Greene: Overexposure on social media destroys a celebrity's aura within a year
Robert Greene · Manipulation Expert: Success Isn’t Luck, It’s Rigged | Robert Greene · Apr 16, 2025 · at 1:09:56
Author Robert Greene discusses the necessity of absence and mystery for public figures in the digital age with host Codie Sanchez.
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“And I say, if you do too much of that, I'm not going to use her name, People will become so familiar with you that you're gonna lose that aura of being a celebrity. They're gonna take you for granted, and you might shine for a year with being out there and having all of your posts and doing all these things, but after a year, they'll find somebody new who they haven't seen before, and you're not so new anymore, and they'll find them, and they'll leave you, and it'll be very painful for you.”
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