AuthorRobert Greene
LanguageEnglish
SubjectStrategy, Self-help, Philosophy
GenreNon-fiction
PublisherViking
Publication date2012
Pages352
Preceded byThe 50th Law


Mastery(2012) is the fifth book by American authorRobert Greene. The book examines the lives of great historical figures—such as Charles Darwin,Mozart, and Henry Ford—and contemporary leaders—such as Paul Grahamand Freddie Roach—and distills the traits and universal ingredients that made them masters.

Origins
The book originated from a realization that Greene had in 2007.In writing and researching his first four books (includingThe 48 Laws of Power), Greene concluded that all the people he studied and wrote about—no matter their field, culture, or moment in history—followed the same pathway topower. After finishing his fourth book,The 50th Law, Greene began to examine this concept in depth and decided that it would be the focus of his next book.


Synopsis
Masteryexplains how to become a leader in any given field by examining the lives and pathways to success of historical masters such as Mozart, Einstein and Darwin, as well as "living masters" which Greene interviewed—including Paul Graham, Freddie Roach,Santiago Calatrava,Temple Grandin,Yoky Matsuoka,V.S. Ramachandran,Teresita Fernandez,Cesar Rodriguez, andDaniel Everett.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastery_(book)

QUOTE
Think of it this way: There are two kinds of failure. The first comes from never trying out your ideas because you are afraid, or because you are waiting for the perfect time. This kind of failure you can never learn from, and such timidity will destroy you. The second kind comes from a bold and venturesome spirit. If you fail in this way, the hit that you take to your reputation is greatly outweighed by what you learn. Repeated failure will toughen your spirit and show you with absolute clarity how things must be done.
Robert Greene

Any person that get me a job, will get this book FOC.

20 Lessons Of Mastery Learned From Robert Greene
 

1 - Understand who you truly are, and what kind of vocation or career you feel called to do.

2 - Commit to an apprenticeship, in which you undergo years of humble observation, skill acquisition, and experimentation.

3 - Revert to a feeling of inferiority, and possess and deep humility and eagerness to learn from others.

4 - Move toward resistance and pain, let go of need for comfort/security, and cross the threshold past the initial tedious stages of learning.

5 - After apprenticeship phase, you must become bold, confident, and willing to test out skills and make connections between different ideas.

6 - Learn to embrace criticism and failure, and be grateful for the opportunity to learn and improve as a result of your mistakes.

7 - Understand that there is an emotional component, not intellectual, that separates the true masters from others.

8 - Develop your social intelligence, and your ability to empathetically put yourself in another person’s shoes and see/understand things from his or her perspective.

9 - Move past the habitual tendency to judge others or idealize/demonize them, and simply observe them rather than projecting your own thoughts, emotions, or insecurities onto them.

10 - You must be wary of many peoples’ tendencies to display certain vices that could hinder your progress, such as: envy, conformism, rigidity, self-obsessiveness, laziness, flightiness, and passive aggression.

11 - Learn to speak through your work, and to win others to your side of thinking by being patient and letting what you have done speak for itself.

12 - Try to see yourself as other see you, so that you can remain emotionally detached and try to improve upon your flaws and shortcomings.

13 - Suffer fools gladly, and don’t take criticism seriously or personally from people who don’t know what they’re talking about.

14 - Return to your childlike sense of wonder and endless curiosity about all things in order to stimulate your creative energy.

15 - Drop all preconceived notions about he world, and utilize the power of your imagination to the fullest.

16 - Always be open and receptive to new ideas that challenge conventionality, and don’t be afraid of thinking something that is unpopular.

17 - Love learning for its own sake, and connect a wide array of ideas from different fields of study and disciplines.

18 - Maintain a sense of destiny/purpose and feel consciously connected to it.

19 - Qualities that will help you succeed: Self-discipline, desire, persistence, focus, effort, patience, energy, obsessiveness, observance, confidence, trust in self, emotional commitment, humility, adaptability, boldness, openness.

20 - Qualities that hinder your success: Complacency, conservatism, dependency, impatience, grandiosity, inflexibility, distractibility, becoming egotistical, close-mindedness.
http://addicted2success.com/success-advice/20-powerful-lessons-in-the-art-of-mastery-by-robert-greene/