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You cannot make anything worthwhile in this world unless you have first developed and transformed yourself.

Robert Greene

When it comes to power, outshining the master is perhaps the worst mistake of all.
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Master Mistake Power Shine Worst
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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Creativity Dead Energy Fast Future Hate Job Life Myself Thinking Worst
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
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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Character Creativity Emotion Level Mindset Ourselves Truth
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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Commitment Fools Independence Maintain Master People Play Pursue Rush Side Yourself
I believe that everything happens for a reason, and what seems bad at first might in fact be something of a blessing.
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Bad Believe Blessing Fact Myself Reason
For the future, the motto is, “No days unalert.”
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Aware Day Future Yourself
The human tongue is a beast that few can master.
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Human Master Power Voice Word
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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Hurt Myself People
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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Function Genius Knowledge Master Talent Time
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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Alive Death Job Observation Time Yourself
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
Strike the shepherd and the sheep will scatter.
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Advice Attack Deep Destruction War
If you have no enemies, find a way to make them.
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Enemy Way Yourself
If you’re really driven and you want something deep, hard enough in life, you’re going to get it.
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Drive Enough Hard Life Yourself
Only create associations with positive affinities. Make this a rule of life and you will benefit more than from all the therapy in the world.
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Creativity Life Positive Rule Therapy World

You cannot make anything worthwhile in this world unless you have first developed and transformed yourself.

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You cannot make anything worthwhile in this world unless you have first developed and transformed yourself.

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