years old all the way into high school and college, I would have been a lost soul. And I empathize |
1:30.2 | with a lot of people who don't have that feeling when they're eight or 18 or in their 20s. |
1:36.4 | But I've tried to tell people, everybody has it. You're just not listening to yourself. |
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