When our emotions are engaged, we often have trouble seeing things as they are.
ROBERT GREENEActually, your past successes are your biggest obstacle: every battle, every war, is different, and you cannot assume that what worked before will work today.
More Robert Greene Quotes
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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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When it comes to power, outshining the master is perhaps the worst mistake of all.
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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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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 as fluid as water, do not give your enemies anything solid to attack.
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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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If you have no enemies, find a way to make them.
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Nothing is given to you.
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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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Mistakes and failures are precisely your means of education. They tell you about your own inadequacies.
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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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Hasty climbers have sudden falls.
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No moment is wasted if you pay attention and learn the lessons contained in every experience.
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The world wants to assign you a role in life. And once you accept that role you are doomed.
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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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