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
ROBERT GREENEI 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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No moment is wasted if you pay attention and learn the lessons contained in every experience.
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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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There’s no more of an excuse for blaming other people or the world for at least not trying what you should be trying.
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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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When our emotions are engaged, we often have trouble seeing things as they are.
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Never whine, never complain, never try to justify yourself.
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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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Only create associations with positive affinities. Make this a rule of life and you will benefit more than from all the therapy in the world.
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Boldness makes even the smallest animal dangerous.
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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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The moment people feel they know what to expect from you, your spell on them is broken.
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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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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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