True genius, in strategy or anywhere, lies in self-control, self-mastery, presence of mind, fluidity of thought.
ROBERT GREENEWhat’s good for me is certainly not good for other people.
More Robert Greene Quotes
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Become who you are by learning who you are.
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The moment people feel they know what to expect from you, your spell on them is broken.
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If you have no enemies, find a way to make them.
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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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When it comes to power, outshining the master is perhaps the worst mistake of all.
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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’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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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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Lord, protect me from my friends; I can take care of my enemies.
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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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For the future, the motto is, “No days unalert.”
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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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It is in fact the height of selfishness to merely consume what others create and to retreat into a shell of limited goals and immediate pleasures.
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What’s good for me is certainly not good for other people.
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