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Desire and greed are powerful emotions that drive people to take decisions and actions in an irrational way.
For this reason, this law indicates that many people have the need to achieve success at any cost, and to obtain more.
Robert Greene suggests having control of our desire, without letting it consuming us. And in the same way, use the desire and greed of others to our advantage. Turning us into more attractive and desirable people in society.
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People often feel atrapeated in unfavorable situations due to a negative attitude and the tendency to sabotage themselves constantly.
These patterns can difficult to change, and can lead to a sensation of frustration and despair.
In this case, Robert Greene sugge...
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This law goes hand in hand with learning to control our emotions and manage them properly for greater effective personal development.
Greene thinks that many of our decisions and actions are driven by irrational emotions, which are not always conscious.
For this ...
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Here I will summarize some laws of human nature and later, I will publish the second part to continue learning a little more about Robert Greene's book. Having mentioned this, we can begin!.
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It is important to expand our vision and perpective to achieve success, since many people have limited vision and are not able to see beyond their small mental world. This leads them to be less able to adapt to changing situations.
Therefore, Greene suggests raising our perspec...
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There are people who have defensive attitudes and show resistance to changes and ideas due to their own insecurities or fears.
This makes it difficult to influence them and achieve our goals. Therefore, Robert Greene suggests that we must learn to confirm his opinion of himself...
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This law is about recognizing and facing our dark and repressed emotions. This in order to learn to know ourselves thoroughly and avoid repressing ourselves. As a result, we can better control our thoughts and emotions to use them constructively.
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The ego is an important part of our identity, but it can quickly become fragile if we are compare ourselves with others. This can consequently affect our well-being, as well as people who tend to envy other people's achievements due to their fragile ego.
This is why Robert Gree...
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It is important to understand how people present themselves and, in turn, how this affects our relationships with them. Many people use "roles playing" to hide their true feelings or intentions. Often, they have to act differently according to the situation raised, therefore, it is difficult ...
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The force of character is the measure of determination and discipline when facing challenges and achieving objectives.
Because of this, to determine the force of character we must pay attention to the behavior and the respective capacity of a person to control their impulses an...
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Many people have an incessant need to feel important and also receive disproportionate admiration.
This same need makes the person become selfish towards others, without taking into account other feelings or needs outside of themselves.
Greene suggests that to tr...
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These are the first laws of human nature that we can learn from Robert Greene's book! I hope it helps more than one person!. π
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