The Laws of Human Nature

Also by Robert Greene......Page 2
Title Page......Page 3
Copyright......Page 4
Dedication......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Introduction......Page 10
The Inner Athena......Page 23
Step One: Recognize the Biases......Page 40
Step Two: Beware the Inflaming Factors......Page 44
Step Three: Strategies Toward Bringing Out the Rational Self......Page 50
The Narcissistic Spectrum......Page 56
Four Examples of Narcissistic Types......Page 70
The Second Language......Page 91
Observational Skills......Page 102
Decoding Keys......Page 107
The Art of Impression Management......Page 120
The Pattern......Page 125
Character Signs......Page 140
Toxic Types......Page 147
The Superior Character......Page 153
The Object of Desire......Page 158
Strategies for Stimulating Desire......Page 171
The Supreme Desire......Page 177
Moments of Madness......Page 180
Four Signs of Shortsightedness and Strategies to Overcome Them......Page 194
The Farsighted Human......Page 202
The Influence Game......Page 205
Five Strategies for Becoming a Master Persuader......Page 223
The Flexible Mind—Self-strategies......Page 235
The Ultimate Freedom......Page 240
The Constricted (Negative) Attitude......Page 256
The Expansive (Positive) Attitude......Page 265
The Dark Side......Page 273
Deciphering the Shadow: Contradictory Behavior......Page 292
The Integrated Human......Page 299
Fatal Friends......Page 307
Signs of Envy......Page 322
Envier Types......Page 325
Envy Triggers......Page 332
Beyond Envy......Page 337
The Success Delusion......Page 341
The Grandiose Leader......Page 363
Practical Grandiosity......Page 368
The Authentic Gender......Page 374
Gender Projection—Types......Page 397
The Original Man/Woman......Page 406
The Voice......Page 415
Strategies for Developing a High Sense of Purpose......Page 440
The Lure of False Purposes......Page 448
An Experiment in Human Nature......Page 454
The Court and Its Courtiers......Page 491
The Reality Group......Page 499
The Entitlement Curse......Page 507
Strategies for Establishing Authority......Page 535
The Inner Authority......Page 543
16. See the Hostility Behind the Friendly Façade (The Law of Aggression)......Page 547
The Sophisticated Aggressor......Page 548
The Source of Human Aggression......Page 570
Passive Aggression—Its Strategies and How to Counter Them......Page 581
Controlled Aggression......Page 590
The Rising Tide......Page 598
The Generational Phenomenon......Page 622
Generational Patterns......Page 627
Strategies for Exploiting the Spirit of the Times......Page 635
The Human Beyond Time and Death......Page 640
The Bullet in the Side......Page 647
A Philosophy of Life Through Death......Page 665
Acknowledgments......Page 676
Selected Bibliography......Page 678
Index......Page 683
About the Author......Page 718