The Manipulation Expert: You're Being Manipulated! Use Jealousy To Manipulate People! Robert Greene

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Clearly I have wasted my life with no ambition, status or power. I moved to a foreign country at 23 and never grew up, just kept on feeling and experiencing new things. So why am I so content with my life as I sit here about to turn 70? Some people want to leave their mark on this world but I guess I want to leave no trace of my passing, same as I do out on the trails. Some people need to live big, but hey, it's okay to live grounded in the present and let others carry all that angst of ambition and competition.🙏

At 67 years old. I have “no friends” I have slowly stopped contacting them to see if they contacted me first. They didn’t. I feel happy in my own company.

Our biggest haters are people who are close to us and observe us.

I like the way Stephen interviews .. he let's his guests finish their thoughts and follows up with great questions. Makes all the difference.

My oldest sister hated me most of my life, and I spent inordinate amounts of time and energy trying to make her happy. It didn’t even occur to me that she was jealous, and nothing was ever going to make her happy. And the harder I tried the more she hated me. Until recently. And I’ve finally given up. And it’s so freeing. ❤

“When you show yourself to the world and display your talents, you naturally stir all kinds of resentment, envy, and other manifestations of insecurity... you cannot spend your life worrying about the petty feelings of others.” ― Robert Greene

I have had so many frenemies…I have serious trouble trusting anyone at all anymore. I am really cautious. It’s horrible to be on the other side of someone’s unnecessary jealousy. I’m completely OVER it. 🙏💛

“Much of the evil in this world is due to the fact that man, in general, is hopelessly unconscious.” ― C.G. Jung, Modern Man in Search of a Soul

Thank you for having me back on the podcast Steven.

My dear friend wanted nothing her whole life but to have a child. She finally got that opportunity at age 39. Her son was diagnosed with autism at age 1. And was diagnosed as one of the worst cases. She never gave up on him and today he has graduated top of the class in his high-school and college straight through to his masters from Georgia teck. This fall, he starts his new career at a fortune hundred company. Proof that nothing should be treated as a category.

He made me cry. My heart goes out to him for suffering a stroke when he was and is doing so much for humanity. He speaks for so many of us that have had a health crisis and it has forever changed our lives.

People don't change until it becomes too painful for them to stay where they are.

I'm so tired of feeling like I have to "achieve greatness" (whatever that means) and success. I'm so incredibly tired of the hustle-culture.

I have had it all, the children, the husband, the beautiful small house, success....... then I sold everything moved back to Europe a year before Covid. I lost everything and at age 60 had to return to the town I was living before I moved.I had 2 suitcases and a few thousand dollars. I started all over again. I am renting, I bought a used car and I am happier than ever. People who were jealous before are still jealous. I don't understand why? I am not rich, I am not young anymore. I love my work and I am a master in my field. I think I upset people because no matter what nothing destroys my joy.

As a horrible human being who easily compare myself to others, feeling sad or envy and jealousy all the time, this interview relieved me a lot for various reasons. First, the fact that we all have dark side make me feel less horrible about my self. Second, as author said if this is the last moment of my life, I would not sit with jealousy. I would rather celebrate my life and my friend’s success. Today I meet some of my highschool friednds who are more successful than me, and who will gonna be marry soon. I felt kind of envy toward them. But after seeing this video, I say to myself. What if this is the last moment I can meet them, what if I die tomorrow. I want to say congratulations to them. And I want to focus on myself what I want in my life and be more strategic. Thank you for great interview

I’ve found multiple purposes over 64 years, keep discovering myself as I age both the dark and light . The one thing that brings me most joy is hard physical blue collar labor type work that leaves me exhausted but allows me to see results of my labor everyday so I build custom homes for people, flip houses, load airplanes for air cargo company. On off days I take care of my grandchildren as my favorite humans are children, so open so unmasked and curious and funny and full of joy. I also love volunteer work with local rescue mission dealing with alcoholics and addicts in recovery . My biggest challenge… I’m a complete recluse if not working . Zero friendships cuz I find it so hard to talk with other “ grown ups” without putting my foot in my mouth and have learned to avoid social situations entirely but that’s just me… I enjoy solitude if not with children.

When i discovered my mother was a narcissist and then learned 1 in 6 are narcissists, it has changed my whole world. I never thought so many were so fake. Makes me want to go on a solo hike for eternity.

“It’s no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society” ~ Jiddu Krishnamurti

There’s a lot of pain in being your authentic self, too. Many people don’t know how to handle that in someone else, get passive aggressive or just outright hostile. But as you get older, you stop caring what other people think and stop putting up with other people’s bs.