Quotes from Mastery

Quotes from Mastery by Robert Greene - This account is not affiliated with Robert Greene

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Avoid emotional extremes and find a way to feel optimism and doubt at the same time: a difficult sentation to describe.

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Your Life's Task is to express your uniqueness through your work.

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

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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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You must understand the following: 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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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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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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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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The passive ironic attitude is not cool or romantic, but pathetic and destructive

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The time that leads to mastery is dependent on the intensity of our focus.

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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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The future belongs to those who learn more skills and combine them in creative ways.

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Can you take criticism and use it constructively?

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Concentrated practice over time cannot fail but produce results.

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Real pleasure comes from overcoming challenges, feeling confidence in your abilities, and experiencing the power this brings.

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Once an action becomes automatic, you now have the mental space to observe yourself as you practice.

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Throughout your life you will encounter tedious situations, and you must cultivate the ability to handle them with discipline.

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Too many people believe that everything must be pleasurable in life.

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The pain and boredom we experience in the initial stage of learning a skill toughens our minds.

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You are like a hunter: your knowledge of every detail of the forest and ecosystem as a whole will give you many more options for survival.