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Mastery
- 344 pages · about 6 hours
- First published 2012
- 6 editions
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1 About this book
Mastery, published in 2012, is Robert Greene's study of how people reach the highest level of skill in their field. He examines the lives of historical figures, among them Charles Darwin, Mozart, Albert Einstein and Henry Ford, and of contemporary ones he interviewed, such as the animal scientist Temple Grandin, the programmer Paul Graham, the boxing trainer Freddie Roach and the roboticist Yoky Matsuoka. From these he draws a common path: finding the work one is suited to, serving a long apprenticeship, learning from mentors, dealing shrewdly with other people, and at last joining deep knowledge to intuition and creativity.
- Personal growth
- Success
- Successful people
2 What to expect
A long study of how exceptional skill is built, by the author of The 48 Laws of Power. Greene traces a path from finding one's vocation, through years of apprenticeship and mentoring, to creative mastery, and illustrates each stage with life stories, from Darwin and Mozart to living scientists and artists. It is driven by those stories, earnest in tone, and argues that mastery comes from sustained practice more than from inborn genius.
3 About Robert Greene
Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
4 More by Robert Greene
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