Mastery

Mastery

Mastery

By Robert Greene

Book overview

Mastery is the fifth book by American author Robert Greene. The book examines the lives of great historical figures—such as Charles Darwin, Mozart, and Henry Ford—and contemporary leaders—such as Paul Graham and Freddie Roach—and distills the traits and universal ingredients that made them masters. The book was published on November 13, 2012 by Viking Adult.

The book originated from a realization that Greene had in 2007. In writing and researching his first four books (including The 48 Laws of Power), Greene concluded that all the people he studied and wrote about—no matter their field, culture, or moment in history—followed the same pathway to power. After finishing his fourth book, The 50th Law, Greene began to examine this concept in depth and decided that it would be the focus of his next book.

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