Robert Greene Archive

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Confidence, fearlessness, and self-reliance are as crucial in times of peace as in times of war.

Observe a person or event for a length of time, deliberately holding yourself back from forming an opinion.

Before entering any action, you must calculate in precise terms your exit strategy.

Everyone around you is a strategist angling for power, all trying to promote their own interests, often at your expense.

Confused, frustrated, and angry opponents are like ripe fruit on the bough: the slightest breeze will make them fall.

What sets grand strategists apart is the ability to look more deeply into both themselves and others.

The greatest impediment to creativity is your impatience, the almost inevitable desire to hurry up the process and make a splash.

“Do not leave your reputation to chance or gossip. It is your life’s artwork, and you must craft it, hone it, and display it with the care of an artist.” — Robert Greene, The 48 Laws of Power

Understand: presence of mind is the ability to detach yourself, to see the whole battlefield, the whole picture, with clarity.

If, for example, you are miserly by nature, you will never go beyond a certain limit; only generous souls attain greatness.

You must cut yourself loose from the past and open your eyes to the present.

Which Robert Greene book changed how you think about power? What did it unlock for you?

“When you show yourself to the world and display your talents, you naturally stir all kinds of resentment… you cannot spend your life worrying about the petty feelings of others.” — Robert Greene, The 48 Laws of Power

Think of yourself as an explorer. You cannot find anything new if you are unwilling to leave the shore.