Category: 1 – Read ASAP! (All Categories are 1 – Read ASAP!, 2 – BUY it!, 3 – SHELF it, 4 – SOMEDAY it)
Comments: A Robert Greene masterclass. Lovely mix of biographical stories wrapped within a compelling framework. A lot of the stuff isn’t new. But, the combination is potent.
Top 3 Learnings:
1. Mastery is a culmination of years of intense deep work. There is no easy way.
2. Apprenticeship is both awesome and dangerous. On the one hand, your learning curve speeds up with great mentors. However, very few mentors turn out to be large minded enough to “let go” – it is the typical bad parent problem all over again
3. Developing emotional intelligence is a useful tool to make sure your mastery gets the credit it deserves. This section spoke to me. I assumed I had high EI but had learnt from a relationship that that wasn’t the case. This chapter taught me one simple but critical lesson – stop listening to what people say. Instead, listen to what they do.
Book notes here
Marler's Observatory 
Love this, Rohan.
Where can I find other great content like yours and Seth’s?
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Ha. I’m not sure. :)
There are plenty of great bloggers out there (some huge like Seth but many much smaller). I think the key is to start with a few you like and they’ll inevitably link to other places.
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