I believe that everything happens for a reason, and what seems bad at first might in fact be something of a blessing. Robert Greene More Quotes by Robert Greene More Quotes From Robert Greene You have a set of skills, a way of looking at the world, and often in childhood it was revealed to you by things that you were just kind of naturally drawn to. Robert Greene childhood skills world You are facing death and danger and competition, but at any moment, you can decide to have a fearless mindset. Robert Greene fearless competition moments You could have a lot of money at your fingertips, the finest education and intellectual knowledge, but if you are governed by fear none of that will matter. You will remain tied to dead ideas and stale strategies. You will not be able to adapt. You will lose what you have. Robert Greene intellectual matter ideas 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. Robert Greene self giving people I believe that everybody was born with a kind of uniqueness. There is never going to be somebody else with the same DNA as you, with the same experiences. There is something that you were meant to do as an individual. You have some kind of creative skill. It can either be creating your own business in some level, being a writer, an artist, whatever, or it can even be working within a company, but from within that company you're creating something. Robert Greene dna artist believe The moment people feel they know what to expect from you, your spell on them is broken. Robert Greene moments broken people The big difference is, as a man, I can go to a bar at two in the morning and people will be like "He's just a fun guy! That's cool that he can balance all these things." But if you see a person that you know who has two young kids and is a mom, there's no way those perceptions are the same. It's like "Oh, there must be a problem." That's usually what women face. Robert Greene mom morning fun The truth is that creative activity is one that involves the entire self - our emotions, our levels of energy, our characters, and our minds. Robert Greene creative self character Our levels of desire, patience, persistence, and confidence end up playing a much larger role in success than sheer reasoning powers. Feel motivated and energized, we can overcome almost anything. Feeling bored and restless, our minds shut off and we become increasingly passive. Robert Greene persistence bored feelings 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. Robert Greene groups might thinking The ideas get under your skin. I am honored and deeply excited by the thought that the next generation of writers, or whomever, are influenced by these books. Robert Greene skins book ideas All great leaders since Moses have known that a feared enemy must be crushed completely. (Sometimes they have learned this the hard way.) If one ember is left alight, no matter how dimly it smolders, a fire will eventually break out. More is lost through stopping halfway than through total annihilation: The enemy will recover, and will seek revenge. Crush him, not only in body but in spirit. Robert Greene crush revenge fire Strike the shepherd and the sheep will scatter Robert Greene shepherds strikes sheep Desire is both imitative (we like what others like) and competitive (we want to take away from others what they have). As children, we wanted to monopolize the attention of a parent, to draw it away from other siblings. This sense of rivalry... makes people compete for the attention. Robert Greene sibling children people We're selfish to some degree, that's not a criticism and it doesn't mean that we are all narcissists. But in any situation our minds naturally evolve to what's in it for me? How does this affect me? Can this benefit me? Can this harm me? Then we might move on from that and have a more altruistic point of view about things but that's almost always our initial response. Robert Greene selfish mean moving Any titles, money, or privilege you inherit are actually hindrances. They delude you into believing you are owed respect. Robert Greene titles privilege believe We started filming [with Brandy Burre ]and didn't really know, at first, what we were doing. Eventually, the thing just grabbed a hold of both of us and became what it is. But, yeah, we were very close before and we're even closer now. Robert Greene brandy yeah firsts In a society where the roles everyone plays are obvious, the refusal to conform to any standard will excite interest. Be both masculine and feminine, impudent and charming, subtle and outrageous. Let other people worry about being socially acceptable; those types are a dime a dozen, and you are after a power greater than they can imagine. Robert Greene masculine-and-feminine play people Some people are a little bit better than others, some people are great, some people are superior. It depends on the level of effort. Robert Greene effort levels people Ah Franion, treason is loved of many, but the Traitor hated of all: unjust offences may for a time escape without danger, but never without revenge. Robert Greene unjust revenge may
