When our emotions are engaged, we often have trouble seeing things as they are.
ROBERT GREENEThe problem with human beings is that they can’t sit alone in a room for more than an hour.
More Robert Greene Quotes
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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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People go into things for the wrong reasons.
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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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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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Understand: A person of power instills a kind of fear by deliberately unsettling those around him to keep the initative on his side.
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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 really driven and you want something deep, hard enough in life, you’re going to get it.
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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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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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Boldness makes even the smallest animal dangerous.
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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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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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Be as fluid as water, do not give your enemies anything solid to attack.
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Nothing is given to you.
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Hasty climbers have sudden falls.
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