Mastery is not a function of genius or talent. It is a function of time and intense focus applied to a particular field of knowledge.
ROBERT GREENEI just know who I am and what’s comfortable for me and I don’t personally do things in life because others do it or because that’s what society tells me I should do.
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When our emotions are engaged, we often have trouble seeing things as they are.
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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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If you have no enemies, find a way to make them.
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Strike the shepherd and the sheep will scatter.
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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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We must create our own world or we will die from inaction.
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Lord, protect me from my friends; I can take care of my enemies.
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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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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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Many a serious thinker has been produced in prisons, where we have nothing to do but think.
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Become who you are by learning who you are.
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You cannot make anything worthwhile in this world unless you have first developed and transformed yourself.
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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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Your unhappiness is a way of speaking to you, it’s telling you something isn’t right.
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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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No moment is wasted if you pay attention and learn the lessons contained in every experience.
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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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Mistakes and failures are precisely your means of education. They tell you about your own inadequacies.
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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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The human tongue is a beast that few can master.
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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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The future belongs to those who learn more skills and combine them in creative ways.
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Never whine, never complain, never try to justify yourself.
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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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Nothing is given to you.
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What’s good for me is certainly not good for other people.
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