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CHAPTER 18 — Meditate on Our Common Mortality

From The Laws of Human Nature — Robert Greene. — ← Back to chapter overviewShareThe Law of Death Denial Death denial drives much human foolishness: frantic status-seeking, unnecessary…
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CHAPTER 17 — Seize the Historical Moment

From The Laws of Human Nature — Robert Greene. — ← Back to chapter overviewShareThe Law of Generational Myopia Every generation believes its worldview is normal, permanent, and…
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CHAPTER 16 — See the Hostility Behind the Friendly Façade

From The Laws of Human Nature — Robert Greene. — ← Back to chapter overviewShareThe Law of Aggression Aggression rarely announces itself plainly. It hides behind jokes, friendliness,…
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CHAPTER 15 — Make Them Want to Follow You

From The Laws of Human Nature — Robert Greene. — ← Back to chapter overviewShareThe Law of Fickleness People are fickle because their attention is fickle. They don’t…
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CHAPTER 14 — Resist the Downward Pull of the Group

From The Laws of Human Nature — Robert Greene. — ← Back to chapter overviewShareThe Law of Conformity Groups create gravity. They reward agreement, punish deviation, and flatten…
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CHAPTER 13 — Advance with a Sense of Purpose

From The Laws of Human Nature — Robert Greene. — ← Back to chapter overviewShareThe Law of Aimlessness Aimlessness is not laziness; it is drift. Without a guiding…
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CHAPTER 12 — Reconnect to the Masculine or Feminine Within You

Topic: Power

From The Laws of Human Nature — Robert Greene. — ← Back to chapter overviewShareThe Law of Gender Rigidity Rigid gender identity can become a prison. When you…
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CHAPTER 11 — Know Your Limits

From The Laws of Human Nature — Robert Greene. — ← Back to chapter overviewShareThe Law of Grandiosity Grandiosity is the belief that you are exempt from the…
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CHAPTER 10 — Beware the Fragile Ego

From The Laws of Human Nature — Robert Greene. — ← Back to chapter overviewShareThe Law of Envy Envy is admiration with poison in it. It begins as…
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CHAPTER 9 — Confront Your Dark Side

From The Laws of Human Nature — Robert Greene. — ← Back to chapter overviewShareThe Law of Repression You have impulses you’d rather not admit: envy, aggression, vanity,…
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CHAPTER 8 — Change Your Circumstances by Changing Your Attitude

From The Laws of Human Nature — Robert Greene. — ← Back to chapter overviewShareThe Law of Self-sabotage Many people build their own traps, then blame fate. They…
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CHAPTER 7 — Soften People’s Resistance by Confirming Their Self-opinion

From The Laws of Human Nature — Robert Greene. — ← Back to chapter overviewShareThe Law of Defensiveness People defend their self-image more fiercely than they defend facts.…
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