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.
ROBERT GREENEBoldness makes even the smallest animal dangerous.
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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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What’s good for me is certainly not good for other people.
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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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Nothing is given to you.
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Nothing is stable in the realm of power, and even closest of friends can be transformed into the worst of enemies.
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No moment is wasted if you pay attention and learn the lessons contained in every experience.
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Mistakes and failures are precisely your means of education. They tell you about your own inadequacies.
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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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Many a serious thinker has been produced in prisons, where we have nothing to do but think.
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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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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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True genius, in strategy or anywhere, lies in self-control, self-mastery, presence of mind, fluidity of thought.
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When it comes to power, outshining the master is perhaps the worst mistake of all.
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Lord, protect me from my friends; I can take care of my enemies.
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