What’s good for me is certainly not good for other people.
ROBERT GREENELife goes by very fast. And the worst thing in life that you can have is a job that you hate, that you have no energy in, that you’re not creative with and you’re not thinking of the future. To me, might as well be dead.
More Robert Greene Quotes
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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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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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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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Hasty climbers have sudden falls.
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Keep your friends for friendship, but work with the skilled and competent
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Mistakes and failures are precisely your means of education. They tell you about your own inadequacies.
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We must create our own world or we will die from inaction.
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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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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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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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The moment people feel they know what to expect from you, your spell on them is broken.
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I believe that everything happens for a reason, and what seems bad at first might in fact be something of a blessing.
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You’re not going to be persistent and tenacious enough if you don’t love what you’re doing. If it’s not something that excites you, that appeals to you deep down inside.
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The truth is that creative activity is one that involves the entire self – our emotions, our levels of energy, our characters, and our minds.
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Do not leave your reputation to chance or gossip; it is your life’s artwork, and you must craft it, hone it, and display it with the care of an artist.
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