Note: If the section has a question, I added it. It will help people have more direction on how to meditate on the daily law. January (Your Life’s Task: Planting the Seeds for Mastery) Personally, I recommend going deep into a particular idea once such pops. The difficult part is that the book is full of important concepts. You get lost, in a good way, searching for answers in the fields of power, seduction, mastery, and human nature. This is because the work does a decent job of achieving its goal. It pragmatically presents tasty morsels from Greene’s old works. This lets people meditate on his core ideas daily. Therefore, you will probably enjoy this book most if you are using the daily laws as an organizer of sorts for your study of Greene’s other works. Overall Review

February. The Ideal Apprenticeship: Transforming Yourself: Learning from what others have already mastered is the best way to improve, faster. Every career requires taking a path of apprenticeship. Absorbing the wisdom of the people who are already great in your field of choice is a must. of January (Combine Your Fascinations): Explore many careers if you are young. If you are old find a way to take the skills you have and merge them into your true calling. What are you fascinated by and how can you use that today? Laws of Human Nature, chapter 13. January. Your Life’s Task: Planting the Seeds for Mastery: We are all unique. We don’t only have a unique DNA. But also a unique blend of skills, interests, desires, thoughts. Figure out what’s your exceptional mix of qualities and map out a Life’s Task – as the author calls it. When we realize that others don’t care about us – because they really don’t – we feel lonely and misunderstood.February (Submit to Reality): Learning how to learn is the most important skill you can learn. The goal is to submit to all the years of techniques, training, and rules that a master has to teach. What can you do today to increase your learning skills? Greene, Mastery speech at Oxford Union Society, December 2012. June. The Devine Craft: Mastering The Arts of Inderection and Manipulation: Interacting with the outside world can be equated to performing. Entertaining the people around you. In this regard, deception and masquerade should be mastered and used to your advantage. Don’t consider these techniques immoral. But ways to convince others in your rightfulness. PDF / EPUB File Name: The_Daily_Laws_366_Meditations_on_Power_Seduction_Mastery_Strategy_and_Human_Nature_-_Robert_Greene.pdf, The_Daily_Laws_366_Meditations_on_Power_Seduction_Mastery_Strategy_and_Human_Nature_-_Robert_Greene.epub

Here’s how: he knew precisely how to use reward and punishment to influence behavior. He rarely rebuked people – but that made his rebukes all the more effective. Their rarity gave them extra force. He also rarely gave praise or promotions; when he did, it was only ever merit-based. Again, the rarity of the praise increased its value tenfold. The point is this: Greene knew, even when he was a little kid – some part of him knew what his Life Task was. It was to write. Though there were false starts, though there was lots of seemingly aimless wandering, he did arrive at his Life Task. Had he not paid attention to that inner voice, had he ignored the impulse to write, his Life Task might have remained unrealized. So what’s your Life Task? A good place to start is with your childhood. What were you obsessed with? What did you love doing? If you can’t remember, ask someone who can, a parent or a grandparent, maybe a family friend. Even if you don’t know what it is at this exact moment, your Life Task is there, waiting to be unearthed.Since each law has these references, do you need all of Greene’s works to understand this book? No. You don’t need to be a super fan to understand the basic applicability of the daily law. The references simply enhance the content.

of January (Avoid the False Path): We will experience emptiness if we follow the wrong path. Often this means chasing money, fame, attention, and so on. Get off the false path. Draw energy from rebellion. What bad path are you on? Mastery, chapter I. What are the things that really matter in life? What is it you should spend your precious time doing? If not squabbling, if not battling, what are you to do in the spare moments life affords you? There’s nothing stronger than human nature: We evolved from the same source. We all have the same basic traits. This means that we all experience the same range of emotions – envy, loneliness, anger, joy, etc. If you are jealous of something, chances are that at least half of the people you know are experiencing the same thing. Identifying how we primarily act, will help you better spot weaknesses in your behavior and in the behavior of the people around you. Full Book Name: The Daily Laws: 366 Meditations on Power, Seduction, Mastery, Strategy and Human Nature

He was great at his job. He was ambitious. He was friendly. He had excellent ideas. But, for some reason, his boss seemed to hate him. The author calls this grandeur the Cosmic Sublime – the magnificence of the universe, in other words. How much richer life seems when we attune ourselves to this beauty, instead of the fanfare of the media and its cycle of celebrities! But what if you made a conscious effort to dwell on grander things instead – on the limitlessness of time and space, on the eons of evolution that went into creating us, on the awesome power and complexity of the human mind? As the title explains, there are 366 meditations. Meaning, that you get an opening to an idea with a short actionable advice. of January (Use Resistance and Negative Spurs): Embrace the difficulty, pain, adversity, and tedium. Moving towards these things will level up your skills. Find the last time you had a negative experience. What can you learn? Laws of Human nature, chapter 13.

We consider the animal side of ourselves. The part that’s always emotionally reacting to what’s happening. The supreme evil of our human existence. of January (Know What You’re Drawn to and Immerse Yourself in It): Pay attention to what pulls you. Immerse yourself in it. Mastery, chapter I. Elevate yourself above the battlefield: There is a difference between strategy and tactics. Strategy is the art of managing a large-scale operation (e.g., an army or the direction of your life). In contrast, tactics is the things you’re doing right now. Greene says that we are, “Most of us in life are tacticians, not strategists.” Meaning that we don’t stop to consider the whole battlefield. We get preoccupied with the small daily battles. Take the higher ground. Observe your life above the battlefield. This will help you better frame your campaign. Play the honest rogue: With time, the false image you’ve created for yourself will be something extremely difficult to maintain. The solution is simple: reveal your real intentions. Some people will surely hate you and label you as fake and a hypocrite. But others will love you for your honesty. of February (Move Toward Resistance): Instead of running away, move towards your weaknesses. Set up goals to push yourself. Create a resistance practice by first not being nice to yourself. Second don’t ease us on your focus. Double your focus when you start to drift. What is something you have been running away from? Mastery, chapter II.Carefully considering all of your interactions with others, will ensure that you’re always in a favorable spot. Always ready to outmaneuver your opponents. Every hour spent on dramas is a distraction: This is something I’ve witnessed myself a lot. People whose daily lives revolve around arguing and endless ego battles. You can’t advance in life if you’re constantly exhausting energy in pointless conversation. Consider your emotions a depletable daily resource. If you waste it on conflicts, you will never do anything productive. Focus on your own game and leave conflicts that don’t matter. Respect your emotional well-being. Some will consider you heartless and indifferent. But ultimately, that’s what you need to gain a higher position. Think for yourself: All of our ideas and all of our beliefs are transferred in our brains from other people. We believe in the god we believe because, at some point in the past, our caregivers explained the concept of Christianity (or other, depending on your views). And while there is nothing inherently bad about holding some of the beliefs we currently hold, it’s a good idea to be a bit rebellious. To create your own views of the world based on how you, yourself, imagine things. Get rid of some old views and create your own. Here’s what Robert Greene suggests, “Commandment: You need to think for yourself and not be tied to what other people have told you is reality.” When it comes to persuasion, let’s return to that giant of history: Napoleon. Just as a coquette keeps her suitors on the edge of their seats, promising satisfaction yet never quite giving it, Napoleon, history’s greatest manager of men, kept his subordinates in suspense. of January (See Mastery as Salvation): Gaining mastery at some task is necessary for escaping oppression. What will you focus on mastering today? Mastery, chapter I.