When asked in 2012 if he is religious, Greene said "I'm Jewish but I don't have a hardcore spiritual practice. I'm not hardcore Atheist; I'm sort of how Einstein was: He wasn't a believer in the Jewish God. I'm intrigued by the sense that there's something there." [79] Your goal is to absorb as much as possible and then move on. If needed, start to resent him and use the emotions to break yourself free. Deep Observation: learn the social and power dynamics, the unspoken rules. Don’t try to impress people by showing you want to get to the top. If anything, impress by your eagerness to learn I spent almost as much time getting myself to write a review for this book as I have reading it. Is it a five star book? Is the repetition of featured stories (you know what I'm talking about if you've read it) such a big deal? Am I just getting fooled by Greene and riding an emotional high of "anything is possible to master if you set your mind to it"?

a b Losowsky, Andrew (October 16, 2012). " 'Mastery' By Robert Greene Wants Its Readers To Achieve Greatness (VIDEO)". Huffington Post. The mentor-mentee relationship often resembles that of a son-father figure, and sometimes you need to slay the father to burst your cocoon. Robert Greene says that when facing your weaknesses resist the temptation to become like others and keep working on what you do well.After apprenticeship phase, you must become bold, confident, and willing to test out skills and make connections between different ideas. It’s about digging deep, seeing what’s really behind people’s motivations, peeking behind the mask most of us live behind. We even wear the mask when we’re looking in the mirror, which is why self-exploration is a must. Human Psyche Qualities that will help you succeed: Self-discipline, desire, persistence, focus, effort, patience, energy, obsessiveness, observance, confidence, trust in self, emotional commitment, humility, adaptability, boldness, openness.

Learn to embrace criticism and failure, and be grateful for the opportunity to learn and improve as a result of your mistakes. There’s a higher form of intelligence that enables us to grasp the intangible and predict trends, much like a sixth sense. Masters often talk of seeing something “more”. Chess master Bobby Fischer could see forces that predicts how a chess game would unfold. Albert Einstein had a mental image of how the universe worked that others couldn’t conceive. If you are unsure of a course of action, do not attempt it. Your doubts and hesitations will infect your execution. Timidity is dangerous: Better to enter with boldness. Any mistakes you commit through audacity are easily corrected with more audacity. Everyone admires the bold; no one honors the timid.”

Get detailed strategies and examples in our full Mastery book summary & infographic! 5. Become Multi-Dimensional (Creative-Active) He breaks these into specific subtasks or "strategies," each illustrated with case studies from the lives of real masters. Curious about how to find your life's task? Greene gives 5 separate strategies. The emphasis though at this stage is self-knowledge. You can't become who you truly are unless you know--or in some way intuit--who you truly are. The good news is that there are abundant clues in our lives as to who we truly are. 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. Greene's work has been featured in The New York Times, USA Today, CNN, The New Yorker, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, Forbes and the Huffington Post. [1] [6] [15]Greene has also appeared on The Today Show, CNBC, ABC, and MTV News. [66] [67] [68] [69] [70] Thapa, Ben. Freddie Roach and Manny Pacquiao, Excerpt From Robert Greene’s Mastery. Bloody Elbow. November 13, 2012.