Never waste valuable time, or mental peace of mind, on the affairs of others – that is too high a price to pay.
ROBERT GREENELife 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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Never whine, never complain, never try to justify yourself.
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Strike the shepherd and the sheep will scatter.
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Grand strategy is the art of looking beyond the present battle and calculating ahead. Focus on your ultimate goal and plot to reach it.
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We must create our own world or we will die from inaction.
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The problem with human beings is that they can’t sit alone in a room for more than an hour.
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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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Nothing is given to you.
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Hasty climbers have sudden falls.
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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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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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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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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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You’re not going to be persistent and tenacious enough if you don’t love what you’re doing. If it’s not something that excites you, that appeals to you deep down inside.
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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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The human tongue is a beast that few can master.
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