Mastery | Robert Greene | Talks at Google

[@robreke]

Some people saying he looks sick in this vid. Yeah....like 'sick genius.' This guy is a wonderful speaker and author. I have respect for Mr. Greene and his works. He's actually a Master at what he does. I hope he writes many more books as so far, they've all been great.

[@ChroniclesofAJ]

R bere he a great author

[@FliskerX]

I would guess there is a reason for this kind of "style" , because he surely could look like superstar if he wanted to :)

[@DiogenesNephew]

Given the bulging veins in his neck and pallor here, it's no wonder he ended up having a stroke recently.

[@renehenriksen1735]

R bere >>> I don´t think he´s meant for people who doesn´t naturally connect to his wisdom. They need a next level breakthrough.

[@darkanglestr8line452]

@@FliskerX Live it like you ARE it is the message of so many speakers on personal success. Rich Dad Poor Dad and, Spend it like you've got it, and Chopra's Spiritual Affluence, and my girlfriend spending it like I've got it... I will read his book, though

[@4lugan]

I am a Mexican physician. I read the 48 laws of power 15 years ago. I have read the entire book three times (not enough). I am friends with an American friend and she recommended me this author (which I already know). But now she told me about this book. So I am here because of her :) very grateful

[@Lovelyespirit]

The idea of merging your child mind with your adult being is refreshing. As a child I was always asking questions and trying new things without fear. Now with my education and experience, I find my self settling for the norm. This idea encourages me to find a balance between to two beings.

[@bryanv2009]

Vertical thinking

[@quantumpotential7639]

How far along have you come in the six years since you first posted your comment on Mastery? Thanks 😊

[@trevorndhlovu7834]

"Admitting you do not know should be sign of intelligence"ROBERT GREENE

[@noway1700]

Socrates said it before him

[@swaldons]

The book "Mastery" is a fluid comprehensive read. I read a lot of books on my journey to mastery and Robert Greene keeps me interested and informed on the great masters in our world. Insights on people that has taken me years to figure out on my own. I will sit for hours reading his material, because of the way he writes about the masters. Intrigued and stimulated I find myself in a lot of his writings. Thank you

[@makaylahollywood3677]

I've been called highly creative, highly sensitive, free-spirit, different, emotional..i don't get bored- i am flexible, good humor, wit..but get depressed, need lots of quiet time alone. I am curious, child-like even, naive. I love mystery, based on your description-I'm creative. Mr. Greene, your work is brilliant.

[@johndavidson7159]

Robert Greene has taken analysis to a brilliance. You would only disagree if you are in some sort of powerful mastery position yourself especially if you are trying to hide it! Don't fret - you will not change... but anyone reading this book might! Cheers!

[@WhatAccrualWorld]

I wish I could read his book without taking so many notes. Very valuable information he has written, indeed.

[@ahairybuthol1378]

Highlight the texts

[@tah385]

Read 2x: pleasure first then highlight

[@BB-ty6iy]

@@tah385 ugh. I now understand why people buy another copy of a book lol

[@michaeln2044]

@@BB-ty6iy I really thought I was the only one who has two (2) of each of his books. Have you heard of other doing the same?

[@eshanyadav9572]

@@tah385 I do the same

[@ManjunathBhatManjunathBhat]

This guy is a personification of creativity. Thanks Google for bringing these talks to us.

[@bartekksieski8577]

When attending a talk, especially at Google I would imagine the audience being bigger and more respectful to a guest. Always interesting to have a look behind the curtain. Robert Greene is the mad genius he wants us to become by reading his books. Very powerful!!

[@karl2405]

Hard to say. People have work commitments so may not be able to turn up if they want to. Prigranmers are basically 20-ish CS students. Anything in particular you thought was disrespectful?

[@karl2405]

@LarryCares Maybe they were talking to a client beforehand?

[@unShared7]

Four Excercise 29:17 1. Negatives capability 35:31 2. Think like an outsider 42:05 3. Use active Imagination 46:02 4. Subverts pattern of thinking In order to understand this excercise you have to watch video from start.

[@SlippinJimmy4Life]

This guy recreated a modern "art of war", and I think openly focusing on being selfish is refreshingly honest when there is so much misleading idealism out there throwing young people off track. He might be recycling some old ideas but in a very direct presentation I have to admit I enjoy

[@akshaykamathb2788]

8:46 meditation + 10:14 Images keep bubbeling up to the surface which leads to all diff kinds of chains of connection + 10:43 Stream of consciousness, a constant rolling ball + 20:49 knowledge & Experience ( Range ) + Mental Fluidity ( Wondering? ) X 21:38 Serious Play + 55:55 Chatper 5 - I go through other Emotions that attack us as we get older that tighten & limit the mind

[@meksudbuser9624]

Robert Greene, my favorite person on the planet. I have a huge respect for this genius 🙌

[@nic27586]

Definitely a great talk. Figuring out how to merge the child mind and adult being is the hardest part.

[@aihackking9680]

52:42 creative genius is fusing child and adult within you together. Super brilliant.

[@ilikechess1]

Listen to it on 1.25 times the speed.

[@leo333333able]

oh that's sooooo much better...thankyou

[@PrimalStar]

How do I do that?

[@USNavyMC]

+Robert Smith Bottom right corner, click the gear icon and you'll see the option. It makes this so much more bearable.

[@ggpancakes8506]

+Jeel Shah Thanks friend

[@lorij9845]

+My30thnamechoice Thank you!!!!!!!!!!

[@joecabrera3990]

This was an amazing and very inspiring lecture. It's my goal to fuse the child and adult in me, I aspire to achieve Mastery.

[@jjkhawaiian]

Work on the 10,000 hour goal while looking outwardly and fusing those two minds and you should get there.

[@Omerath9]

I think a very good idea to "structure" people would be to teach them Philosophy from an early age, but not just any Philosophy course, it has to be a course which focuses more on "how to think", as opposed to learning knowledge. It has to purposefully be taught in a different way to other subjects to create the impact.

[@keishakellee]

I really enjoyed this book. I had to review it for a class and it was great.

[@victoriavice2200]

I find it interesting how people are viewing this brilliant man or observing that he looks sick or looks like he is having anxiety. Where the hell is the respect? Its disturbing people have enough time to point out and comment. Listen to his talk intently, absorb it and feel blessed you are watching this for free and its 1 hour long! I take it the people who have something insulting to say have not read his ingenious books in the first place.

[@immortalized_onion]

My vocabulary while taking notes changes so dramatically when I listen to/read anything by Robert Greene.

[@raniatahoun568]

I love Robert's lectures .. hoping to see more of them .. Amazing as always !!

[@romchiks]

Friendly advice: change "playback speed" in the settings from "Normal" to "1.25". Works like a charm! ;) Saves 14 mins and 45 secs of your life. 2 mins of this, mind you, I've spent on writing my comment!! lol

[@chinweanthony2400]

have you people forgotten what he said in his book,the art of seduction;"Dont appear too perfect".He dont want people to see him as god.

[@SebastiaanVaz]

That was written in 48 laws of power.

[@raulg705]

Mr. Green I started listening to you through KZbin now I'm buying your books to read them on my spare time on the weekends

[@diannerussell9653]

I love Robert, he has taught me a lot about intuition. If something feels off with a person or place than get away from it. 💕💕💕

[@usedtobeifb]

Great talk. My favorite quotes are: "Thinking about structure, process, organization, they're not natural to us, but in making ourselves do it we will naturally expand what we consider giving ourselves more possible creative associations and connections." “What we call creativity is nothing more than the ability that some people cultivate to search wider, to imagine more possibilities, to imagine more connections, to associate what has never been associated before…namely to go beyond the A, B, and, C” "Try by expanding your knowledge to seemingly unrelated fields. By applying what you know from a different field and by using this expanded research, you will naturally absorb and use different patterns of thinking. This will make you ask a different set of questions before you begin your project." "Think of creativity as the ultimate synthesis of the child and the adult within you...It is not that we alternate sometimes between the child here and the adult there, but that we fuse the two together into one inseparable whole, that whole being the creative individual. "

[@jolly7728]

Terrific book (and talk)! He articulates many of the subconscious thinking processes that help the creative mind navigate the enormous pile up of choices at the mind's disposal and how and why some people are better at this than others.

[@vanessanansove1918]

I'll name my son greene after this intelligent man

[@4lugan]

Better name him Robert

[@arunmoses2197]

That's a really strange first name lol

[@Timothonius]

You can't find mastery nor can you find creativity in his books. However, you can find ways to ENHANCE your mastery of the CREATIVE PROCESS in his books. Regardless of whether or not he's a true "master", I found his ideas tremendously useful.

[@Ngurez]

When you understand what is power, you don't have to rush for anything. See that Robert speaks so slow and confident but he thinks a lot and reads a lot too. I guess he is ever tired.

[@robertm346]

As usual, Digital Robert Greene is best consumed at 1.5x normal speed. No hard feelings, Robert; we just want your wisdom as efficiently as possible.

[@atbacus]

So glad I saw this comment.

[@quantumpotential7639]

Just slow down. You're mind is going so fast it's gonna blow a gasket and spew oiL all over the track and cause a bad wipe out with all the other minds around you. Think Responsibly. Thanks.

[@Bbygirl2829]

beautiful words. Thank you Greene, you are my biggest inspiration.

[@AnubhavSingh259]

I have been reading lots of books watching many spiritual enlightening videos and they all indicate toward some simple priniciples.

[@jeremiahbarlow1924]

@ 27:00 minutes, He was talking about tight uncreative minds. My thoughts went to the fear of financial weakness, or the fear of the loss of love, or the fear of ill-health, or the fear of anything... then he talked about it right here.

[@steveroh777]

I love how these Google Talks just get started without 5 or 10 painful minutes of bloviating introduction

[@rifatulislamhimel172]

I love this talk...as we get older, we lose our sense of wonder and curiosity, and we tend to think we know it all.

[@rae-annhendershot508]

This man just described exactly how I process information… and all this time, I thought I was inferior and insignificant.

[@swapnil988]

I closed my eyes thinking the bell would ring after a minute. It rang after a second 🥲

[@bharti4632]

Best book I have ever read in my last 20 years

[@nickilovesdogs8137]

Wait, wait, wait. Aelita Andre is the youngest modern artist today, she is 9 years old and among the top 100. Children do make beautiful and professional art sometimes. Aelita started at around 8 month old.

[@bumbuncomputerlessons4240]

watching it is like attending one of the best seminars in the world

[@ccoutreach873]

Thanks Robert- the ability to live with uncertainty [for a time] is a productive habit to be learned

[@PhyllisCaddell]

Awesome lecture. Great storyteller.

[@millymilly8097]

Excellent lecture! Also, you would expect that Google provided two cameras and two microphones for audience and eventual questions but it didn't :(

[@santosmedina8974]

ROBERT GREENE YOU ARE MY MENTOR, I HAVE ALL OF YOUR BOOKS MY FAVOREIT IS MASTERY, AND 48 LAWS OF POWER , AND THE 50 LAWS I WISH YOU CAME TO LAS VEGAS I REALLY LIKE TO MEET YOU

[@prashram7781]

Oh, btw,Thank you so much for putting this up on KZbin.. !

[@keira1412]

He seems to know a lot about psychology. Both cognitive psychology and social psychology are covered in the talk.

[@shevvin2014]

brilliant. i agree, i wish you were my friend. you understand so much more....and help me understand society as well even more so... :)

[@Omerath9]

And not just the latter, it is very important to teach people, especially from an early age, to think and dwell upon their own emotions. One of the biggest problems in today's western culture, especially Anglo-Saxon culture, is the belief that the more detached one is from his emotions, the more intelligent he will be. I believe it's the exact opposite. The dichotomy is not between being "emotive" or "rational", it's between being emotionally balanced or unbalanced. The current state of affairs leads more to emotional imbalance.

[@funkywarrior3906]

How do you gain emotional balance?

[@lizgichora6472]

Curiosity and Creativity through following a set of principles and values, testing ideas that are reasonable and realistic . Thank you Robert Greene, we need adults in the room.

[@Symn0203]

These Google Talks are so genius. I love them

[@charleswachira7386]

Very enlightening talk. Helps us to have an open mind to new ideas

[@Knight007SemperFi]

After reading months of Jung's' work; is was great to hear you make the point that his work was very much base on many of the insight you are sharing. We leave out synchronicity LOL not to send purely scientific minded out of the dialog. Back on point -- I find Jung work "rename" and rightly in many cases yet understanding the Archetypes studies and two school of thought on the subject is key to the "serious play"... Great talk Mr. Greene.

[@KingLoDaTruth]

I read all Robert Greene Books 📚 !

[@adamovard5329]

I would love to apprentice under him. I'm aspiring writer with a focus on communication and crowed psychology. Anyway Roberts books are amazing. They are very intoxicating.

[@romchiks]

then contact him! Why are you telling this to us? Is it because it is easier? Take the road less travelled! ;)

[@sarahmcbeth9156]

When I read the 48 laws of power I never thought I would like the author. Glad to have been proved wrong.

[@steveg3314]

I love listening to Robert!

[@saabweharrison7182]

You have brains Wayne Radinsky, I find your piece so revealing rather mind opening. As we adapt the flexibility of the child's mind ,we even learn a lesson of always chatting with our children and check what dreams ( ideas) they harbor so we could help them nurture such ideas into reality...I like the mental exercises described in your piece.

[@gnuPirate]

Great talk! Thank you google for bringing this to us. Great insights, Robert.

[@koricthegreat4047]

I tried the minute of silence but they edited it out...or did I blank out of time and space for a minute!?!?!!!?

[@kristiansen1012]

+Koric TheGreat are you stupid???

[@warmcupoftea8928]

It was edited

[@prezidenttrump5171]

@@kristiansen1012 Are you?

[@maverick.tough23]

What book read to first, The 48 Laws of Power or Mastery?

[@bookswithbenjamin8902]

Mastery first , then 48 laws of power .

[@gaminggen5807]

Myhirus Lokian mastery then 48 laws of power

[@kennethflorek8532]

He creatively glamorized history a tad for his examples. Henry Ford said the idea of a moving assembly line came at a popular Chicago tourist attaction, a meat packing plant. Carcasses hanging from a line were moved into positions in front of stationary workers who each made a few specific cuts. Einstein was a fully degreed career physicist. He verified the physics of inventions at the patent office and enjoyed it. Etc.

[@TheFearmoths]

These academic types have all this research and knowledge at their finger tips, but they really need to learn how to communicate in concise and interesting ways.

[@paradoxal4]

The Fearmoths Orr.. maybe you need to learn how to enjoy listening, understanding and gaining knowledge and information from such a great author.

[@TheFearmoths]

Mr_Robot No. A good teacher can hold the interest of a bad student.

[@millymilly8097]

If this lecture is boring for you, then go and chase Pokemons! This is not for you!

[@Lavidadeyari]

The Fearmoths no if it’s not your interested.

[@dozielucasimo7025]

One thing I find interesting about this interview and Robert is how his examples and illustration relates to my field(software) and how he delivers them... Great Interview

[@RichardMillion]

to eliminate when Robert says knowledge, he does not mean reading a book or knowing some thing by watching some thing, He means Action every day action for years.

[@OneSliceNation]

Kenny Werner talks about this in his book Effortless Mastery, how musicians often have more fun and are more creative when playing an instrument different from their own

[@arvindkiwelekar4800]

One of the most wonderful talk I heard and watched on KZbin

[@ShelterDogs]

The guy with the laptop is very distracting. You'd think Google would have a "no laptop" policy when filming these Talks.

[@dfgmorgan]

26:13 - Cultivate negative capability - Think like outsider - use active imagination - subvert your patterns of thinking

[@agj3358]

homies got that Bruce banner vibe

[@agj3358]

Mr. Greene, you won't like him when he's angry

[@sudarshanbadoni6643]

Thanks. Reluctant to go through this video as mind is already saturated due to old age nearing eighty in near future. Darvin's experiment of a fool is very cool line in the talk worth experimenting. PERHAPS a fool wants to become a seeker of something that gives core satisfaction to the one. The CONTENT and concepts building in this talk are very different and INSPIRING. thanks again.

[@mpcc2022]

Full warning this is for individuals who have already acquired an expertise in some particular domain of knowledge.

[@frankalbarran7097]

em·brace /əmˈbrās/ Learn to pronounce verb 1. hold (someone) closely in one's arms, especially as a sign of affection. "Aunt Sophie embraced her warmly" synonyms: hug, take/hold in one's arms, hold, cuddle, clasp to one's bosom, clasp, squeeze, clutch, seize, grab; More 2. accept or support (a belief, theory, or change) willingly and enthusiastically. "besides traditional methods, artists are embracing new technology" synonyms: welcome, accept, receive enthusiastically/wholeheartedly, take up, take to one's heart, welcome/receive with open arms, adopt.

[@BesharALAzzawi]

Amazing! Thank you Robert Greene

[@Real_SacredSpace]

Great Lecture by one of my best and most realistic authors. I'm still studying the mastery.

[@marcniola]

Great talk to hear on a Monday morning before getting into thr office. I really need to make time tp practice meditation.

[@QuiietHeart]

To the comment section: So all lectures have to have some spectacle for you to enjoy them? Jerez leave Robert alone. Stop criticizing his appearance and listen to the damn wisdom.

[@alishawilson6083]

I love Robert greene everybody but this one especially ❤

[@JugurthaHadjar]

Here's what I don't have negative capability for: Pop culture that makes people know Einstein, and completely ignore who Poincaré is. That makes Edison a genius, but Tesla an unknown but for a damn few.

[@hi5all]

Can't thank you enough. I feel like stealing priceless knowledge. Hope we'll utilize it.

[@tmz_worldwide]

does anyone have the footage of the Bill Oreilly show when he interviews Robert Greene?

[@Omerath9]

And this "structuring", this ability to think like an "outsider" that Robert Greene talks about, requires above all, an emotional restructure.

[@FoxcHoney]

Be humble, for you stand on the shoulders of giants.

[@leandrodeleite]

Thank you for bringing him to talk! Amazing!

[@renehenriksen1735]

When he talks about the mind that is able to see in multiple dimensions I can´t help of thinking that he´s talking about freedom in thought and movement.

[@ronaldingwe8703]

This Man is a Genius

[@clray123]

He's the master at taking liberties with truth to fit his theories and make it seem more appealing to his readers/listeners.

[@kikin310]

this was a lot of rubish

[@panthershakti2911]

Can you give an example to support your argument, please?

[@frankalbarran7097]

tight /tīt/ Learn to pronounce adjective 1. fixed, fastened, or closed firmly; hard to move, undo, or open. "she twisted her handkerchief into a tight knot" synonyms: compact, compacted, compressed, dense, hard, unyielding, solid "a tight mass of fibers" 2. (of a rope, fabric, or surface) stretched so as to leave no slack; not loose. "the drawcord pulls tight" synonyms: taut, rigid, stiff, tense, stretched, strained, stressed "the rope was pulled tight"

[@CandyLemon36]

This content is second to none. A book I read recently offered the same caliber of insight and changed my life. "AWS Unleashed: Mastering Amazon Web Services for Software Engineers" by Harrison Quill

[@nadineblake6354]

He has had a stroke and is recovering well. His speech is a bit slower but just as coherent as always.

[@nobertstanel9428]

Great information, Thank You.

[@santiagomorgner6029]

Summary: 1- Cultivate negative capability 2- Think like an outsider 3- Use active imagination 4- Subvert your patterns of thinking

[@Quentin-rr4xb]

I have been practicing yoga for some years now and find it still impossible to enter the space between thoughts where no thought exist.

[@panthershakti2911]

try hemisync audio

[@ItchyKOS]

Anyone else try to do the one minute thing and then it was over in a few seconds because the video skipped ahead? Then think wtf just happened and think you were hypnotized? lol

[@nicolasmaldonado1428]

Roberto Verdee es genial. Es un gusto escucharlo siempre. Inteligente, profundo e impredecible en sus enseñanzas. Definitivamente lo seguiré buscando, escuchando y leyendo, por ahora escucharlo en KZbin. (Hay un análisis que hace de la guerra de Ucrania que recomiendo lo busquen)

[@mukhitkazi]

he has vast knowledge and understanding good lecture it was

[@MichaelCowann]

Dat neck vain though

[@MrCantStopTheRobot]

+Michael Cowan I had to scroll down and only listen to the video, just because of it.

[@USNavyMC]

+MrCantStopTheRobot I tried that but could still hear the constant hard swallowing. Does he need water or something?

[@koricthegreat4047]

+Michael Cowan The robot voice at the beginning only emphasized his neck vein.

[@Elendill2003]

Great, now I can't unsee it. Haha. Great guy though, beautiful books.

[@StubbornFight]

This is like Vocal chord nodules or something relevant

[@victormowla3547]

A master gives a talk about mastery.