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.
ROBERT GREENEBoldness makes even the smallest animal dangerous.
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It is the fool who always rushes to take sides. Do not commit to any side or cause by yourself. By maintaining your independence, you become the master of others — playing people against one another, making them pursue you.
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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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The problem with human beings is that they can’t sit alone in a room for more than an hour.
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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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Lord, protect me from my friends; I can take care of my enemies.
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I 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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You cannot make anything worthwhile in this world unless you have first developed and transformed yourself.
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Mistakes and failures are precisely your means of education. They tell you about your own inadequacies.
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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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What’s good for me is certainly not good for other people.
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Be as fluid as water, do not give your enemies anything solid to attack.
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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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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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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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Never whine, never complain, never try to justify yourself.
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Remember: The best deceivers do everything they can to cloak their roguish qualities. They cultivate an air of honesty in one area to disguise their dishonesty in others. Honesty is merely another decoy in their arsenal of weapons.
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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.
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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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People go into things for the wrong reasons.
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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’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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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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Become who you are by learning who you are.
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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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Life 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.
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