"Ambition has become a dirty word, and I believe it is a great evolutionary force for the positive. If people fail or go astray in their ambition I can live with it but not with people lowering their expectations, wasting time, slacking off and glorifying failure and stupidity."
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Robert Greene, born on May 14, 1959, in Los Angeles, California, is a renowned author and speaker best known for his thought-provoking works on power, strategy, and seduction. With a background in classical studies and a career spanning diverse fields, Greene's seminal books, including “The 48 Laws of Power” and “The Art of Seduction,” have garnered both acclaim and controversy for their candid exploration of human behavior. His legacy lies in encouraging readers to understand the dynamics of social influence and personal mastery in an often Machiavellian world.
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"What happens if you stick at something long enough, and study it for so long, you have a different kind of intelligence. It's not an intellectual thing. It's almost like an animal intelligence. I call it our form of instinct, almost how a lion knows exactly where its prey is."
Robert Greene
"Reputation is the cornerstone of power. Through reputation alone you can intimidate and win; once it slips, however, you are vulnerable, and will be attacked on all sides. Make your reputation unassailable."
Robert Greene"The passive aggressive arguer comes armed with tricky tactics. They cannot take the risk that they might be wrong: their self-esteem is too intertwined with their opinions. It is more important to affirm their rightness, and sense of superiority, than to arrive at the truth."
Robert Greene
"You must keep raising this game to higher and higher levels, as on the pool table - mastering eventually the psychological angles. Your playing is a pleasure, all the way to the end, to death, when the game is over."
Robert Greene"I'd done a lot of research in Hollywood and in academia. I love research and so I wanted to kind of ground the book in history, in things that I read that were universal and timeless and then kind of let my own experiences sort of filter through all of this history."
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