Robert Greene
@RobertGreene
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#1 NYT Bestselling Author: The 48 Laws of Power, The Art of Seduction, The 33 Strategies of War, The 50th Law, Mastery, The Laws of Human Nature, The Daily Laws
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If you are new here, let me introduce myself. I am Robert Greene, the author of seven New York Times bestselling books, including The 48 Laws of Power, The Art of Seduction, The 33 Strategies of War, The 50th Law, Mastery, The Laws of Human Nature, and, most recently, The Daily
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Never whine, never complain, never try to justify yourself.
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Never be distracted by people’s glamorous portraits of themselves and their lives; search and dig for what really imprisons them.
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This is the in-person event the trading community deserves.
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An emotional response to a situation is the single greatest barrier to power, a mistake that will cost you a lot more than any temporary satisfaction you might gain by expressing your feelings.
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To succeed in the game of power, you have to master your emotions. But even if you succeed in gaining such self-control, you can never control the temperamental dispositions of those around you. And this presents a great danger.
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In the future, the great division will be between those who have trained themselves to handle these complexities and those who are overwhelmed by them -- those who can acquire skills and discipline their minds and those who are irrevocably distracted by all the media around them
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People are more complicated than the masks they wear in society.
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The time that leads to mastery is dependent on the intensity of our focus.
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People around you, constantly under the pull of their emotions, change their ideas by the day or by the hour, depending on their mood. You must never assume that what people say or do in a particular moment is a statement of their permanent desires.
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No one is really going to help you or give you direction. In fact, the odds are against you.
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When our emotions are engaged, we often have trouble seeing things as they are.
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The future belongs to those who learn more skills and combine them in creative ways.
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Whenever you can, bury the hatchet with an enemy, and make a point of putting him in your service.
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Make your masters appear more brilliant than they are and you will attain the heights of power.
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Understand your own patterns and go deep into understanding why you are the way you are.
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The great questions of the time will be decided, not by speeches and resolutions of majorities, but by iron and blood.
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