MasteryFrom 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 chosen, submit to a rigorous apprenticeship, absorb the hidden knowledge possessed by those with years of experience, surge past competitors to surpass them in brilliance, and explode established patterns from within. Study the behaviors of Albert Einstein, Charles Darwin, Leonardo da Vinci and the nine contemporary Masters interviewed for this book. The bestseller author of The 48 Laws of Power, The Art of Seduction, and The 33 Strategies of War, Robert Greene has spent a lifetime studying the laws of power. Now, he shares the secret path to greatness. With this seminal text as a guide, readers will learn how to unlock the passion within and become masters. |
Contents
| 1 | |
Find your way backThe lifeordeath strategy | 40 |
THE FIRST TRANSFORMATION | 49 |
ExperimentationThe Active Mode | 62 |
Trust the process | 75 |
REVERSAL | 90 |
KEYS TO MASTERY | 102 |
STRATEGIES FOR DEEPENING | 108 |
B ALLOW FOR SERENDIPITY | 184 |
ALTER YOUR PERSPECTIVE | 191 |
Emotional Pitfalls | 202 |
The Fact of Great Yield | 210 |
Natural Powers | 219 |
The High End | 228 |
Dimensional Thinking | 236 |
Alchemical Creativity and the Unconscious | 242 |
Transfigure their ideas | 116 |
REVERSAL | 122 |
KEYS TO MASTERY | 133 |
General KnowledgeThe Seven Deadly Realities | 141 |
Speak through your work | 147 |
See yourself as others see you | 156 |
THE SECOND TRANSFORMATION | 169 |
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