Never waste valuable time, or mental peace of mind, on the affairs of others – that is too high a price to pay.
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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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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Mistakes and failures are precisely your means of education. They tell you about your own inadequacies.
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The future belongs to those who learn more skills and combine them in creative ways.
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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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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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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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If you’re just letting the time pass at your job, it’s just dead time and you’ll never get it back. If at that job you’re learning and you’re observing and you’re seeing about people and connections, it’s suddenly alive time.
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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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True genius, in strategy or anywhere, lies in self-control, self-mastery, presence of mind, fluidity of thought.
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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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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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All the most successful people nowadays who are truly successful and innovative in their field are not people motivated by money.
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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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Boldness makes even the smallest animal dangerous.
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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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