An editor in a journalism job deliberately set Greene up for failure by assigning an article he knew had problems, then publicly criticized him in a humiliating lunch meeting, likely driven by envy; this experience taught Greene that ostensibly rational professional environments harbor covert aggression.

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Robert Greene

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The editor brought me in for lunch... and he started to tell me that Robert you're never going to be a writer... I think he had set me up for this... deliberately setting me up in this situation... a lot of it came from envy.

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Your Dark Side and Control Over Your Life | Robert Greene | EP 237Jordan B Peterson
Created: 8/11/2026, 1:50:54 AM

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