Episode · Huberman Lab · 2023-12-04
Books mentioned on A Process for Finding & Achieving Your Unique Purpose | Robert Greene
In this episode, my guest is Robert Greene, multiple New York Times bestselling author and expert on human psychology and behavior both at the individual and group levels and in the context of relationships, careers, and society.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Mastery
Mastery by Robert Greene is a comprehensive guide that explores the developmental paths of historical and contemporary figures to explain how individuals can achieve true excellence and mastery in their chosen fields.
Discussed“I first learned about Robert's work from reading the book Mastery, which to my mind is a brilliant exploration and a practical tool for how to think about and pursue one's purpose.”
Where to get it
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Longitude
Longitude by Dava Sobel is a historical non-fiction book that tells the dramatic story of John Harrison, an eighteenth-century clockmaker who spent decades developing the marine chronometer to solve the deadly navigational problem of determining longitude at sea.
Discussed“I recommended three books at the end of the course every year that I taught it I taught it for four years and one of the books was the book longitude which is a wonderful story about discovery of timekeeping devices at c”
Where to get it
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Principles of Neural Science, Fifth Edition
Principles of Neural Science, Fifth Edition by Eric R.
Recommended“One book I’ll leave as a mystery, not to be mysterious, but because it's a science book; I'll just tell you that it’s 'Principles of Neuroscience.'”
Where to get it
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Principles of Neural Science
Discussed“it's um uh principles of Neuroscience so I thought that I don't know that one yeah it's a big it makes a better a door stop uh for most than than a book but it's it's a wonderful resource um if you want to learn about neuroscience”
Where to get it
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Frames Of Mind
Frames of Mind by Howard Gardner is a landmark psychology text that introduces the theory of multiple intelligences, arguing that human cognitive capacity is better understood as a set of distinct faculties rather than a single general intelligence score.
Recommended“and there's a book I recommend for everybody uh it's Howard Gardner's five frames of mind it's helped me immensely the idea is he talks about five forms of intelligence”
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Five Minds for the Future
Five Minds for the Future by Howard Gardner is an insightful non-fiction book that explores various forms of intelligence and provides valuable perspectives on mental capabilities required in a changing world.
Recommended“When you're very young, they direct you towards intellectual and mental pursuits as well, and there's a book I recommend for everybody—it's Howard Gardner's 'Five Frames of Mind.'”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (13) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“Robert Green is an author who has written more than five bestselling books including the 48 Laws of Power the laws of human nature and Mastery”
“Robert Green is an author who has written more than five bestselling books including the 48 Laws of Power the laws of human nature and Mastery”
“Robert Green is an author who has written more than five bestselling books including the 48 Laws of Power the laws of human nature and Mastery”
“Robert Greene is an author who has written more than five bestselling books, including The 48 Laws of Power, The Laws of Human Nature, and Mastery.”
“Robert Greene is an author who has written more than five bestselling books, including The 48 Laws of Power, The Laws of Human Nature, and Mastery.”
“Robert Greene is an author who has written more than five bestselling books, including The 48 Laws of Power, The Laws of Human Nature, and Mastery.”
“And your book, 'Mastery.'”
“The reason I recommended 'Mastery' is because these students were soon going to enter the great jungle of post-undergraduate education.”
“For me, I found 'Mastery' to be an absolutely transformative book in that it taught me so much about how to learn from others and how to expect certain types of interactions when one kind of assigns themselves to a mentor and vice versa.”
“I usually end with a great debt of gratitude, and I'll probably do that again at the end, but I want to start with a great debt of gratitude; 'Mastery' transformed my entire life, and in many ways this podcast probably wouldn't exist were it not for 'Mastery.'”
“a lot of women have written to me since the Art of Seduction sort of saying that their boyfriend or husband was applying some of these tactics on them and it was very painful and they were kind of a little bit angry at me for for it but then they kind of realized that they it wasn't they didn't”
“my version of The Art of War it's called 33 Strategies of War but it's really about strategy the Strategic thinking”
“This notion you referred to, 'death ground,' is an important tactic from my book, '33 Strategies of War,' which is about strategic thinking inspired by Sun Tzu.”