Before You WASTE Your Life Away, WATCH THIS! | Robert Greene
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From the echo chambers of social media to our growing culture of political correctness, our world is constantly conditioning our minds to think and respond a certain way that’s detached from rationality. Today, we break free from the chains of conditioned thinking, sharpen our mental awareness, and learn how to utilize our emotions as a strength, rather than a weakness. On this episode of Conversations with Tom, Tom Bilyeu is joined by New York Times and international bestselling author Robert Greene to discuss such matters and more as they explore why today, more than ever, we need to be sharply aware of the political and cultural environments that seek to condition our minds and force us to think irrationally. They discuss why so many behave irrationally today, the power of analyzing your emotions, how today’s environment has conditioned our minds, how we can utilize awareness to empower us, how to use anger as a motivator, the dangers of today’s culture, the constant need for change, the difference between yesterday’s and today’s generations, the story of Athena, why life must have both pain and pleasure, and much more.
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SHOW NOTES:
Being Irrational | Robert reveals how our emotional brain actually dictates our decisions. [0:21]
Stand Back | Robert reveals the power of stepping back and analyzing your emotions. [5:17]
Practices | Robert reveals how to stop letting your emotional mind control your life. [11:10]
Conditioned | Robert reveals how you’ve been conditioned by the current environment. [15:10]
Awareness | Robert reveals how to stop letting the world condition you. [21:09]
Power | Robert reveals why we all truly desire and need power to live a healthy life. [25:50]
Shadow Side | Robert reveals how your inner aggressive side influences you. [32:13]
Using Anger | Robert reveals how to use your anger as a powerfully positive force. [40:23]
Today’s Culture | Robert reveals how today’s PC culture is part of a historical cycle. [49:06]
Revolution | Robert reveals how the United States can possibly see another revolution. [54:40]
Generations | Robert reveals how older generations should interact with today’s youth. [56:22]
Change | Robert discusses how change is a much-needed powerful force. [59:36]
Golden Age | Robert discusses the golden age of Athena, strategy, and the classics. [1:07:08]
Anarchy | Robert reveals the surprising positive elements of anarchy and change. [1:16:16]
Dangers | Robert reveals the dangers of cultures that refuse to change or adapt. [1:20:03]
Cultural Direction | Robert reveals the dangers of where PC culture may be leading us. [1:23:53]
Sublime | Robert reveals how sublime is a mixture of pain and pleasure. [1:27:26]
Limitations | Robert reveals how he makes the absolute most out of bad situations. [1:34:44]
Connect | Robert reveals how you can continue to engage with him to learn more. [1:37:41]
QUOTES:
“They are manipulating you, you are conditioned, you are a prisoner of social media, you are not in control of it. You think you’re the one that’s posting all these things that you want to post about your life, but really you’re not. You’re responding to what everybody else is doing, you’re being a conformist.” [19:26]
“Change is something that’s extremely healthy, even if in the moment it feels wrong, or painful, or a step back. In the long run, it’s always for the better for humanity.” [59:24]
“Mortality has this ability to sharpen our senses, to sharpen our appreciation of life and that turns the pain into pleasure, but the pain and pleasure always go together.” [1:30:00]
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Topics covered in this video:
Being Irrational | Robert reveals how our emotional brain actually dictates our decisions. [0:21]
Stand Back | Robert reveals the power of stepping back and analyzing your emotions. [5:17]
Practices | Robert reveals how to stop letting your emotional mind control your life. [11:10]
Conditioned | Robert reveals how you’ve been conditioned by the current environment. [15:10]
Awareness | Robert reveals how to stop letting the world condition you. [21:09]
Power | Robert reveals why we all truly desire and need power to live a healthy life. [25:50]
Shadow Side | Robert reveals how your inner aggressive side influences you. [32:13]
Using Anger | Robert reveals how to use your anger as a powerfully positive force. [40:23]
Today’s Culture | Robert reveals how today’s PC culture is part of a historical cycle. [49:06]
Revolution | Robert reveals how the United States can possibly see another revolution. [54:40]
Generations | Robert reveals how older generations should interact with today’s youth. [56:22]
Change | Robert discusses how change is a much-needed powerful force. [59:36]
Golden Age | Robert discusses the golden age of Athena, strategy, and the classics. [1:07:08]
Anarchy | Robert reveals the surprising positive elements of anarchy and change. [1:16:16]
Dangers | Robert reveals the dangers of cultures that refuse to change or adapt. [1:20:03]
Cultural Direction | Robert reveals the dangers of where PC culture may be leading us. [1:23:53]
Sublime | Robert reveals how sublime is a mixture of pain and pleasure. [1:27:26]
Limitations | Robert reveals how he makes the absolute most out of bad situations. [1:34:44]
Connect | Robert reveals how you can continue to engage with him to learn more. [1:37:41]
QUOTES:
“They are manipulating you, you are conditioned, you are a prisoner of social media, you are not in control of it. You think you’re the one that’s posting all these things that you want to post about your life, but really you’re not. You’re responding to what everybody else is doing, you’re being a conformist.” [19:26]
“Change is something that’s extremely healthy, even if in the moment it feels wrong, or painful, or a step back. In the long run, it’s always for the better for humanity.” [59:24]
“Mortality has this ability to sharpen our senses, to sharpen our appreciation of life and that turns the pain into pleasure, but the pain and pleasure always go together.” [1:30:00]
Thank you for the awesome interview with a legend Tom! Much appreciate your dedication and hard work to sharing with us growing entrepreneurs and shapers of the amazing future that we are all building together through growth mindsets!
Very insightful conversation! Please research and interview “Erwin Raphael McManus”
Never get tired of watching him talk. Thank you for having him back! Your channel is golden.
You have really good content, but you also ask very long-winded questions, and it can be frustrating as a listener. Your questions tend to have a 5 min build-up and be multi-part. Just a Post-It with “concise questions!” on your PC may help.
Hi, Tom. Will you ever invite Vsauce?
*I heard this expression once: life is like shooting a bow and arrow, you have to aim higher than you want to hit.*
That's such a good expression 😮
❤️🙌
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I would suggest: ...you have to believe/know that where your arrow hits is bullseye! 🎯
...If anything, you would need to adjust your vision 👁👁
I love Robert Greene. He is honest, educated, calm, collected, sincere, authentic, and a pleasure to listen to. His opinions come from decades of research and reasonable conclusions. Thank you for having him on again! 🤓
It's all wisdom. He's seen a lot.
Apologist's advocate: Ironically, we have social media to thank for that. Nevertheless, while we may all often be connected, primarily influenced only by those up to three degrees away, hopefully this information overload gradually dissipates and ceases to have a noticeable effect on its intended targets, advertising targets, such as by those subliminal messages, and as in Pavlovian conditioning.
When and from where was Robert Greene collected. Who collected him and why did he need being collected, was he lost?
After he said he doesnt like Trump, and he likes dems-he is no longer valid to me. Funk "his" books, too.
so he loves obamer, clintons, bumbling bidon and ho harris, out of ENVY of Trump. What he gonna teach u??????!!!!
I laughed out loud when he said “people who think power is a dirty word are the most manipulative passive aggressive animals on the planet” So True! !
Liberals
@@AkshayKumar-ue1fp I’m liberal. Well more FDR progressive. Definitely not the modern conservative Democratic Party
@@BRAZEN_Muse I'm not talking about you, I'm talking about the quote. Liberals have the most problem with power (if not on their side) and they are the most passive-aggressive people.
@@BRAZEN_Muse I'm libertarian, more in favor of smaller government, less wars and big advocate of the first two Ammendments. I do agree it's silly to view power as this evil thing, rather it's a tool to be used and can be used to do good or evil by those who wield it similarly to how firearms can be used to save lives or destroy innocent lives. What it comes down to at the end of the day is accountability and virtue. A good person can use their power to uplift people's lives in very positive ways while a person lacking accountability and virtue can greatly harm people. When it comes to government, of both political affiliations more often than not there is a lack of accountability and virtue because many of these officials are isolated from the effects of their decisions while in office. The conservative warhawks don't see the soldiers dying on the front lines and the progressives don't see how their gun control policies make urban low income people vulnerable to opportunists who then have little resistance to robbing, r@ping, and bullying these people.
Anyways, thought your comment was interesting just wanted to add my two cents.
Yes,...also is even more absolute the proven fact that power is still a dirty word and the passive aggressive can see clearly how ugly it looks on the human animal.
Power is admitting all your shortcomings, anger, resentment, fear and overcoming them. Then you become the real you.
S menicatti: Yes, and do you by overcoming them mean accepting them, embracing them with compassion, and integrating them, welcoming them-?
@@Medietos what I mean is that a lot of people go through life without even knowing who they are and because of their ego, they don't even admit to themselves that they have shortcomings. When you do a soul or self search, you start realizing and listening to the way you are reacting and acting in any situation. This will be step one and step two is admitting that you have all these shortcomings, step three is finding ways to deal with them.. Etc..
@@smenicatti1039 I agree, and can you mention how the actual change or development can happen , the steps after your step 2? no film or bóok I have seen has shown the actual transformation,only before and after, possibly because it is very difficult, the change taking place gradually, in periods, with fragments and the old ways mixed in more or less, like being in a thick forest and not seeing the trees until after one had´s come out of it. Writing meanwhile would be good, but is hard when haveíng an all but impossible situation that takes all (time and) energy.
so fucking what? "sea is blue and grass is green." didnt u know that before? so he loves obamer, clintons, bumbling bidon and ho harris, out of ENVY of Trump. What he gonna teach u??????!!!!
@@smenicatti1039 well said , I was stuck in a state of resentment for way to long
People often don't realize the kind of impact that even their repressed emotions can have on their lives. Emotional management includes making peace with your past trauma so that you don't continuously get triggered by similar events in the future. Confronting your emotions is how you heal; letting time "heal" you is how emotions get repressed just so they can bubble up at a future date.
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This is the core principle of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, something I'm having a blast learning at the moment.
People should read Robert Greene's "The 33 Strategies of War". It's an excellent book to navigate through life with full momentum and your focus constantly outward and forward. No matter what happens, just keep going and don't allow anything or anyone hold you back, most importantly yourself (we are often our worst enemies).
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All. Of. THIS.
the fact that Robert Greene still has a house phone.. true OG!
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True OG for real 🎣
a King!
Smart! Mobile phones will be out soon all off grid so landlines are 🙌
I have a phone # from google that uses our house land lines. I give it to places that insist on a phone number but do not really need one, except to sell it.
“I need to be strategic with this asshole.”😂😳😂😂 Best quote EVER!
RG IS FUCKIN GOD.
@@kevinuc1514 : Just an animal, he says. Doesn't recognize man as its own kind, with an individual I and spirit, given to our help the capacity to think , conscience and the freedom to choose btw good and evil.That 9s SERIOUS, even if he himself doesn't retreat into acting and shrinking himself into an animal state.others are on the way to. look at all the soft animals, where children used to get human dolls to play with and identify with. (children imitate to learn and develop, so important what they are given as models and power objects.
when dealing with others, usually it's 'assholes'/mean ppl/etc that won't listen to reasoning unfortunately. often i wish i had just snapped at people more. but usually i tense up and go silent.
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@@chocolatebunny5465 I react very similar. I've never been aggressive in dealing with aggressive people. I think I'll start.
Robert and Tom are such a perfect match. Tom picking up on everything, and not being afraid to ask, to disagree, to not know. It feels like Robert really appreciates his hunger, his curiosity, his youthful tenacity. Great minds. Thank you.
So well expressed what I exactly felt!
Most of the people who interview Robert tend to come off unprepared, like they have read few sections of his books. Tom is a rare exception. Looking forward to watching the entire thing!
Yeah I have to say I agree, you can tell Tom is also pretty well-read and can bring some really interesting perspectives. It’s kinda rare to enjoy nice, articulate, intelligent discourse these days.
You claim he’s prepared but also claimed you haven’t watched the full video. I don’t mean to be a jerk, but I got a total different take. While I loved the video, it seemed Tom didn’t read LOHN. Not knowing the Athens and Sparta story (it’s in 3 of Robert Greene’s books.) Even RG was like” It’s how I opened the book.” Tom kept drilling him about how to use your shadow for good, and I just kept listening to RG explain and at one moment it was uncomfortable.
@@gracefitzgerald2227 This is not the only RG interview he has done. It's okay to forget a story or its details. It's not a school test. He was adapting to the interview, not being rigid. You are right, something was slightly uncomfortable. Still better than 90% of interviews out there.
@@PowerMatrixAnime I’m glad you watched the full interview and I appreciate that you agree with me that it wasn’t perfect. Thank you for that. Personally my job doesn’t consist of interviewing philosophers but if it did and RG rolls up to talk to me, I’d be better prepared than Tom on this one. Again, my gratitude for response.
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This is free content. Can you believe it? Let that sink in...
Yep , it's free , yet not everybody is watching ...
Exactly!!!
It’s free because your attention is being monetized.
@@aptkeyboard3173 it has something of that but my mindset and energy is in self improvement. Just compare what's out there and you can tell it depends on you and your choices and perspective.
@@aptkeyboard3173 WHATTTTTTTT
“How many times has social media been used for an actual idea that’s been rationally thought out?” I love this quote. Robert, if you’re reading this, I just want to say thank you for all of your epic work, and the great influence you’ve had on my life. I’ve been reading your books ever since The 48 Laws of Power, as well as recommending them to my friends for years. It’s really good too see you back again…the world needs you. Be well!
Agree 💯
The fakeness & pretending is so triggering because I hated how my parents pretended with the out side world how perfect we were, while leading us into so much chaos in the home. Half my life in a lot of pain to forgive and deeply understand they actually did great considering the role models they had. One life. Be real!
Bro, did you search narcissistic parenting and families..?
My mother is like that, I cut her out of my life
grew up the same; cut them off also
Your parents did the best they could do with the knowledge and experience they had at the time. Acceptance is the key. Advice from others to cut them out of your life is a pretty harsh step and one later you may live to regret. Accept where you are in life, how you got there, stop blaming and take responsibility for your life - time to move forward.
@@JoJo-iy9lv some parents never change they keep stressing u and that is why itvis advisable to cut them ou
I've seen almost every interview of Robert Greene there is online. This one is by far one of his best. Good job to both of you!
AGREE. I think it's because Tom is actually very intrigued with Robert's work and there is mutual respect as well.
Intellectually stimulating interview🔥
Tom does his due diligence and research better than ANY other interviewer I've observed in this field. Robert Greene's books are pure eloquence embodied on paper. Love the wonderful time we live in and enormously grateful to be able to acquire and soak all this knowledge like a sponge.
Thank you both!
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Intellectually stimulating. So what?
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I really like Robert Greene's honesty and clarity especially in a time where all things can turn into a taboo overnight - at least on American social media.
So excited for Robert’s next book. One of the best writers of our times.
BWAHAHA FOOL. so he loves obamer, clintons, bumbling bidon and ho harris, out of ENVY of Trump. What he gonna teach u??????!!!!
Great mind
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Thank you and I'm glad I came across this CZcams video.. I'm a history freak and I usually watch a lot of historical and historical war and ancient Rome and Greece Egyptian history etc.. I learned so much American and European history in college and high school so I dedicated my older Life by my 30s and 40s and 50s to learn more about Romans and the far East etc..
Robert Greene is simply one the greatest minds ever lived on earth! So excited about his new upcoming book
I love everything Robert Greene. Laws of power, Art of Seduction, Strategies of War. Laws of Human Nature. Literally everything he's written. Profoundly intellectual and expressive about existentialism, emotionality, and interpersonal relationships and communication
45 minutes in and loving how this interview is turning into a therapy session. So great to be in the room for this.
Eckhart Tolle is really good at teaching you to tap into you're awareness and to become the observer of you're emotions.
Thank you for bringing Robert again, Tom!
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I’d listen to Robert Greene all day everyday. Thank you, Tom, for always bringing on some amazing guests
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Robert Greene, my favorite author is just brilliant in every way and his books have helped me out a lot to deal with the world and people. What I like about this episode is that he mentions the importance of analyzing your own emotions when you feel anger, sadness, fear etc.
This happens to me a lot and every other day this week I've been completely calm, peaceful, and in harmony to feeling anxious, afraid, and worried the next day, to feeling calm again the next day.
As soon as I get these negative emotions, I try to figure out what exactly caused it and how I can properly deal with it. It can often be a combination of things that I need to sort out. Being in a fearful state of mind is never good and we suffer more in our own imagination than in reality.
It's easier said than done though but you have to learn how to Master yourself and control your emotions, especially with everything going on in the world right now. Remember, one of the most important things you can do is to focus 100% on yourself while simultaneously take the focus away from yourself by keeping it outwards instead of inwards.
That will help you focus as you constantly are moving forward. Always keep the initiative and always build and keep momentum. If you don't succeed with something, go straight over to something else. It's all about the process, not the goal itself.
Btw can we just take a sec to appreciate how badass Tom is. My guy is straight up talkin death, Carl Jung shadow and the nature of existence, while his backdrop are superhero toys and miki the mouse, if that isn't badass I don't know what is.
Trying hard.
🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡
@PJ yeah
In his book, The Laws of Human Nature.He interestingly opens you(the reader) up into your own operating system and goes ahead to help you fix the negatives.Reading this book,you will come across yourself(Human Being) several times.It never ceases to amaze me how true and hard hitting he wrote about our Nature as humans.Every human must check out that book.Props to you Sir🙏
I had the same experience. I bought the book to learn about others, but I learned mostly about myself. It really made me much more self aware. IMO, The Laws of Human Nature might be his best book.
Going to read it, thanks for the recommendation.
Just finished the entire episode. I do not regret listening to this
I’m curious what is it you don’t agree with?
Robert Greene does not exactly tell you what to think. He tells you how to "form" and "create" your own thinking.
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Interesting why don't you regret listening to me? Where is that lack of regret actually coming from? - Robert Greene
Lol all these comments think he didn’t want to listen to this, he enjoyed it! 😂
I love RG and I listen to every interview RG related. This is the best one so far. Tom challenges his views very well and it makes the interview very insightful 👌
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Just wanted to show my appreciation for all the show notes you do. I wanted to look back on the part about social media and easily found it.
Also, I took a month away from social media and it's been the best thing for me. No going back. No more dopamine hits from likes and comments. No more scrolling and scrolling and scrolling, spending hours on there offering my opinion or lifting others. My duty is to me and my beautiful family that's right in front of me.
The best words of wisdom I’ve heard! I’ll definitely rewatch it and learn to practice to control my emotions to work to my advantages instead of being controlled and influenced by social media or others
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Best of luck! Robert Greene’s audiobooks are on CZcams…I couldn’t recommend them enough 😎
I'm a prisoner of positive vibes on youtube, Seriously.
Me too 😁♥️
These algorithms will not let me catch a glimpse of anything else
@@Milo-kw8ui yeah! and have you seen BTS mic drop yet?! I was hooked after that but can't stop smiling 😃. People even think that I have a new boyfriend now! 😆!
Robert Greene never will forget your lessons of life incredible you are an asset for the world
Robert Greene is such a low key genius, his writings should literally be school text books; almost all you need to know to navigate life is there. Great interview!!
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Super relevant conversation for these trying times! Let’s get into it!
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Robert Greene has a great ability to breakdown these concepts verbally, and I haven’t even read his books yet. I barely discovered his work very very recently and I’m super excited to learn all about his contributions and influence.
blessed to catch this conversation! I feel excitement for the direction which your integrity will take you Tom! Robert, best to your health-much appreciate your transparent positivity!
I pray for your healing Mr Robert Greene. I recently discovered your work from the 50 cent book, Hustle Harder, Hustle Smarter and since have been grateful to read your other books. I look forward to your next one. Thank you. Thanks Tom for interview as well.
LOVE the sensitivity, authenticity, the compassionately and intelligently honed views.
Thank you Tom for opening our minds to another great personality. All the talks you present open our minds to amazing thinkers. You are a Gem.
My favorite interviews of yours include this guy. He's just BRILLIANT. Love so much of what he says. Extremely informative. 🎯😌
Oh yeah I had a 5 hour purge of journalling all the abuse from my family over the years. What a huge release ! A huge chunk of anger left my soul.
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@@bageshwaradhamanubhavreact12 Hi, Bugsea, you poor thing, try to help yourself to feel better, and let the past go, it's difficult, but it can be done ( at least partly) . I understand as I've been through " hell", too. The best to you.
Love Robert Greene and his wisdom great episode Love and Good Energy to all you beautiful souls 💜💙💖💥💫
"You have to realize you've been conditioned." That says it all. Everything you've learned is based on something you were told by someone bigger and more important than you. We all went through 18 years of "social conditioning" before we were released into the world of adulthood and being allowed to form our own thoughts.
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Lol
Amazing content!!! Thank you so much, Tom and Robert!!! 🙌
Robert Green you are my soul mate. Like, I hear you SO loud and clear. Analysis is the purest form of enjoyment I will ever access. Having no "achievement" required, it is free power.
This was amazing, thank you Tom and Robert!!💙
He's speaking of being empowered, which is power over oneself as opposed to seeking to have power over other people, which is a red flag towards being exploitative & treating other people with a lack of empathy.
Having your rights repressed by others, or as he's explaining, giving away your power or personal sovereignty, is a great goal obviously.
Just thought I would rephrase the power being "dirty" concept. much love all♥️♥️🌎🌎
Have you read the book 48 Laws of Power? It reads like a psychopath wrote it, which is confusing to me in comparison to what he says here. In this interview, he says that he gets angry at people who behave in ways that demonstrated them as fake basically, (being something they're not), but it's pretty much what he says to do in his book. Hide your plans, use people, etc. Check it out, it's on Amazon.
Tom asks great questions. He also has smart ways to push back, to ask for clarity, and to clarify before he shares his agreement.
This episode has explained me why I often throw myself on situations the hurt me and I could not understand why I had this self destruct button and now I know! This episode has probably changed the trajectory of my life! I still feel the pain of all my bad reactions in the past but I hope that this new found awareness will save me in the future for falling to my idiot side of am brain that pushes me to run from situations that trigger my fears. Wish I had listen to this before my last screw up!!☹️ but thank you for sharing this amazing episode with Robert Greene. Please broadcast this in schools! It will save many people from much misery!
Control your emotions or be consumed by them.
He is saying if your natural tendency is to be an asshole, that tendency should be always expressed otherwise you are a hypocrite? Hmmmm...riiiiiight, good idea...NOT!
@@andreamartin2953 lol that's not at all what he said,as much as possible become aware of yourself and create the space to respond instead of just reacting irrationally
@@justbreathe8835 he said it would make him angry when people behaved one way in front of one person and another way in front of another. Usually I respect this guy's ideas, but I didn't enjoy this one at all. In this one he was like Annie Wilkes' character in Stephen King's "Misery" when as a child in the movie theater she stands up and starts yelling at the other kids, "Have you all got amnesia?! He didnt get out of the cockadootie car!!!" Lol! He would have respected that, lol
Check yoself before you riggity-wreck yoself
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Wow Tom, you are a saving grace in this world with all the content you are bringing. Thank you for your service and making this information accessable to all of us !! Love Robert Green and this interview is so good.
It was again an massive soul-boost this podcast. Thank you for that! I appreciate the most the moment when you guys talked about the voices that are negative and want to see you down and you decide to go in the other - the right - direction. So you use your anger for the right decision. Awesome!
Tom, you ask such great questions. I love how you challenge the speaker with inquisitive, thoughtful questions. Great job!!
He's great. Love him and Terry Real. They are so self aware. Interviewer, Tom is refreshing to me and for taking a leap and forward move into his own growth. Love the interactive dialogue and hope you have more shows like this. Very honest, self disclosure, by both men. ❤
It is a constant recalibration of self. It is a 24/7 recalibration. Meditation and awareness can occur when sleeping and when awake. Robert Greene is amazing! Thank you
What a delight to hear an intelligent and connected man.
Listening to Robert Greene/reading his books, is like a deeply healing psychologist session to me every single time! Thank you very much for that!
I love this conversation! So many takeaways. Thank you Tom for being genuine , asking amazing questions and not pretending you know everything. Your curiosity helps us all learn. Robert Greene is amazing, I could listen to him for hours!
Tom please start doing in person interviews again, it’s just not the same doing it remotely.
Robert Greene is the BEST!! Thank you for brining this to us Tom. Cheers! 💥
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Thank you for asking excellent questions Tom!
I learned so many things from this,so glad I watched it !! Thank you both
I haven’t even watched the video yet, but I already know how I’m going to spend my morning. Giving this interview my undivided attention because I know every word out of Mr. Greene’s mouth are pearls of wisdom. Thank you for a great day.
Have you read any of his books? Or what is your biggest takeaway from him?
@@MindNow I’ve read all his books, and love the audio books as well. 48 Laws was my first book, and that was 2 years ago. I surprised myself by falling in love with history, philosophy, and psychology. The biggest take away? I would say Amor Fati. Do I always LOVE fate? No I don’t..but as I look back it’s always been the negatives in my life that made me stronger, wiser, and a better human being.
@@gracefitzgerald2227 thank u so much for sharing that with me. I really appreciate it! I was wondering if u would open up to me and tell me ur opinion on the law of attraction since u already brought up the term fate 😊
@@MindNow Lol you got me, I did bring up fate. I have a friend who loves to manifest her fate. The closest I get to that side of town, is meditation and reading Carl Jung and trying to understand my subconscious.
@@gracefitzgerald2227 truly fascinating how we operate right? I actually put law of attraction to test last year and I was sooo SHOCKED! Because 3 things came into reality. 1. I manifested a text message from a friend I hvnt spoken to a while. 2. I manifested 20euro 3. I manifested a specific looking feather. It’s really crazy 😳😱
Hi, Tom! I really enjoy your program and the atmosphere you have created. I enjoy the interviews you make, and the people you invite and come are all beautiful and tell us a lot. They articulate things we, most of need to hear and reflect on.
But today, somehow again, this interview, I think I probably watched it for the second time, I often do this, this interview was just one of most accurate descriptions of what I needed to hear. You see. When someone says important things, they often sound controversial the first moment. But the right and important things are not controversial, they are just a little bit mind-blowing. But they illuminate a little of the darkness inside us and around us.
Thank you, Tom, again! I love what you're doing. I love you and your team. Keep up the good work. Lots of warm sun, from Athina, Greece.
Loved this. Thanks for a great conversation. 👍🏼💗👍🏼
Phenomenal episode, great questions! Thank you for the in-depth interview ♥️
Very few things are worse than being completely controlled by emotions
Your emotions can really be dangerous especially when you are impatient. It is so overruled by the ego, wouldn't you agree?
@@MindNow absolutely!
Being controlled by thoughts is worse (think psychosis and delusions)
Emotions we feel are not always ours. Being controlled by emotions can also mean being controlled by external forces.
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That was amazing. Thank you Tom and get well soon Robert. Can't wait for the new book.
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This was an inspirational conversation. Thank you both.
Power is; the ability to take, move, and hold in terms of a position. Marines; "we are going to move to that hill. Take position on the top of that hill, and move off that hilltop when we want to, not when our enemies want us to".
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No, power is simply the ability to influence others...
Lovely idea
I was raised in a super religious home (I went to church every morning for an hour before school and was only allowed to participate in church activities - never school sports teams, or school plays, etc.). My parents disowned me a month after I turned 18.
But I realized even then that it was a gift - because I really had to go through EVERY SINGLE BELIEF I had ever been taught and decide whether to keep it or let it go. It was a good way to start adulthood (in some ways).
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Good grasp of the Bible?
@@alotoflove5840 LOL yes. I think so.
One of my favorite authors! Robert Greene
Very interesting episode! Self awareness is the key! Thank you for sharing with us!
Robert Greene is absolutely fascinating. Amazing episode, Tom!
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So thankful to have listened to this interview.
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Powerful discussion 👏🏽 Thanks Tom!
Sorry about the CVA, Robert, and so happy to have discovered you! 😁💓🌬☮
He’s got good insight and observations. Power isn’t just about being in control, it’s also learning when to let go.
Awesome guest. Thanks Tom👍🏆
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This! Brings me calm, opens possibilities, drives wonder, exposes reasons for gratitude. Tom, I love your conversations, this one is my favorite -- YET!
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As counterintuitive as this may seem: embrace your shadow; it is you; parts of you are locked away in there-free them. Also, something I've found recently is how to finally release old emotions: since these energies are stored in your body (nervous system), using acupressure on a regular basis can really help with releasing the energies (let yourself know the past is over and you intend and choose to release it now), clearing the body's meridians, and promoting improved overall health. Also, as Tom mentioned, learn to use emotions as tools, rather than letting them use you. Lastly, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (ie David D Burns) is very helpful in terms of help you understanding how your thinking-negative or positive-affects you. Great chat, thanks Robert and Tom. Cheers!
This man is a genius, the power of the mind has no bounds, God bless you brother ✊
deep interview. love it, very informative. I love being a student enrolled on Impact Theory University. Keep these great lessons coming. I agree with this guy so much. Love this chat.
Best interview I have seen in recent time R Greene is incredibly knowledgeable 💎
Robert Greene is brilliant. He’s someone that gets it, so grateful I came across his work.
"We are not our thoughts"
One of my favourite authors, such a brilliant mind. Really enjoyed this conversation, specially the Dark Side subject, which is so repressed and deliberately ignored In ourselves. Have a good day, whoever reads this. =)
Wow I can relate to Mr. Greene so much. I too hate when people are not themselves it has always plagued me. Definitely buying his books!
I love the fact that I've been able to extract the BENEFITS of the 'challenging' experiences I've had (but without the attached emotional or visual cues)... to experience life in a brand new way.
I need to read all of Robert Greene's books
It will be one of the best investments of your time and effort.
Read all his book immediately
Start with 48 laws of power
@@mercerly I appreciate the advise, thank you
Read them all but be sure to take notes on the key parts of what you read and store them on separate documents or notepads, you will not regret it and you will be more successful in life.
Intuition + strategy + great relationships + action = evolving and growing and self/life mastery ; for the most part
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Tom You Have Changed My Life Thank You!!!
Thanks for challenging Greene on his point about easing on young people and viewing change rather blindly and submissively. I’m a younger guy and he’s brilliant, but he’s been in his echo chambers for quite some time.
totally relate to channeling anger into something productive a lot of my creative artwork and projects I do is motivated by the injustice that I've gone through in the way that I was raised and other kids picking on me etc
more victimidation then..?
1:22:45 the clapping thing happened in the Soviet Union, when people were afraid to stop clapping for Stalin because they feared the first one who stopped, would eventually be killed. They also didn’t correct him when he mispronounced a word (they would all just start saying it the same way as Stalin, even if it was wrong).
Solzhenitsyn goes over that in The Gulag Archipelago. Not sure if that happened in China but I wouldn’t be surprised!
Fantastic interview, it was a great class of history, politics science and psychology. Thank you 🙏 both
More of Robert Greene, please! This was a deep and insightful conversation. I want to read his books now.
When he talked about your emotions being 2 feet away and you’re just kinda watching a theatre of an event play out I felt that. Kind of like how Neo and Morpheus was in the simulation and the guns lined up behind them. As things play out and scenarios. Future events would just surround me but it’s all projected. Hard to explain really but I understand it.
I wonder if Mr. Greene realizes the contradiction between the need to have power/control over one's own environment and the idea(illusion) of a free society. Unless you wish to be a complete hermit and not associate with anyone at all, your desire for control over your own life is going to affect those around you one way or another, and will eventually, to whatever degree(whether positively or negatively), detract from the freedom of those whom one is surrounded by in their day to day life. This is the real problem a society seeking absolute and true freedom faces once all of the fake, manipulative control freaks are out of the picture. The only kind of power one should really desire, is the power to be content, even if that means isolating one's self from those that negatively affect that contentment and freedom. In other words, the only way to truly be free is to be surrounded by those that you share all of the same values and beliefs with. Otherwise, that conflict of interest will always lead to the manifestation of conflict in relationships. In a society free of conflict, freedom will always be limited. Compromise does not seem to work, because with compromise comes a loss of personal freedom. We need to let go of our egos and free ourselves from the capitalistic model of society and culture we've become so accustomed to, the kind that leaves us desiring more and more power, control, and greed disguised as "freedom". At the same time, not falling prey to socialistic models that inevitably lead to dictatorship and a nearly absolute loss of personal freedoms. Absolute personal freedom in society is an absurd contradiction. What we need to focus the most on is proper education for everyone, minus the consumerist propaganda that plagues us, so that we have a society that consists of individuals that share the same reasonable and realistic rationale.
Well said
And educate about personality disorders. The most sane person goes nuts eventually when up against the narsisst and believe me they are a worse pandemic than covoid
@@MJ-qb5ph well said.
Robert Greene is a gem. So grateful for his work.