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Lord, protect me from my friends; I can take care of my enemies.

Robert Greene

A 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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Big Entertainment Moments Problem Stand
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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Confidence Creation Dynamic Fear Fulfill Translation
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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Complain Human Money Obsession Worst Worth Yourself
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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Assumption Battle Big Past Success Work Yourself
Many a serious thinker has been produced in prisons, where we have nothing to do but think.
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Production Serious Thinking Work
We must create our own world or we will die from inaction.
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Action Creation Death Ourselves World
If you have no enemies, find a way to make them.
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Enemy Way Yourself
Your unhappiness is a way of speaking to you, it’s telling you something isn’t right.
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Happiness Right Talk Yourself
Nothing is given to you.
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Effort One Liner Yourself
Nothing is stable in the realm of power, and even closest of friends can be transformed into the worst of enemies.
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Close Enemy Friendship Power Stability Transformation
Lord, protect me from my friends; I can take care of my enemies.
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Care Enemy Friendship Myself Protection
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
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
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
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
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

Lord, protect me from my friends; I can take care of my enemies.

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