When it comes to power, outshining the master is perhaps the worst mistake of all.
ROBERT GREENEThe future belongs to those who learn more skills and combine them in creative ways.
More Robert Greene Quotes
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Everybody in life is struggling for power, and some people use morality and righteousness as a weapon, while others use different means, even passive aggression. From a distance, we are all fighting, and I am looking at this from a distance.
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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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The human tongue is a beast that few can master.
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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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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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Strike the shepherd and the sheep will scatter.
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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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Be as fluid as water, do not give your enemies anything solid to attack.
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Nothing is given to you.
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For the future, the motto is, “No days unalert.”
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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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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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Hasty climbers have sudden falls.
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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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