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.
ROBERT GREENE
For the future, the motto is, “No days unalert.”
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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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The human tongue is a beast that few can master.
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When it comes to power, outshining the master is perhaps the worst mistake of all.
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People go into things for the wrong reasons.
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Hasty climbers have sudden falls.
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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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Win through your actions, never through argument.
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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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The world wants to assign you a role in life. And once you accept that role you are doomed.
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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 problem with human beings is that they can’t sit alone in a room for more than an hour.
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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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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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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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You cannot make anything worthwhile in this world unless you have first developed and transformed yourself.
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