According to Robert Greene, author of The 48 Laws of Power, Mastery, and The Art of Seduction one of the single biggest killers of living a bold and unique life is we stop "mining for weird."
As cliche as it sounds, there is absolutely nobody on the planet like you. And not just in a spiritual or divine sort of way. Literally and biochemically nobody has your exact DNA coding and no one ever will. And as a result, we are all unique and "weird" in the most profound ways.
What happens as we get older though is we conform. We take the type of jobs everyone else has, do the things we're told we're supposed to do, and as a result we stop searching and cultivating those very qualities that set us apart.
Get back in touch with your inner weirdness and live as boldly as you thought possible when you were a kid.
Showing posts with label Robert Greene. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Robert Greene. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 1, 2017
Monday, January 30, 2017
Maintain a Child's Mindset
I recently came across a terrific interview with Robert Greene, the author of The 48 Laws of Power.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ND4ukcL8RPI
During the interview Greene talks about a man named Daniel Everett who attempted to learn a language called, Piraha - an indigenous language of an isolated group of less than 420 people living along the Maici River in north-western Brazil. It is considered to be the most complicated language in the world.
Everett found learning the dialect nearly impossible. Still he believed in time he could learn the language because he noticed children had the capacity to pick it up and so he figured could as well.
Through his own failure to master the language he discovered the reason the children were able to seamlessly speak Piraha was for two main reasons:
1. Their survival depended up on it.
2. They had not yet developed a "holier than thou" mindset.
In other words, with adulthood comes experience. And with that experience often comes the assumption that we know it all, particularly when it comes to a field or craft we've spend considerable time honing.
When we adopt this mentality we invariably close ourselves off from learning new things. The trick is to appreciate that someone will always know something we don't and, if possible, protecting a childlike curiosity and mindset.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ND4ukcL8RPI
During the interview Greene talks about a man named Daniel Everett who attempted to learn a language called, Piraha - an indigenous language of an isolated group of less than 420 people living along the Maici River in north-western Brazil. It is considered to be the most complicated language in the world.
Everett found learning the dialect nearly impossible. Still he believed in time he could learn the language because he noticed children had the capacity to pick it up and so he figured could as well.
Through his own failure to master the language he discovered the reason the children were able to seamlessly speak Piraha was for two main reasons:
1. Their survival depended up on it.
2. They had not yet developed a "holier than thou" mindset.
In other words, with adulthood comes experience. And with that experience often comes the assumption that we know it all, particularly when it comes to a field or craft we've spend considerable time honing.
When we adopt this mentality we invariably close ourselves off from learning new things. The trick is to appreciate that someone will always know something we don't and, if possible, protecting a childlike curiosity and mindset.
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