Why Your Life Is SO BORING... (How To Be MISERABLE For The Rest Of Your Life) | Robert Greene

Today's Sponsor:This show is sponsored by BetterHelp. Visit betterhelp.com/impacttheoryClick here to download your FREE guide to 100x YOUR EFFICIENCY IN 10 EASY STEPS: https://bit.ly/3F8qOJLBuild IRONCLAD discipline in this FREE workshop: https://bit.ly/3fZcbO5On Today's Episode: Settling for your day to day routine is one of the best ways to ensure a boring unfulfilled life. When you feel unfulfilled and like everyday is filled with going through the motions, it becomes easy to turn to unhealthy, self-destructive habits. Without understanding why you feel this way, affairs, drugs, and other unhealthy addictions have the opportunity to creep in.Robert Greene is well known for books that have shaped culture, challenged beliefs and p*ssed quite a few people off. The Daily Laws, Mastery and The 48 Laws of Power are just a few of his bestselling books. Robert joins Tom in this epic conversation about how to look inward and uncover the root cause of the boredom that leaves you feeling like your just wasting life away. Fulfillment is key if you really want to change your life around. The path to fulfillment involves mastery and Robert breaks down our need for stress in order to get there.Mentioned in this episode:Monkey Fairness Experiment: https://youtu.be/-KSryJXDpZo Native Son by Richard Wright: https://www.amazon.com/Native-Son-Richard-Wright/dp/0061148504 SHOW NOTES:0:00 | Introduction to Robert Greene0:25 | Why Your Life Is So Boring10:03 | Can’t Handle Change23:40 | Admit You’re Out of Control35:12 | Everyone Is Seeking Power 44:42 | This Is The Goal of Mastery55:01 | Self-Absorption Kills Fulfillment 1:06:51 | Competing Ideas Can Both Be True1:14:05 | Pain of Challenged Viewpoints1:20:40 | This Will Transform Your Skills QUOTES:“...you choose things that aren’t right for you, and when you choose things that aren’t right for you, you’re not engaged emotionally and when you’re not engaged emotionally you get bored…” [2:14] “The reason you can’t deal with change or you’re not looking at yourself is you have emotio