Robert Greene

Robert Greene

Author

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Robert Greene is the author of the New York Times bestsellers The 48 Laws of Power, The Art of Seduction, The 33 Strategies of War, The 50th Law, Mastery, The Laws of Human Nature, and most recently of The Daily Laws.

In addition to having a strong following within the business world and a deep following in Washington, DC, Greene’s books are hailed by everyone from war historians to the biggest musicians in the industry (including Jay-Z, Drake, and 50 Cent).

Greene attended U.C. Berkeley and the University of Wisconsin at Madison, where he received a degree in classical studies. He currently lives in Los Angeles.

You can achieve mastery in more than one field.  What would be interesting to see is could a musician also master baseball? 
Can you imagine yourself working at the same narrow position all the way up until the future?
Who you are a lot of the time is a reflection of what other people have told you.
Mentors can steer you away from the kinds of mistakes that are going to make you  waste a year or two of your life.
Your greatest danger is that you’re going to be replaceable by the time you’re in your late 30s. 
Michael Faraday became the greatest experimental scientist of the nineteenth century.  But that never would have happened without the right mentor.
The whole idea of mastery is you’re going to eventually become a greater master than you’re mentor.