Mastery: Robert Greene (The Modern Machiavellian Robert Greene)

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Sentence-Summary: Mastery debunks the myth of talent and shows you there are proven steps you can take to achieve mastery in a discipline of your own choosing, by analyzing the paths of some of history’s most famous masters, such as Einstein, Darwin and Da Vinci. Do also check out our summaries on: So Good They Can’t Ignore You and Go Put your Strengths to Work!

In other words, the Home Editions provide a customized scheme of work to minimize disruption and help children start their new school year with confidence.This book is Man versus himself and man versus society, to explain why this is man versus himself because we we’re still trying to figure out ourselves and still trying to grow and this book will help you to do so. Harnessing the power of intrinsic motivation rather than extrinsic remuneration can be thoroughly satisfying and infinitely more rewarding. If we don't know who we are, it is because we have not cast off the brainwashing that each of us undergoes in the process of growing up.

When you are aware that no one else can make you happy and that happiness is a result of your love this becomes the greatest mastery of the toltecs: The mastery of love. Hence Greene’s loquacity might be precisely what will have Masters mentioning his book as an influence 10 to 20 years from now, and this time out of the closet.Indeed, I was impressed when I first opened the book to its table of contents, which is laid out as a miniature outline of the whole, with text summarizing the flow of the argument. The general ideas are solid and hold up, and it’s an inspiring read (especially the part about listening to your inner voice), but I can’t shake the feeling that there’s more to Masterythan that.

Whether you’re seeking to improve your career or your intimate relationships, increase self-esteem or create harmony within yourself, this inspiring prescriptive guide will help you master anything you choose and achive success in all areas of your life. Like discovering your favorite professor in a box…packed with information, reasons to care about his message, how and why to execute his suggestions, and it's all accentuated with meaningful examples… this book deserves a good, long look. During the apprenticeship phase, your goal is not to seek money or status, but to transform your mind and character. He is also the founder and CEO of Four Minute Books, a collection of over 1,000 free book summaries teaching readers 3 valuable lessons in just 4 minutes each.

Our resources are crucial for knowledge lovers everywhere—so if you find all these bits and bytes useful, please pitch in. She doesn't have to be responsible for you; she can trust that you are going to be what you claim you are, what you project you are. By analyzing the lives of such past masters as Charles Darwin, Benjamin Franklin, Albert Einstein, and Leonard da Vinci, as well as by interviewing nine contemporary masters, including tech guru Paul Graham and animal rights advocate Temple Grandin, Greene debunks our culture’s many myths about genius and distills the wisdom of the ages to reveal the secret to greatness. Da Vinci had his when he found himself stealing expensive paper from his father’s office to draw animals out in the woods.