Greene, Robert

"Drawing from the ideas and examples of Pericles, Queen Elizabeth I, Martin Luther King Jr, and many others, Greene teaches us how to detach ourselves from our own emotions and master self-control, how to develop the empathy that leads to insight, how to look behind people's masks, and how to resist conformity to develop [one's] singular sense of purpose. ... offers tactics for success, self-improvement, and self-defense"-- Provided by publisher.

Researches many of the world's most successful people and how they became masters of their fields of work, including Michael Faraday, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Benjamin Franklin, and explains how to find mastery by focusing deeply on a subject that compels them.

Discusses the laws of power and explains how those laws have affected the lives of some of the most powerful figures in history, including Queen Elizabeth I, Henry Kissinger, and P.T. Barnum.

Draws on political, philosophical, and religious texts to examine the most ingenious and effective military principles of war and describe how they have been used in military conflicts throughout history.

Draws on political, philosophical, and religious texts to examine the most ingenious and effective military principles of war and describe how they have been used in military conflicts throughout history.