After seven years of intense work, I am excited to announce that my new book, The Law of the Sublime, will be out in November. and is now available for pre-order (see link below). The book is designed to expand your mind, and to reveal to you a world to explore beyond what you consider reality: the realm of the Sublime. This adventure does not require travel, drugs, or any form of external stimulation. It only requires a new pair of eyes to see the extraordinary all around you. Through stories, exercises, and meditations, the book will immerse you in the Sublime and forever transform how you experience life.

We humans have discussed and analyzed almost every conceivable phenomenon in the known Universe. But the phenomenon that we rarely discuss, let alone acknowledge, is the most essential, startling, and strangest one of all—that we are alive right now, moving through a world just as it is.

I wish people would realize this. @StevenBartlett

Our successes and failures in life can be traced to how well or how badly we deal with the inevitable conflicts that confront us in society.

Overt flattery can be effective but has its limits; it is too direct and obvious and looks bad to other courtiers. Discreet flattery, tailored to the insecurities of your target, is much more powerful.

Your mind is the starting point of all war and all strategy. A mind that is easily overwhelmed by emotion, that is rooted in the past instead of the present, that cannot see the world with clarity and urgency, will create strategies that will always miss the mark.

Mistakes and failures are precisely your means of education. They tell you about your own inadequacies.

Think back on the moments when you felt deeply and personally connected to an activity. Think about the pleasure it brought you. In such activities are signs of your true purpose.

The worst kind of people is anyone who’s insecure.

Never be distracted by people’s glamorous portraits of themselves and their lives; search and dig for what really imprisons them.

All successful people I’ve met and interviewed have been internally motivated not externally motivated. What keeps you internally motivated? 👇🏼

Remember: The best deceivers do everything they can to cloak their roguish qualities. They cultivate an air of honesty in one area to disguise their dishonesty in others. Honesty is merely another decoy in their arsenal of weapons.

An emotional response to a situation is the single greatest barrier to power, a mistake that will cost you a lot more than any temporary satisfaction you might gain by expressing your feelings.

Instead of looksmaxing, here is what I advise people to focus on.

To succeed in the game of power, you have to master your emotions. But even if you succeed in gaining such self-control, you can never control the temperamental dispositions of those around you. And this presents a great danger.

Empathy plays an enormous role in learning and knowledge.

When you look at the exceptionally creative work of Masters, you must not ignore the years of practice, the endless routines, the hours of doubt, and the tenacious overcoming of obstacles these people endured. Creative energy is the fruit of such efforts and nothing else.

We are entering a world in which we can rely less and less upon the state, the corporation, or family or friends to help and protect us. It is a globalized, harshly competitive environment. We must learn to develop ourselves.

To become indignant at [people’s] conduct is as foolish as to be angry with a stone because it rolls into your path.

The advice I give to people in their 20s. @StevenBartlett

The time that leads to mastery is dependent on the intensity of our focus.