The moment people feel they know what to expect from you, your spell on them is broken. — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
The time that leads to mastery is dependent on the intensity of our focus. — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
The future belongs to those who learn more skills and combine them in creative ways. — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Only your hearts be frolic, for the time Craves that we taste of naught but jouissance. — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
It's funny how it reads like a Kubrick-inspired moment, a filmmaker controlling one's mise en scène. What it truly is is a… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
“It is time to reverse this prejudice against conscious effort and to see the powers we gain through practice and discipline as… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Mastery is not a function of genius or talent. It is a function of time and intense focus applied to a particular… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
You must always be prepared to place a bet on yourself, on your future, by heading in a direction that others seem… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
“When people choose between talk about the past and talk about the future, a pragmatic person will always opt for the future… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
The moment people feel they know what to expect from you, your spell on them is broken. More: You have ceded them… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
“When the evening began, Fouquet was at the top of the world. By the time it had ended, he was at the… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Never waste valuable time, or mental peace of mind, on the affairs of others—that is too high a price to pay. — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
I have an argument that to master any field, it's simple: it's a function of time. How much you devote yourself to… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
“Be convinced, that there are no persons so insignificant and inconsiderable, but may, some time or other, have it in their power… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Ambition has become a dirty word, and I believe it is a great evolutionary force for the positive. If people fail or… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Life goes by very fast. And the worst thing in life that you can have is a job that you hate, that… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
If you're just letting the time pass at your job, it's just dead time and you'll never get it back. If at… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
In the normal flow of a conversation, our attention is divided. We hear parts of what other people are saying, in order… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
“In the future, the great division will be between those who have trained themselves to handle these complexities and those who are… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
When someone is not there all the time it gives us space to think about them. Your job in influence and persuasion… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
We have consciousness and rational powers but unless you're willing to spend the time to gain control of yourself, gain control of… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Think of it this way: There are two kinds of failure. The first comes from never trying out your ideas because you… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
In the past, Being able to follow what you're naturally "should" be good at was limited to a very few people in… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
“LAW 38 Think As You Like But Behave Like Others If you make a show of going against the times, flaunting your… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
If we were controlling the performance, we never would have had someone push a button to make the pellet stove come on… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
If you make a show of going against the times, flaunting your unconventional ideas and unorthodox way, people will think that you… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
“There are three kinds of time for us to deal with; each presents problems that can be solved with skill and practice.… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
“We could express this power in the following way: Most of the time we live in an interior world of dreams, desires,… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
“We are all in search of feeling more connected to reality—to other people, the times we live in, the natural world, our… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
“Long Time. The famous seventeenth-century Ming painter Chou Yung relates a story that altered his behavior forever. Late one winter afternoon he… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Be brutal with the past, especially your own, and have no respect for the philosophies that are foisted on you from outside. — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
I'm afraid I'm just too intense to have soft ideas, you know, about what to read when you're trying to pass the… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Ah Franion, treason is loved of many, but the Traitor hated of all: unjust offences may for a time escape without danger,… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
“Instead of spending your time dreaming of your plan’s happy ending, you must work on calculating every possible permutation and pitfall that… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
No moment is wasted if you pay attention and learn the lessons contained in every experience. — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
You are facing death and danger and competition, but at any moment, you can decide to have a fearless mindset. — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
The whole concept of stage fright is fascinating. Actors get stage fright, but they wouldn't be on the stage in the first place if… — Robert Greene Copy Share
I'm afraid I'm just too intense to have soft ideas, you know, about what to read when you're trying to pass the time. — Robert Greene Copy Share
You are facing death and danger and competition, but at any moment, you can decide to have a fearless mindset. — Robert Greene Copy Share
Let me spell it out: with the psychotic boss, nothing you do is ever quite right. They set traps, asking you to do things,… — Robert Greene Copy Share
Everybody knows what they were kind of drawn towards or what they're gifted at and it's more of courage and looking at yourself and… — Robert Greene Copy Share
Remember: your bosses prefer to keep you in dependent positions. It is in their interest that you do not become self-reliant, and so they… — Robert Greene Copy Share
I want to be able to write, that's my first love and I don't want to deviate from it even though I probably could… — Robert Greene Copy Share
It's sometimes hard to talk about politics and art. Obviously, I have my core beliefs, but I think art is best when it's troublesome… — Robert Greene Copy Share
If you change and adapt your persona, you are seen as inauthentic; if you stay the angry young man, you fade from attention or… — Robert Greene Copy Share
Your energy, your spirit are important considerations. Feeling petty and frustrated can have reverberating consequences for your ability to think strategically and reach your… — Robert Greene Copy Share
Fear creates its own self-fulfilling dynamic- as people give into it, they lose energy and momentum. Their lack of confidence translates into inaction that… — Robert Greene Copy Share
What I like about the internet, what I see there is that its much more democratic. I have much more control, and if what… — Robert Greene Copy Share
“It is hard for us to imagine now, but our earliest human ancestors who ventured out onto the grasslands of East Africa some six… — Robert Greene Copy Share
“Let us call this quality the Original Mind. This mind looked at the world more directly—not through words and received ideas. It was flexible… — Robert Greene Copy Share
