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 liftime 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.
From the Trade Paperback edition.
Robert Greene has a degree in classical studies and is the author of several bestselling books, including The 48 Laws of Power, The 33 Strategies of War, The Art of Seduction, and Mastery. He lives in Los Angeles.
- 揭示从学徒到精通的三阶段路径
- 剖析爱因斯坦等大师的成长规律
- 强调深度观察与持续刻意练习
- 渴望在专业领域突破瓶颈者
- 处于职业迷茫期的青年
- 追求自我实现与深度成长者
- 需耐心阅读长篇历史案例
- 避免期待速成或捷径方法
- 结合个人领域思考实践策略
- 干货丰富但篇幅较长需耐心
- 适合20至30岁年轻人阅读
- 中文版书名略显俗套但内容佳
本导读基于书籍简介、目录、原文摘录、短评和书评生成，不等同于全文精读。
- "当我们动机强烈、干劲十足，就几乎能克服万难。当我们百无聊赖、烦躁不安，心智便会停摆，整个人日益消极。"
- "一、你必须将自己追求卓越的努力视为必须。我们必须好好打造自己的世界，否则会死于一事无成。 二、人类是经由生命中的作为，得到自己该拥有的心智及脑力品质。"
- "人类如何透过特定的心智运作创造不同的生活模式，由此也证明我们对自己的际遇确实应该扛起责任。 消极的人得到了贫瘠的心智，由于他们的经验与行动的格局狭隘，大脑内的各种连结因缺乏使用而消亡。"
- "当我们相信自己可以略过某些步骤，避开某些过程，通过政治关系或简单的速成法，或者依靠我们的天赋，奇迹般地获得力量时，我们就背弃了思维的运转规律，逆转了我们的自然力量。我们会变成时间的奴隶——随着时间的流逝，我们会愈发虚弱和能力不济，最后被困在某个没有前途的工作中。我们会变成他人看法和恐惧的俘虏。我们的思想将不再把我们与现实相连，我们会变得与世隔绝，并被锁在一个狭窄的思想囚笼里。依靠专注力生存的人类现在变成了心猿意马的动物，无法深入思考，也无法依靠本能。"
- "Most of the time we live in an interior world of dreams, desires, an obsessive thoughts. But in this period of exceptional creativity, we are impelled by the need to get something done that has a practical effect. We force ourselves to step outside our inner chamber of habitual thoughts and connect "
- "Envy, Conformism, Rigidity, Self-obsessiveness, Laziness, Flightiness & Passive-aggression. [...] The problem for us human is that (some of) people do not like to display these traits publicly because they are seen as ugly and undesirable. They tend to disguise them from view, finally revealing thei"
- "Some 2,600 years ago the ancient Greek poet Pindar wrote, “Become who you are by learning who you are.” What he meant is the following: You are born with a particular makeup and tendencies that mark you as a piece of fate. It is who you are to the core. Some people never become who they are; they st"
- "If you are not careful, you will find this attitude infecting you in subtle ways. You will unconsciously lower your sights as to what you can accomplish in life. This can diminish your levels of effort and discipline below the point of effectiveness. Conforming to social norms, you will listen more "
