Understand: A person of power instills a kind of fear by deliberately unsettling those around him to keep the initative on his side.
ROBERT GREENEA lot of, a big problems that people have nowadays is that they can’t stand moments of no stimulation in their life so they’re constantly lurking, looking for entertainment, video games.
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It is in fact the height of selfishness to merely consume what others create and to retreat into a shell of limited goals and immediate pleasures.
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Only create associations with positive affinities. Make this a rule of life and you will benefit more than from all the therapy in the world.
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Keep your friends for friendship, but work with the skilled and competent
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The worst thing is to sit and whine and complain and obsess about money as if that were the only sign of your worth as a human.
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You cannot make anything worthwhile in this world unless you have first developed and transformed yourself.
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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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Fear creates its own self-fulfilling dynamic- as people give into it, they lose energy and momentum. Their lack of confidence translates into inaction that lowers confidence levels even further, on and on.
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Never waste valuable time, or mental peace of mind, on the affairs of others – that is too high a price to pay.
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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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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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People go into things for the wrong reasons.
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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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When you show yourself to the world and display your talents, you naturally stir all kinds of resentment, envy, and other manifestations of insecurity, you cannot spend your life worrying about the petty feelings of others
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All the most successful people nowadays who are truly successful and innovative in their field are not people motivated by money.
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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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