Laws of Human Nature by Robert Greene Audiobook Demo
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They can be aggressive or passive aggressive, but they are generally masters of playing on our emotions. They often appear charming and refreshingly confident, brimming with ideas and enthusiasm and we fall under their spell only when it is too late. Do we discover that their confidence is irrational? And their idea is ill conceived among colleagues, it can be those who sabotage your work or careers out of secret envy, excited to bring us down or they could be colleagues or hires who reveal to artists may that they are completely out for themselves using us as stepping stones. What inevitably happens in these situations is that we are caught off guard not expecting such behavior. Often these types will hit us with elaborate cover stories to justify their actions or blame he Hendy scapegoats. They know how to confuse us and draw us into a drama. They control, we might protest or become angry. But in the end, we feel rather helpless, that damage is done that another such type enters our life. And the same story repeats itself, we often notice a similar sensation of confusion and helplessness when it comes to ourselves and our own behavior for instance, we suddenly say something that offends our boss or colleague or friend. We are not quite sure what it came from, but we are frustrated to find that some anger and tension from within has leaked out in a way that we regret. Or perhaps we enthusiastically throw our weight into some project or scheme only to realize it was quite foolish and a terrible waste of time. Or perhaps we fall in love with a person who is precisely the wrong type for us and we know it, but we cannot help ourselves. What has come over us. We wonder in these situations, we catch ourselves falling into self destructive patterns or behaviors that we cannot control. It is just as if we harbor a stranger within us, a little demon who operates independently of our willpower and pushes us into doing the wrong things. And this stranger within us is rather weird or, or at least weirder than how we imagine ourselves. What we can say about these two things, people's ugly actions and our own occasionally surprising behavior is that we usually have no clue as to what causes them. We might latch on to some simple explanations. That person is evil. A sociopath or something came over me. I wasn't myself. But such pat descriptions did not lead to any understanding or prevent the same patterns from recurring. The truth is that we humans live on the surface reacting emotionally to what people say and do we form opinions of others and ourselves that are rather simplified? We settle for the easiest and most convenient story to, to tell ourselves what if however we could dive below the surface and see deep within, getting closer to the actual roots of what causes human behavior. What if we could understand why some people turn envious and try to sabotage your work or why their misplaced confidence causes them to imagine themselves as godlike and infallible. What if we could truly fathom why people suddenly behave irrationally and reveal such darker side to their character or why they're always ready to provide a rationalization for their behavior or why we continually turn to leaders who appeal to the, to the worse in us. What if we could look deep inside and judge people's character, avoiding the bad hires and personal relationships that causes so much emotional damage. If we really understood the roots of human behavior, it would be much harder for the more destructive types to continually get away with their actions. We would not be so easily charmed and misled. We wouldn't be able to anticipate their nasty and manipulative maneuvers and see through their cover stories. We would not allow ourselves to get dragged into their dramas knowing in advance that our interest is what they depend on for their control. We would finally rob them of their power through our ability to look into the depths of their character. Similarly with ourselves what if we could look within and see the source of our more troubling emotions and why they drive our behavior often against our own wishes. But if we could understand why we are so compelled to desire what other people have or to identify so strongly with the group that we feel contempt for those who are on the outside. What if we could find out what causes us to lie about who we are or to inadvertently push people away, being able to understand more clearly that stranger within us would help us to realize that it is not a stranger at all, but very much part of ourselves. And that we are far more, more mysterious, complex and interesting than we had imagined. And with that, with that awareness, you would be able to break the negative patterns in our lives, stop making excuses for ourselves and gain better control of what we do and what happens to us.