Mastery
Book description
From the bestselling author of The 48 Laws of Power and The Laws of Human Nature, a vital work revealing that the secret to mastery is already within you.
Each one of us has within us the potential to be a Master. Learn the secrets of the field you have…
Why read it?
2 authors picked Mastery as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I love the stories. Author Robert Greene’s stories about Semmelweis and William Harvey show the nasty consequences of ‘not suffering fools gladly.’
His notion of 10,000 hours to achieve mastery cuts through the challenges I face with each new book: I hate the feeling of not knowing what I’m doing, dislike feeling out of control, and get antsy when something I’m working on doesn’t fall into place easily.
Suck it up because that’s precisely how I feel each time I think about my new book on the early life of King David.
From Lin's list on preparing for writing/walking/thinking/acting against the crowd.
Although I write within the genre of ‘Self-help’ and ‘Personal Growth’, as a reader, I am put off by titles that are too wishy-washy, saccharine, or worse, untested.
Remember the saying, ‘Don’t walk in the footsteps of the masters, seek what they sought’? This is an important reminder for us to find and test our own truths rather than blindly follow others.
For this reason, I recommend any work by Robert Greene, but particularly Mastery.
Greene is a master at cutting through the hyperbole and getting to the core of what drives human behaviour and improved productivity without the…
From Matt's list on making an abundant living doing work you love.
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