What’s good for me is certainly not good for other people.
ROBERT GREENEWhen it comes to power, outshining the master is perhaps the worst mistake of all.
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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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I just do what I want to do without hurting other people and you know, I wish other people would do the same.
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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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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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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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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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For the future, the motto is, “No days unalert.”
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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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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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We must create our own world or we will die from inaction.
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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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Nothing is given to you.
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Only create associations with positive affinities. Make this a rule of life and you will benefit more than from all the therapy in the world.
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Become who you are by learning who you are.
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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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