Mastery -

Robert Greene

Viking Adult

2012

352 páginas

11h 44m

ISBN-10: 0670024961

The eagerly anticipated new book from the author of the bestselling The 48 Laws of Power

What did Charles Darwin, middling schoolboy and underachieving second son, do to become one of the earliest and greatest naturalists the world has known? What were the similar choices made by Mozart and by Caesar Rodriguez, the U.S. Air Force’s last ace fighter pilot? In Mastery, Robert Greene’s fifth book, he mines the biographies of great historical figures for clues about gaining control over our own lives and destinies. Picking up where The 48 Laws of Power left off, Greene culls years of research and original interviews to blend historical anecdote and psychological insight, distilling the universal ingredients of the world’s masters.

Temple Grandin, Martha Graham, Henry Ford, Buckminster Fuller—all have lessons to offer about how the love for doing one thing exceptionally well can lead to mastery. Yet the secret, Greene maintains, is already in our heads. Debunking long-held cultural myths, he demonstrates just how we, as humans, are hardwired for achievement and supremacy. Fans of Greene’s earlier work and Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers will eagerly devour this canny and erudite explanation of just what it takes to be great.

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2.5 (Razoável)

Incrivelmente chato

Impressionante como é chato. Meu deus do céu. Até agora não acredito que demorei tanto pra chegar na conclusão de que o livro realmente não ia ficar bom, não tinha mensagem maravilhosa que viria, não tinha nada: CHATO DEMAIS. Li 300+ páginas e não sei o que aprendi com esse livro.