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Technically not really a book, just raw transcriptions of interviews. The main benefit wil be to compare the inital discussions to the final result in “Mastery”, when I read it.
This book contains the interviews on which Robert Greene based his book Mastery. This reading provided some additional insights for the people spotlighted in Mastery, and allowed me to see more of what they did to succeed in life. I read this as an addition to Mastery. This is not a summary of the book. It contains the in-depth interviews Greene conducted with people.
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A collection of interviews to accompany "Mastery" . . .To me, this collection was very hit-or-miss. I loved some of the interviews, and didn't really care about others. Hard to qualify what my reaction was, but for the collection as a whole, it's kind of a "meh' . . . Take what you want, leave the rest, that's my advice, unless (like me) you're compulsive about reading the whole book . . .
My reaction to this book is so divided, within myself, it's hard to know which side to start from. As an overview of the characteristics, experiences and drive of "masters," like Einstein, da Vinci and Darwin, this is an impressive and compelling read. It's the takeaways that I really did NOT like. The front cover says, "The modern Machiavelli." So, be more selfish. I suppose that kind of copy sells books to people who are more concerned with ends than means, but it also undercuts the main thesi...
Unfortunatley, I don't get much time to read, but after finishing this book and finding this website, I'd just want to recommend this book to you right now, a truly interesting read to say the least. Hurt me everytime I knew that I had to put the book down.
