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Mastery / Robert Greene.

Greene, Robert, (author.).

Summary:

Robert Greene, the "modern Machiavelli" debunks the prevailing mythology of success and presents a radical new way to greatness.

Record details

ISBN: 9780670026302
ISBN: 0670026301
ISBN: 9780143124177
ISBN: 014312417X
ISBN: 9780670024964
ISBN: 0670024961
Physical Description: xvi, 336 pages ; 24 cm
Publisher: New York : Viking Penguin, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2012.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-322) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

The ultimate power ; The evolution of mastery ; Keys to mastery -- Discover your calling : the life's task. The hidden force ; Keys to mastery ; Strategies for finding your life's task ; Reversal -- Submit to reality : the ideal apprenticeship. The first transformation ; Keys to mastery ; Strategies for completing the ideal apprenticeship ; Reversal -- Absorb the master's power : the mentor dynamic. The alchemy of knowledge ; Keys to mastery ; Strategies for deepening the mentor relationship ; Reversal -- See people as they are : social intelligence. Thinking inside ; Keys to mastery ; Strategies for acquiring social intelligence ; Reversal -- Awaken the dimensional mind : the creative-active. The second transformation ; Keys to mastery ; Strategies for the creative-active phase ; Reversal -- Fuse the intuitive with the rational : mastery. The third transformation ; Keys to mastery ; Strategies for attaining mastery ; Reversal -- Contemporary master biographies.