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You must always be prepared to place a bet on yourself, on your future, by heading in a direction that others seem to fear.

Robert Greene

For the future, the motto is, “No days unalert.”
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Aware Day Future Yourself
There’s no more of an excuse for blaming other people or the world for at least not trying what you should be trying.
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Blame People Try World
True genius, in strategy or anywhere, lies in self-control, self-mastery, presence of mind, fluidity of thought.
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Control Genius Mindset Presence Strategy Thinking True
Grand strategy is the art of looking beyond the present battle and calculating ahead. Focus on your ultimate goal and plot to reach it.
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Battle Beyond Calculation Focus Goal Present Reach Strategy Yourself
What’s good for me is certainly not good for other people.
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Goodness Myself People Self Love
The moment people feel they know what to expect from you, your spell on them is broken.
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Break Expectation Feeling Moments People Yourself
Win through your actions, never through argument.
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Action Argument Win
Hasty climbers have sudden falls.
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Climb Failure Fall Rush
The world wants to assign you a role in life. And once you accept that role you are doomed.
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Acceptance Life Role World Yourself
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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Deep Desire Follow Master Question Yourself
If you are worried about what others might think and about how your position in the group might be jeopardized, then you will never really create anything.
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Creation Position Thinking Worry Yourself
Keep your friends for friendship, but work with the skilled and competent
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Competition Friendship Skill Work
The human tongue is a beast that few can master.
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Human Master Power Voice Word
People go into things for the wrong reasons.
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People Reason Wrong
I just do what I want to do without hurting other people and you know, I wish other people would do the same.
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Hurt Myself People
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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Alive Death Job Observation Time Yourself

You must always be prepared to place a bet on yourself, on your future, by heading in a direction that others seem to fear.

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You must always be prepared to place a bet on yourself, on your future, by heading in a direction that others seem to fear.

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