Best quotes by Robert Greene on People

Checkout quotes by Robert Greene on People

• ‟ An elusive, enigmatic aura will make people want to know more, drawing them into your circle. Create such a power by hinting at something contradictory within you.

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• ‟ We do not see people as they are, but as they appear to us. And these appearances are usually misleading.

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• ‟ People expect your behavior to conform to known patterns and conventions. Your task as a strategist is to upset their expectations.

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• ‟ I'm not who people expect me to be. I'm not Henry Kissinger.

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• ‟ In the normal flow of a conversation, our attention is divided. We hear parts of what other people are saying, in order to follow and keep the conversation going. At the same time, we're planning what we'll say next, some exciting story of our own.

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• ‟ Remember that the essence of authority is that people willingly follow your lead.

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• ‟ Keep people off-balance and in the dark by never revealing the purpose behind your actions. If they have no clue what you are up to, they cannot prepare a defense.

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• ‟ In any court-like environment of power, you will inevitably find people who are drawn to those who are successful or powerful, not out of admiration, but out of secret envy.

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• ‟ Plumbers can be masters, the guy who did my patio is a master, some people are masters at raising really great children.

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• ‟ Evil or manipulative people don't need a book, they just do it anyway.

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