Reflections on Journalism and Demagoguery

Robert Greene (@RobertGreene) is the author of multiple New York Times bestsellers on power and strategy. His latest book is The Daily Laws: 366 Meditations on Power, Seduction, Mastery, Strategy, and Human Nature. [This is part two of a two-part episode. Make sure to catch part one here!]

• The benefits of cultivating profound dissatisfaction with your own work while it's still in the process of being created.
• Why the attitude you have of the world has a feedback effect on the way the world sees you (and how you can change that attitude if it doesn't serve you).
• The emotional self thrives on ignorance: how focusing on the rational instead of succumbing to your feelings deprives those who prey on your emotions of their power.
• How you can balance the need to be rational, cautious, and skeptical with the benefits of being curious and open-minded to new ideas.
• What you can do to train yourself to see past the front that people put on and discover the signs of their true character.
• And much more...

Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/582

Like this show? Please leave us a review here -- even one sentence helps! Consider including your Twitter handle so we can thank you personally!

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.