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.
ROBERT GREENEBe brutal with the past, especially your own, and have no respect for the philosophies that are foisted on you from outside.
More Robert Greene Quotes
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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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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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Boldness makes even the smallest animal dangerous.
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The future belongs to those who learn more skills and combine them in creative ways.
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Strike the shepherd and the sheep will scatter.
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You cannot make anything worthwhile in this world unless you have first developed and transformed yourself.
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No moment is wasted if you pay attention and learn the lessons contained in every experience.
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Never whine, never complain, never try to justify yourself.
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When you show yourself to the world and display your talents, you naturally stir all kinds of resentment, envy, and other manifestations of insecurity, you cannot spend your life worrying about the petty feelings of others
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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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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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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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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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Become who you are by learning who you are.
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Nothing is given to you.
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