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.
ROBERT GREENEFear 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.
More Robert Greene Quotes
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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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Hasty climbers have sudden falls.
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The future belongs to those who learn more skills and combine them in creative ways.
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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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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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Nothing is given to you.
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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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Be as fluid as water, do not give your enemies anything solid to attack.
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I just know who I am and what’s comfortable for me and I don’t personally do things in life because others do it or because that’s what society tells me I should do.
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Boldness makes even the smallest animal dangerous.
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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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If you’re really driven and you want something deep, hard enough in life, you’re going to get it.
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If you have no enemies, find a way to make them.
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Mastery is not a question of genetics of luck, but of following your natural inclinations and the deep desires that stirs you from within.
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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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