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Thoughts on Seduction

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October 16, 2006

Sorry for the hiatus here. I have been working rather hard the past week on the proposal for my next book project. It all should be finalized within a month and you will be the first people to be informed as to its content. I am aiming for a…


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Robert Greene in Rolling Stone

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October 13, 2006

I made the Hot List in Rolling Stone Magazine.

Have a look.


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False Arguments

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October 2, 2006

I had mentioned in an earlier entry a work I greatly admire, Schopenhauer’s The Art of Controversy. I find it very appropriate because in it he analyzes the various spurious ways people can construct an argument, how they can manipulate words and strategize rhetorically to cover up their lack…


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From Rappers To Sports

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September 22, 2006

Last week, while in New York for business, I was able to have a private meeting with the rapper 50 cent. This was our second encounter, having met for lunch several months ago. I am not someone by nature who is impressed by celebrities, having encountered quite a few…


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How to crush Karl Rove and the Republicans in Five Easy Steps

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September 10, 2006

As the strategy for the Democrats plays itself out this fall, it seems to be a variation of the old Napoleonic adage: never interfere with a man who is in the process of hanging himself. The idea is that the Republicans are doing such a bad job right now…


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A Theory of Control

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September 6, 2006

The word control does not have the most positive connotation in our culture. Expressions like control freak speak to this. But my idea of power is directly related to the concept of control. First and foremost there is the idea of self-control. The only real power that matters in…


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The Psychotic Boss

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August 24, 2006

Several years ago, I had the idea of dramatizing some of the ideas and characters in The 48 Laws of Power. I sketched out a scenario–based on some of my own experiences working in offices–of some difficult situations, some impossible personalities, and I created a clever protagonist who would…


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Seduction Scenario #1 Follow-Up

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August 17, 2006

This is in no way intended as a grading of your responses, which were very interesting and revealing. There is obviously no single correct seduction in this matter. It is chemistry–what the individual seducer brings to the mix, with his strengths and weaknesses, and the particular victim at hand….


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War Games–Taking on Karl Rove

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August 11, 2006

We are gearing up for an election only a few months away, and so I think it appropriate to look at someone who looms large in the picture: Karl Rove. Let us say a few things about him for which there is certainly no argument:

He is intensely competitive. He…


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48 Laws in The Sunday Times

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August 6, 2006

A piece about me in The Sunday Times, an English newspaper.

ROBERT GREENE
Los Angeles, CA

Robert Greene is an American author and speaker known for his books on strategy, power and seduction. He has written five international bestsellers: The 48 Laws of Power, The Art of Seduction, The 33 Strategies of War, The 50th Law and Mastery.