Thanks for putting the interviews out there and not letting the typos get in the way.
Interviews with the Masters: A Companion to Robert Greene's Mastery
by Robert Greene
A companion to the #1 New York Times Bestseller Mastery
More than 20,000 hours of research and thought went into Robert Greene's stunning book, Mastery. In a departure from his previous works, Robert Greene interviewed nine contemporary masters, including tech guru Paul Graham, animal rights advocate Temple Grandin, and boxing trainer Freddie Roach, to get their perspective on their paths to greatness. Those interviews are now available to readers for the first time. Interviews with the Masters presents more than 700 pages of revealing insight directly from these contemporary Masters; from how they learn and think, to how they put it all together and create.
You’ll learn how
-Paul Graham used a hacker's mentality to create a programing language and a billion dollar portfolio.
-Santiago Calatrava combined the disciplines of art, architecture, and engineering to design revolutionary moving structures.
-Daniel Everett solved the 300 year old mystery of the Pirahã language, forever changing the linguistics field and challenging Chomsky’s Universal Grammar theory.
-Freddie Roach's trademark techniques made him one of the most well-known boxing trainers in the world, guiding talents like world champion Manny Pacquiao and UFC Champion Georges St. Pierre.
-Yoky Matsuoka pioneered a new field called “neurobotics.”
-Cesar Rodriguez Jr. went from the bottom of his Air Force class to become the "Last
American Ace.”
-Temple Grandin emerged from a chaotic childhood with autism to become a leader in animal sciences.
-Teresita Fernández used her fascination with alchemy to design beautiful conceptual art.
-VS Ramachandran’s obsession with anomalies led to major discoveries that solved bizarre neurological syndromes like phantom limbs and body-identity disorders.
This companion to the #1 New York Times Bestseller Mastery is a playbook to the lives of today’s Masters that readers can use to guide them on their own path to Mastery.
Reviews
Love it the way it is.
huge fan of the book Mastery
This is a decent executive summary if you don't want to read the whole book.
Nice read
Nice read
The author has stills...
Great book
Amazing collection of knowledge
This book is an excellent after-read to Mastery itself. Robert does a great job of collecting all the vital information in Mastery, but looking at these interviews allows raw wisdom to come through. The Masters all possess incredible skill, but each one is a person like you and me; this book allows their flaws and successes to shine in equal measure. It distills wisdom to the reader, shows us how world-class achievers think, and reminds us that even on our darkest days, better things can lie ahead.
Interesting and Raw
The raw transcripts of the interviews of several of the “masters” in the Robert Greene classic Mastery. While quite long and it can bog down at times, the transcripts allow the personalities to truly come through. If you like Greene’s work, you will like this compilation.
Great interviews, but flawed transcript / editing of the interviews
Great, interesting interviews, but this published collection of transcriptions is flawed. There are distracting errors - such as "the" printed where "that" is the only thing which makes sense in a sentence. I am not sure if the issue is poor transcript of the interviews, poorly spoken and disjointed sentences (by Temple Gardin and others), or poor editing of the interview transcriptions. Overall, the conversations frequently ramble and are disjointed.
Good book to help you build self esteem
Good book to show you how some made it and battled adversity
