You must always be prepared to place a bet on yourself, on your future, by heading in a direction that others seem to fear.
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When our emotions are engaged, we often have trouble seeing things as they are.
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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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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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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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No moment is wasted if you pay attention and learn the lessons contained in every experience.
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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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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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Lord, protect me from my friends; I can take care of my enemies.
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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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People go into things for the wrong reasons.
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Become who you are by learning who you are.
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Boldness makes even the smallest animal dangerous.
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Never waste valuable time, or mental peace of mind, on the affairs of others – that is too high a price to pay.
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What’s good for me is certainly not good for other people.
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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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I just do what I want to do without hurting other people and you know, I wish other people would do the same.
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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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Your unhappiness is a way of speaking to you, it’s telling you something isn’t right.
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Hasty climbers have sudden falls.
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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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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 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 future belongs to those who learn more skills and combine them in creative ways.
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If you have no enemies, find a way to make them.
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We must create our own world or we will die from inaction.
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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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