Robert Greene Quotes


 
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Best 49 Mastery Quotes by Robert Greene – Page 1 of 2

Mastery Quotes

“A natural response when people feel overwhelmed is to retreat into various forms of passivity. If we don’t try too much in life, if we limit our circle of action, we can give ourselves the illusion of control.

The less we attempt, the less chances of failure. If we can make it look like we are not really responsible for our fate, for what happens to us in life, then our apparent powerlessness is more palatable.”

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“Actively rebel against the forces that push you away from your true path.”

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“Assuming a sensation of inferiority, your mind will open up and you will have a hunger to learn.”

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“At each phase of life you must find the appropriate teachers, getting what you want out of them, moving on, and feeling no shame for this.”

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“Become who you are by learning who you are.”

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“Constantly look for challenges, pushing past your comfort zone.”

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“Developing discipline through challenging situations and perhaps suffering along the way are no longer values that are promoted in our culture.”

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“Don’t abandon the skills and experience you have gained, but find a new way to apply them.”

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“Everything that happens to you is a form of instruction if you pay attention.”

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“Everything that happens to you is a form of instruction if you pay attention.”

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“If we experience any failures or setbacks, we do not forget them because they offend our self-esteem.

Instead we reflect on them deeply, trying to figure out what went wrong and discern whether there are any patterns to our mistakes.”

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“If you can get people to become emotional, they will reveal a lot more.”

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“If you don't have deadlines, manufacture them for yourself.”

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“In order to master a field, you must love the subject and feel a profound connection to it. Your interest must transcend the field itself and border on the religious.”

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“In physical exercise, resistance is a way to make the body stronger, and it is the same with the mind.”

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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 and can never focus enough to learn.”

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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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“It is not up to others to protect or help you. You are on your own.”

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“Keep a notebook with you at all times.”

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“No matter your field, you must think of yourself as a builder, using actual materials and ideas.”

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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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“Our natural tendency is to project onto other people our own belief and value systems, in ways in which we are not even aware.”

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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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“People who praise you too much or who become overly friendly in the first stages of knowing you are often envious and are getting closer in order to hurt you.”

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“People who retain their childish attitudes will rarely be able to hold on to the success they may achieve through their talent.”

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“Resist the temptation to be nice to yourself.”

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“Scoff at the need for attention and approval — they will lead you astray.”

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“Slowly expand the boundaries of what can be made.”

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“Study as deeply as possible the technology you use.”

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“Take special note of how people respond to stressful situations. Often the mask they wear in public falls off in the heat of the moment.”

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“You and I, we’re responsible for our own flourishing. We’re responsible for not letting our happiness depend on external circumstances — we shouldn’t let the rain, annoying strangers, or a leaking washing machine decide upon our wellbeing.

Otherwise, we become helpless victims of life circumstances out of hand. As a Stoic student, you learn that only you can ruin your life and only you can refuse to let your inner self be conquered by whatever nasty challenge life throws at you.”


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