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True genius, in strategy or anywhere, lies in self-control, self-mastery, presence of mind, fluidity of thought.

Robert Greene

For the future, the motto is, “No days unalert.”
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Aware Day Future Yourself
Hasty climbers have sudden falls.
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Climb Failure Fall Rush
People go into things for the wrong reasons.
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People Reason Wrong
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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Consumption Creativity Fact Goal Happiness Limitation
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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Brutal Philosophy Respect Yourself
Never whine, never complain, never try to justify yourself.
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Complain Justice Try Yourself
Boldness makes even the smallest animal dangerous.
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Animal Bold Dangerous Small
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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Fear Himself Kind Person Side Understand
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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Innovation Money Motivational People Success True
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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Art Artist Care Chance Gossip Leaving Life Reputation Work Yourself
Strike the shepherd and the sheep will scatter.
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Advice Attack Deep Destruction War
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
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
Some people are a little bit better than others, some people are great, some people are superior. It depends on the level of effort.
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Better Effort Greatness Level People Superior
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
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

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