You are your own worst enemy. You waste precious time dreaming of the future instead of engaging in the present. Since nothing seems urgent to you, you are only half involved in what you do. The only way to change is through action and outside pressure.
By being unabashedly open you make yourself so predictable and familiar that it is almost impossible to respect or fear you, and power will not accrue to a person who cannot inspire such emotions.
“But the greatest battle of all is with yourself—your weaknesses, your emotions, your lack of resolution in seeing things through to the end. You must declare unceasing war on yourself.”
- Robert Greene
«Leer un libro cuesta: exige tiempo, disciplina y apagar el ruido del mundo. Pero la recompensa es brutal: te arma con un criterio indestructible, enfoca tu mente y te vuelve adicto a la libertad».
Manuel Vilas.
Perseverance is more effective than brute strength
and there are many difficulties that cannot be overcome if you try to do everything at once
but which will yield if you master them little by little.
A steady continuous effort is irresistible.
5 of my favourite laws:
- Law 9: Win through your Actions, Never through Argument
- Law 19: Know Who You're Dealing with – Do Not Offend the Wrong Person
- Law 29: Plan All the Way to the End
- Law 35: Master the Art of Timing
- Law 46: Never appear too Perfect
You’re drawing in what you’re thinking about. If you’re telling yourself, “This problem is too big; I’ll never make it through this sickness.” You’re defeating yourself. Turn it around. “Yes, this looks difficult, but God, I know You’re on the throne.”
Money has to circulate to bring power.
What money should buy is not lifeless objects but power over people.
By keeping money in constant circulation, Aretino bought an ever-expanding circle of influence that in the end more than compensated him for his expenses.
Sé honesto contigo mismo acerca de lo que quieres. No te niegues la oportunidad de alcanzar tus sueños. Todos estamos destinados a grandes cosas. Haz que tu FE sea más grande que tus miedos y observa cómo tus sueños se manifiestan ante tus ojos. No olvides tomar acción sobre aquello que siempre pospones: https://t.co/fJDtmmZdhr
The only way to break out of a negative dynamic is to confront it. Repressing your anger, avoiding the person threatening you, always looking to conciliate—these common strategies spell ruin.
All courses of action are risky, so prudence is not in avoiding danger (it's impossible), but calculating risk and acting decisively. Make mistakes of ambition and not mistakes of sloth. Develop the strength to do bold things, not the strength to suffer.