How to Find Your True Path in Life (ft. Robert Greene)

What are you called to do in life? What is your life’s task? And once you figure that out, how do you pursue it?

The one and only Robert Greene sat down with us on the pod to talk about all of these questions and a whole more.

We discuss finding and pursuing one’s life task, the nature and causes of “Peter Pan Syndrome”, science vs timeless wisdom on life, figuring out what do in midlife after you’ve taken the wrong path, and a much more.

Enjoy.

CHAPTERS

Chapters

• 00:00:00 Introduction: Robert Greene in the Flesh
• 00:00:43 The Resurgence of The 48 Laws of Power
• 00:05:57 The Dark Side vs. The Real Robert
• 00:08:11 The Theatrical Nature of Social Life
• 00:09:22 Finding Your Life's Task: Robert's Journey
• 00:12:58 Reading the Signs: Positive and Negative Feedback
• 00:15:10 Persistence vs. Knowing When to Pivot
• 00:18:00 The Pain You Enjoy: Finding Your True Work
• 00:21:43 Reconnecting With Your Life's Task
• 00:25:25 The Five Forms of Intelligence
• 00:29:13 Brilliant or Bullshit: Peter Pan Syndrome
• 00:32:00 The Problem With Positive Masculinity
• 00:37:33 Too Much Talking, Not Enough Acting
• 00:38:23 Life as a Game: Get Out and Play
• 00:42:25 Listener Questions: Science vs. Timeless Wisdom
• 00:44:06 The Problem With Big Data and Algorithms
• 00:51:09 Starting Over at 35: Building From What You Have
• 00:57:00 The Midlife Crisis: Is This It?
• 01:00:37 Finding the Sublime: Robert's Next Book
• 01:03:26 Closing Thoughts and What's Next

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