Understand: A person of power instills a kind of fear by deliberately unsettling those around him to keep the initative on his side.
ROBERT GREENESome people are a little bit better than others, some people are great, some people are superior. It depends on the level of effort.
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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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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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If you’re really driven and you want something deep, hard enough in life, you’re going to get it.
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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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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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The human tongue is a beast that few can master.
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Some people are a little bit better than others, some people are great, some people are superior. It depends on the level of effort.
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If you have no enemies, find a way to make them.
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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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The world wants to assign you a role in life. And once you accept that role you are doomed.
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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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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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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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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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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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