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The Laws of Human NatureBook

by Robert Greene

Who uses, recommends or left The Laws of Human Nature, in their own words: each a verbatim quote with a link to where it was said.

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Andrew Wilkinson
Co-founder of Tiny, a holding company that buys internet businesses; founder of the design agency MetaLab.
loved

I would recommend The Laws of Human Nature by Robert Green. It's basically like a compendium of every single type of personality disorder or psychological effect. How do people warp their minds to make bad decisions? Uh what is a narcissist? What is a psychopath? All that kind of stuff. And Robert Green does such a great job of telling all that in a really engaging way by using storytelling. So every single chapter has a story about someone with that personality disorder. Um, so I love that

Lenny's Podcast, "I’ve run 75+ businesses. Here’s why you’re probably chasing the wrong idea.", lightning round, asked for the books they recommend most; the guest's own spoken answer (YouTube captions). Captions spell the author "Green".

2025-07-03·youtube.com ↗

Mike Maples Jr.
Founding partner of the venture firm Floodgate and author of Pattern Breakers.
liked

the other one that I kind of liked is uh that I read recently is by Robert Green the laws of human nature so I like that one a lot as well

Lenny's Podcast, "Pattern Breakers: How to find a breakthrough startup idea", lightning round, asked for the books they recommend most; the guest's own spoken answer (YouTube captions). Captions spell the author "Robert Green".

2024-07-07·youtube.com ↗

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