When you understand the fear then you can begin to move past it. So when I hear the people say it's innate,… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Once people are aware of your presence, and perhaps vaguely intrigued, you need to stir their interest before it settles on someone… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
A lot of things in history are timing, and it's very peculiar because in retrospect things [and] people can look more brilliant… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
People expect your behavior to conform to known patterns and conventions. Your task as a strategist is to upset their expectations. — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Ethics and power are separate. Ethics and morality. I think life would be miserable if there weren't some kind of code that… — 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
Keep people off-balance and in the dark by never revealing the purpose behind your actions. If they have no clue what you… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Whether people are making narrative cinema or experimental cinematic movie experiences, they all want the biggest screen possible and the quietest room… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
If you're not careful people will judge you based on these appearances and they will pigeon hole you that this is the… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
It is the fool who always rushes to take sides. Do not commit to any side or cause by yourself. By maintaining… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Most people are perpetually locked in the present. Their decisions are overly influenced by the most immediate event; they easily become emotional… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
As most people when I entered the work world, suddenly people are playing games, being manipulative, being a little bit nasty, you… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Our times might emphasize equality, which we then mistake for the need for everyone to be the same, but what we really… — 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 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 time. — 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
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 Image
Evil or manipulative people don't need a book, they just do it anyway. — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
