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.
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.
More Robert Greene Quotes
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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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True genius, in strategy or anywhere, lies in self-control, self-mastery, presence of mind, fluidity of thought.
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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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The future belongs to those who learn more skills and combine them in creative ways.
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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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You cannot make anything worthwhile in this world unless you have first developed and transformed yourself.
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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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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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No moment is wasted if you pay attention and learn the lessons contained in every experience.
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If you have no enemies, find a way to make them.
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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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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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The world wants to assign you a role in life. And once you accept that role you are doomed.
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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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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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Keep your friends for friendship, but work with the skilled and competent
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Your unhappiness is a way of speaking to you, it’s telling you something isn’t right.
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There’s no more of an excuse for blaming other people or the world for at least not trying what you should be trying.
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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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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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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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What’s good for me is certainly not good for other people.
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Be as fluid as water, do not give your enemies anything solid to attack.
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When it comes to power, outshining the master is perhaps the worst mistake of all.
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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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Become who you are by learning who you are.
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