Mastery - Robert Greene Book Review

Mastery is something very few people achieve throughout their life. When you think of mastery you might think of greats such as Muhammad Ali, Leonardo Di Vinci, Thomas Edison and other famous figures throughout history. While these mentioned were exceptionally talented at their chosen field, they all had mastery in their field.

Mastery is a book by the renowned author Robert Greene who has also written many bestsellers such great book as The Art of Seduction and The 48 Laws of Power. Greene was born in Los Angeles, USA and graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison  with a BA in classical studies. Before becoming a successful author, Robert estimates he has worked at over 80 jobs including construction worker and Hollywood movie writer. A great quote by Robert Greene “The future belongs to those who learn more skills and combine them in creative ways.”

In Mastery, Robert Greene discusses and examines great figures past and present such as Charles Darwin, Henry Ford, Freddie Roach - he tells the different traits and factors that made them masters and how you can apply them to your life and become a master in anything. Mastery has reached The New York Times Bestseller list and was also featured in countless publications including; The Huffington Post, CNN Money, Business Insider and Forbes.

For his research of the book, Greene interviewed many different people each successful in their own right. He interviewed people like Paul Graham, Temple Grandin and V.S. Ramachandran . Best Selling author, Tim Ferriss who has written The Four Hour Workweek and The Four Hour Chef also recommends this book highly and says this is one of the best books he has read. Among Tim Ferriss many celebrities and famous figures have praised this book and claim it has changed their life.

The book is just over 350 pages and is packed with useful advice, helpful information and great resources. Mastery was published in 2012 and is the latest book published by Mr Greene. The book is split into six sections and each section deals with different aspects of mastery

Mastery teaches its users many things such as how we should always follow our passion and not just follow a path just for money and fame. Greene talks about following your passion and to be successful truly successful you should follow your passion. Robert gives many examples of people who have followed their passion and gone on to become successful.

He also goes on to tell us how natural talent and skill is not enough to achieve success and mastery. Its all about hard work and persistence and never giving up. He tells us how there are thousands of children who display brilliance, talent and skill but yet few of them go on to achieve. Natural talent or High IQ cannot explain future achievements or success.

Robert Greene tell us how we should all have a mentor how we should learn through existing masters so we can better ourselves:

• Three steps to finding your area of focus
• #1 Connect with your inclinations
• In order to master a field, you must love the subject and feel a profound connection to it. Your interest must transcend the field itself and border on the religious.
• #2 Choose the right career based on those inclinations…avoid the false path!
• A false path in life is generally something we are attracted to for the wrong reasons—money, fame, attention, and so on.
• #3 See your career as a journey with twists and turns. Focus on the long-term
• The road to mastery requires patience. You will have to keep your focus on five or ten years down the road, when you will reap the rewards of your efforts.

You should also focus on the main things in life and focus on mastering them.

• Three steps to finding your area of focus
• #1 Connect with your inclinations
• In order to master a field, you must love the subject and feel a profound connection to it. Your interest must transcend the field itself and border on the religious.
• #2 Choose the right career based on those inclinations…avoid the false path!
• A false path in life is generally something we are attracted to for the wrong reasons—money, fame, attention, and so on.
• #3 See your career as a journey with twists and turns. Focus on the long-term
• The road to mastery requires patience. You will have to keep your focus on five or ten years down the road, when you will reap the rewards of your efforts.

 

 

However it does sometimes read like a self-help book and has tendencies of including those classic self help clichés like 'you can do it' and ' if you put your mind to it...' Some people tend to dislike these old clichés however if you can filter past these then you will benefit from this book.

 

Some of us may never achieve mastery at anything. Realistically it may be either because we are too stupid, too lazy, not enough ambition, too stupid, too happy, not educated enough or have obstacles in place such as looking after children or elderly parents. 

 

Mastery is a great book and if you actually implement the steps found in this book like Always stay focused and Find a mentor. The steps actually do help you and will change your life if you put the steps to action. Many successful people have cited this book as a major influence on their success. If you would like to purchase this book from Amazon please click here.

Now to leave you with a quote from Robert Greene, “The key then to attaining this higher level of intelligence is to make our years of study qualitatively rich. We don't simply absorb information - we internalize it and make it our own by finding some way to put this knowledge to practical use.”

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Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki - Book Review

First published in Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki is a personal finance and investment book. The book teaches you how it is necessary to have a education but not necessarily a school education. He tells the story of his two dads, one being his actual dad who is poor and the other being his best friends dad who is a multi-millionaire, and he tells us the lessons he learned from both of them.

Robert T. Kiyosaki is a best selling author, motivational speaker, invester and businessman. He has written over 15 books having sold over 26 million copies. He has also created his own 'Cashflow' board game and he has also created his own range of CDs and software in his 'Rich Dad' series.

Robert Kiyosaki gained major popularity for his books and his teachings. Will Smith said in an interview he was teaching his son about financial responsibility by reading this book. Oprah Winfrey endorsed this book on her show while billionaire Donald Trump co-wrote some books with Mr Kiyosaki entitled Midas Touch and Why we want you to be Rich

In April 2012 Robert Kiyosaki filled for cooperate bankruptcy after losing $24 million and ordered to pay it over to the Learning Annex founder, Bill Zanker. Apparently Bill Zanker made the brand blow up and increased its popularity to what it is and when it came to paying up Kiyosaki never did.

The book tells us about Kiyosaki's upbringing in Hawaii, USA and his personal story. It also teaches us the difference of upbringing of how rich parents would bring up and their children and how poor parents would bring up their children. He explains the difference between assets and liabilities and He goes on to tell us how rich people get their money to work for them while poor people work for their money. He explains all about the basics of finances while also writing in a great style.

Robert has a great way of writing while mixing in anecdotes about his personal life and other peoples lives and also mixing in great lessons along the way.

The author tells us the importance of entrepreneurship and investing. The book focuses on investing and he tells us how important it is to invest in various different things such as real estate and the stock market. Starting off Robert Kiyosaki had great difficulty getting the book Rich Dad Poor Dad published because all the publishers were turning him down while even Barnes and Noble initially refused to stock the book. Slowly it was picked up by the NY Times Best Seller List. Kiyosaki also contributes part of his success to radio appearances and public speaking.

However many people claim the book is full of inaccuracies, wrong information and unrealistic expectations such as start investing from a really young age. He does teach us that the education system is flawed as they don't tell you how to take care of your personal finance.

Throughout the book he contrasts what his poor dad says to his rich dad. For example, if his poor dad say "Love of money is the root to all evil" but his rich dad says "The lack of money is the root to all evil", he follows his rich dads advice and makes money but says his poor dad was morally correct.

If you found this review interesting then please buy the book from Amazon.