Episode · The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett · 2024-03-18
Books mentioned on The Manipulation Expert: "You're Being Manipulated!", "Use Jealousy To Manipulate People!" & "How To Know If Someone Hates You!"
Understanding the laws human nature is one of the most crucial skills in life, so why do so few of us take the time to learn them? Robert Greene is a New York Times bestselling author, whose books include, ‘The 48 Laws of Power’, ’The Art of Seduction’, and ’The 33 Strategies of War’.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Laws of Human Nature
The Laws of Human Nature by Robert Greene is a comprehensive psychology book exploring the rational and irrational motivations that drive human behavior.
Discussed“Robert you wrote a book about human nature in 2018 called the laws of human nature”
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The 48 Laws of Power
The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene and Joost Elffers is a provocative exploration of strategy, social dynamics, and historical power structures.
Discussed“what is it at the heart of the 48 Laws of Power that some people are triggered by”
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Rules for Radicals
Rules for Radicals by Saul Alinsky is a famous political strategy manual written to guide community organizers and activists on how to effect social change and build power.
Discussed“there was a great um uh man on the left named Saul Alinsky who wrote a book called Rules for Radicals”
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“um so I wrote the 48 Laws of Power and prior of that book I was somebody who never had any power in life”
“but the book Mastery helped him a lot”