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.
ROBERT GREENEIf 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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True genius, in strategy or anywhere, lies in self-control, self-mastery, presence of mind, fluidity of thought.
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Win through your actions, never through argument.
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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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Become who you are by learning who you are.
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When our emotions are engaged, we often have trouble seeing things as they are.
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Boldness makes even the smallest animal dangerous.
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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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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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No moment is wasted if you pay attention and learn the lessons contained in every experience.
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You cannot make anything worthwhile in this world unless you have first developed and transformed yourself.
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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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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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For the future, the motto is, “No days unalert.”
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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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Many a serious thinker has been produced in prisons, where we have nothing to do but think.
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