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Episode Details
EPISODE INFO
- Released
- April 7, 2013
- Duration
- 58m
- Channel
- Talks at Google
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION
Robert Greene stops by the Googleplex to discuss his latest book, "Mastery." You can find "Mastery" on Google Play: http://goo.gl/lpJRA . From the publicist: What did Charles Darwin, middling schoolboy and underachieving second son, do to become one of the earliest and greatest naturalists the world has known? What were the similar choices made by Mozart and by Caesar Rodriguez, the U.S. Air Force's last ace fighter pilot? In Mastery, Robert Greene's fifth book, he mines the biographies of great historical figures for clues about gaining control over our own lives and destinies. Picking up where The 48 Laws of Power left off, Greene culls years of research and original interviews to blend historical anecdote and psychological insight, distilling the universal ingredients of the world's masters. Temple Grandin, Martha Graham, Henry Ford, Buckminster Fuller—all have lessons to offer about how the love for doing one thing exceptionally well can lead to mastery. Yet the secret, Greene maintains, is already in our heads. Debunking long-held cultural myths, he demonstrates just how we, as humans, are hardwired for achievement and supremacy. Fans of Greene's earlier work and Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers will eagerly devour this canny and erudite explanation of just what it takes to be great.
SPEAKERS
Author of "Mastery" and "The 33 Strategies of War," speaking at a Talks at Google event.
EPISODE SUMMARY
In this episode of Talks at Google, featuring Robert Greene, Mastery | Robert Greene | Talks at Google explores Robert Greene explains how to cultivate high-level creativity through mastery Robert Greene frames creativity as the ability to move beyond habitual “A, B, C” options by cultivating the brain’s natural tendency to make associations and connections.
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