Check out our sponsors:MindPump: mindpumpimpact.com Athletic Greens: Go to athleticgreens.com/impact and receive a FREE 1 year supply of Vitamin D AND 5 free travel packs with your first purchase! “The future belongs to those who learn more skills and combine them in creative ways.” - Robert Greene, MasteryOver the course of his career, Robert Greene has written six international bestsellers, revolving around the subjects of strategy, power, mastery, and seduction. In short, Robert is one of the foremost experts on human behavior and how it manifests in the world.Today’s episode of Impact Theory highlights some of the most powerful moments from Robert’s appearances on the show.In it, you’ll learn the importance of observing yourself and others, the delicate balance between self-esteem and personal growth, Robert’s opinions on the real dangers of social media, and much more!SHOW NOTES:00:00 | Introduction00:45 | The Importance of Developing Awareness09:19 | Self-Esteem, Social Media, and Facing Reality16:16 | Acceptance and Ownership20:29 | Amor Fati - Love of FateQUOTES:“You want your emotions - you need them, you're not trying to repress them - repressing emotions will lead to other problems. What you want is just that tiny little bit of distance, that ability when you're feeling it, to go back and go, ‘Hmm, why am I really feeling this? What are the roots of it?’” [04:14]“I could give you the best techniques in the world, but it won't matter at all if you don't feel that need for it, that hunger for the ability to have a slight degree of control of your own actions.” [05:40]“If you're so attuned to what other people are saying and doing and telling you and thinking, that voice gets drowned out by a million other voices, and you're not able to hear yourself anymore.” [12:48]“The ability to accept death and look it square in the eye, and accept this as your reality, that you're not going to live forever, is very liberating.” [22:48]“The time you're wasting getting enraged, and being manipulated, and feeling all these things and getting into that lizard part of you is time you're wasting, and your life is a lot shorter than you think it is.” [27:49]Follow Robert Greene:Website: https://bit.ly/3upsJnQ Twitter: https://bit.ly/3otQlnt Instagram: https://bit.ly/3uvleMf TikTok: https://bit.ly/3JaQUL0 Linktree: https://linktr.ee/robertgreene