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Nothing is stable in the realm of power, and even closest of friends can be transformed into the worst of enemies.

Robert Greene

People go into things for the wrong reasons.
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People Reason Wrong
True genius, in strategy or anywhere, lies in self-control, self-mastery, presence of mind, fluidity of thought.
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Control Genius Mindset Presence Strategy Thinking True
Actually, your past successes are your biggest obstacle: every battle, every war, is different, and you cannot assume that what worked before will work today.
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Assumption Battle Big Past Success Work Yourself
What’s good for me is certainly not good for other people.
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Goodness Myself People Self Love
If 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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Creation Position Thinking Worry Yourself
We must create our own world or we will die from inaction.
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Action Creation Death Ourselves World
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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Innovation Money Motivational People Success True
Nothing is stable in the realm of power, and even closest of friends can be transformed into the worst of enemies.
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Close Enemy Friendship Power Stability Transformation
Many a serious thinker has been produced in prisons, where we have nothing to do but think.
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Production Serious Thinking Work
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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Confidence Creation Dynamic Fear Fulfill Translation
Lord, protect me from my friends; I can take care of my enemies.
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Care Enemy Friendship Myself Protection
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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Fear Himself Kind Person Side Understand
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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Art Artist Care Chance Gossip Leaving Life Reputation Work Yourself
Mistakes and failures are precisely your means of education. They tell you about your own inadequacies.
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Education Failure Mistake Yourself
If you have no enemies, find a way to make them.
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Enemy Way Yourself
The future belongs to those who learn more skills and combine them in creative ways.
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Combination Future Learning Skills

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