The Laws of Human Nature with Robert Greene

Today we have Robert Greene on the podcast. Robert is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The 48 Laws of Power, The 33 Strategies of War, The Art of Seduction, and Mastery, and is an internationally renowned expert on power strategies. His latest book is The Laws of Human Nature.
In this episode we discuss:
What is human nature?
How to transform self-love into empathy
The deep narcissist vs. the the heathy narcissist
Abraham Maslow’s encounter with Alfred Adler
How to confront your dark side
Returning to your more authentic self
How people who are one-sided are concealing the opposite trait
The importance of not taking yourself too seriously
How to see through people’s masks
The importance of assessing people’s actions over time
Why toxic types have a peculiar sort of charm
Healthy people-pleasers vs. toxic people-pleasers
How to get in deep contact with your purpose
The importance of becoming aware of the “spirit of the generation”
How to confront your mortality and open your mind to the sublime
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[@ishtyaqali5164]

This men is world of knowledge about human behaviour

[@julzzcan9490]

Terrific interview, Greene doesn't mind the questioning and dialogue, he's the real gem!

[@fionabell1744]

Great interview. I could listen to his insights all day. Thankyou x

[@user-yk9sk7pg6v]

Thanks Mr Greene

[@nidanabeel316]

Thanks to quarantine:had it not there I couldn’t have managed to discover such a mind wizard

[@TNTN1977]

Young interviewer. Greene was gracious while delivering practical info.

[@epic2783]

this interview with robert greene is monumental! thank you so much, really loved it.

[@nyc1234100]

Thanks for listening!

[@epic2783]

@@nyc1234100 Scott, thank you for all the work you put into these podcasts, much appreciated!

[@mikekaranja63]

Fantastic interview! Really looking forward to his sublime book.

[@nyc1234100]

Thanks, so am I!

[@asherrichards3581]

Nice that Robert is putting up with interviewer, truly practicing what he teaches 👍

[@desclavia]

whats wrong with him?

[@nyc1234100]

Gee thanks Asher. Any constructive feedback? I'm always trying to learn and grow.

[@rahatshamshieva200]

What an epic conversation! So deep, sincere and meaningful! Questions have been up to the point, if I ever haven't given up learning English, it is to be able to understand such great authors as Robert Greene. Thank you so much Scott, your questions are so wise!

[@carolgerber6375]

Thank you to both of you. Love, love, love the part about our shadow self. Truly appreciate the humanity of Scott!

[@joan3891]

Spectacular interview. I’m gobbling up the Greene.

[@nyc1234100]

He's great.

[@aliciaramos9531]

Loved this interview

[@venkataponnaganti]

A very enlightening conversation. Thank you.

[@BrianScalabrineMVP]

Thanks Scott I come back to 1:05:30 frequently

[@hawkarae]

Just discovered this channel and will apparently be spending the day here with some perennial favorites. Thank you!

[@nadeembaig5940]

Did you find any other such podcast

[@viniciuslisboa8937]

Thank you, this podcast is making my graduation in psychology so much rich and insighful! Cheers from Brazil🇧🇷

[@gods_eyeon_the_sparrow7015]

This Was Just What I Needed To Hear

[@drnona92]

I loved it

[@gnu7839]

I am coming from a Jordan Peterson Podcast and filtered for most popular of your videos. Great I have found you though this. I like your style I have seen so far. I don't like iTunes or patreon as I found PayPal sending money to a friend more fitting and you have no money being taken out of it. If I find your PayPal I will be glad to support your efforts you put in this! Cheers!

[@waynerichardson1051]

Loved it

[@nidanabeel316]

Thanks for recognising a narcissist even within myself,I always looked at others to have such characteristic ,not knowing that we all practice such behaviour to some extent

[@ThePsychologyPodcast]

I agree!

[@TracyLFillion]

Great podcast. Thank you for doing what you do. P.S. Bought the book "Laws of Human Nature." Can't wait to get into it.

[@raniatahoun568]

Very interesting stuff here >> Thank you I loved the sublime in the end

[@ORIGINALLANDEROS]

Beautiful

[@robertcoleman7033]

Huge fan

[@Mr1094Mike]

Sublime talk starts at 1:05:26

[@rhettburleson744]

the 33 strategies of war rule 2 never fight your last battle , I need that since my ex girlfriend who I was totally inlove with is a cop caller and I kept thinking it would go away and we’d be together forever . Nope and allso once a cop caller always . We are each one teach one 😋 thanks everybody

[@user-ej7dg2re6o]

*How Human Nature Works* Human nature is the desire to receive, also called “desire to enjoy,” and it functions by receiving what is beneficial to itself and rejecting what is harmful. Everything in our lives is built upon this calculation where we first try to distance ourselves from harm, and then seek how to draw ourselves closer to what is beneficial. Human nature also includes a multilayering of systems that work simultaneously on still, vegetative, animate and human levels. One of those systems is our bodily one, which operates involuntarily. If our bodies are healthy, then they know what is good for them and draw that goodness to themselves. After the bodily system, there is the emotional system, which also functions relatively according to instinct. From the emotional system, we move to the mind, and from the mind to the intellect, and so on. That is, we have systems over systems that concurrently work on receiving what is beneficial and rejecting what is harmful. Such is human nature and the essence of our lives. Our every desire, thought and action operates according to the calculation, “How can we receive what is most beneficial to us and reject what is harmful?”

[@micheleinacharles-hazellem1968]

Good work

[@kaldagenius]

It's never enough! Read my mind 👌 😉

[@shklnxdr]

Not putting the comment about interviewer, avoiding to be judgmental. :P

[@nyc1234100]

I get it, I wasn't at my best as an interviewer that day. I've tried to learn from my mistakes and become a better interview over the years. You may be interested in more recent episodes of the podcast. I hope you have grown over the years as well, Ashok.

[@AnnaMishel]

Furthermore, there is an easy yardstick to determine (to a high degree of accuracy), those characteristics that are genetic, and those that are not. If a certain characteristic is very difficult (or impossible) to change, I.e., eye color, skin color, hair texture, height, body type, IQ, musical/art ability, “narcissism”, “psychopathy” . . it is most likely inherited. If it is relatively easy to change . . language spoken, religion, educational level etc . . It is most likely acquired.

[@kaldagenius]

👌

[@ammarhayat8151]

im not too sure i would call, just being ourselves that is not hurtful to anyone, our dark side.. if it is just not following a 'order'.. dark side/shadow are parts of ourselves i feel that can be hurtful to others if we don't discipline our animal side..

[@nidanabeel316]

Oh the interviewer is really overwhelming,the way he s showing his own personal dark side is unbearable:hat off to Mr greene for allowing him to spoil his wisdom

[@ThePsychologyPodcast]

I agree. May I ask why I was "overwhelming"? I try my best, and have learned a lot. You may be interested in my more recent episodes. I'm always learning and growing, and yes, that even means sometimes talking to trolls!

[@desclavia]

@@ThePsychologyPodcast I have listened and watched quite a few interviews with Robert Greene on this book, and this interview was by far the most informative and interesting. I will come back and listen to it at least once more, to pick up all the details I could not remember after the first listening, Thank you Scott, great work! i think the negative comments by viewers are completely unnecessary and unfounded (as they often are on KZbin). Thanks again, you got a subscriber here! Cheers

[@nyc1234100]

@@desclavia Thank you so much, really appreciate your comment! Glad you are getting value from my podcasts. I put my heart and soul into it.

[@maurisiotamayo4891]

The host got the same laugh as the asian pastor from i pronounce you chuck and larry💀

[@zeroinsecurities9971]

1:08:50

[@eyorusalemeyasu4774]

Because I show the lawyer seyem to you uot speak zasway I Good lawyer

[@nate.t1739]

Woah, introverts are deeply narcissistic? That really is eye opening. Crushed a personal misnomer.

[@kaldagenius]

Yes, we are. 😊

[@robertimmanuel577]

introverts are the most damaged ones. they never got any psychological support they needed when they were younger. The society is to blame

[@livehabesha4642]

So I'm a narcissist? 👿🤭

[@odysseynoone3831]

He was making the point that there are two forms of deep narcissism as it manifests itself differently depending on whether the person is an introvert or extrovert.

[@Burning_Babylon]

viral contagion of emotion....is the narcissist speaking on empathy from the perspective of a monster

[@cedricbluman3512]

This interviewer man...

[@nyc1234100]

You may want to listen to more recent episodes of the podcast. I'd like to think I've grown a lot over the years as an interviewer. Always open to constructive feedback. Robert is a dear friend and mentor and I was very excited to be speaking with him.

[@rereviews8745]

@@nyc1234100 i am glad i read this from you, because i left a comment about how i found you annoying. reading this though makes me empathize with your struggles as someone engaging in a public forum where you are open to being judge. despite my more recent comments, i still wish you the best and i hope i would chance upon your more recent work, especially if you have a person or author i am interested in.

[@thejokersonyou]

The I'd, Ego and Super Ego... Minus the Oedipus complex or death desire nonsense

[@rereviews8745]

great interview, but i found the interviewer annoying with his little inserts of cring-ey mistimed jokes (i am in the 40 minute mark, and he has done that twice), focus on pronouncing german sentences i could not care about (yeah i get it, you know a sophisticated German Philosopher's work in great detail, lets move on please), and hints of "i know that too" comments. i have been watching a lot of robert greene interviews the past week ... this is the only interviewer that annoyed me enough to leave this comment. It probably speaks a lot about mine and the interviewer's shadow.

[@ChrisJohnson-bj1wn]

I don't think the interview did a good job.