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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.

Robert Greene

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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Alive Death Job Observation Time Yourself
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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Confidence Creation Dynamic Fear Fulfill Translation
People go into things for the wrong reasons.
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People Reason Wrong
The world wants to assign you a role in life. And once you accept that role you are doomed.
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Acceptance Life Role World Yourself
If you have no enemies, find a way to make them.
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Enemy Way Yourself
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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Creation Position Thinking Worry Yourself
When our emotions are engaged, we often have trouble seeing things as they are.
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Emotion Engagement Ourselves See Trouble
Lord, protect me from my friends; I can take care of my enemies.
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Care Enemy Friendship Myself Protection
Many a serious thinker has been produced in prisons, where we have nothing to do but think.
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Production Serious Thinking Work
The problem with human beings is that they can’t sit alone in a room for more than an hour.
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Alone Human Problem Room Time
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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Bad Believe Blessing Fact Myself Reason
Be as fluid as water, do not give your enemies anything solid to attack.
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Attack Enemy Solid Water Yourself
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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Appeal Enough Excitement Love Persistence Yourself
You cannot make anything worthwhile in this world unless you have first developed and transformed yourself.
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Development Transformation World Worth Yourself
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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Character Creativity Emotion Level Mindset Ourselves Truth
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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Direction Fear Future Head Inspirational Motivational Place Preparation Yourself

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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