When our emotions are engaged, we often have trouble seeing things as they are.
ROBERT GREENEMastery is not a question of genetics of luck, but of following your natural inclinations and the deep desires that stirs you from within.
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The world wants to assign you a role in life. And once you accept that role you are doomed.
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If you have no enemies, find a way to make them.
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Some people are a little bit better than others, some people are great, some people are superior. It depends on the level of effort.
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The problem with human beings is that they can’t sit alone in a room for more than an hour.
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Become who you are by learning who you are.
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Be brutal with the past, especially your own, and have no respect for the philosophies that are foisted on you from outside.
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Boldness makes even the smallest animal dangerous.
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Understand: A person of power instills a kind of fear by deliberately unsettling those around him to keep the initative on his side.
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True genius, in strategy or anywhere, lies in self-control, self-mastery, presence of mind, fluidity of thought.
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Lord, protect me from my friends; I can take care of my enemies.
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If you’re just letting the time pass at your job, it’s just dead time and you’ll never get it back. If at that job you’re learning and you’re observing and you’re seeing about people and connections, it’s suddenly alive time.
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What’s good for me is certainly not good for other people.
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Mastery is not a question of genetics of luck, but of following your natural inclinations and the deep desires that stirs you from within.
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Never whine, never complain, never try to justify yourself.
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Actually, your past successes are your biggest obstacle: every battle, every war, is different, and you cannot assume that what worked before will work today.
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