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41 " We have learned the rules so well that we can now be the ones to break or rewrite them. "
― Robert Greene , The Daily Laws: 366 Meditations on Power, Seduction, Mastery, Strategy and Human Nature
42 " You are one of a kind. Your combination of skills and experience is not replicable. That represents true freedom and the ultimate power we humans can possess. "
43 " Recognize Your Aggressive Impulses "
44 " Men are not gentle, friendly creatures wishing for love, who simply defend themselves if attacked. . . . A powerful desire for aggression has to be reckoned as part of their . . . endowment. —Sigmund Freud "
45 " Aggression is a tendency that is latent in every single human individual. "
46 " In dealing with your career and its inevitable changes, you must think in the following way: You are not tied to a particular position; your loyalty is not to a career or a company. You are committed to your Life’s Task, to giving it full expression. "
47 " We cannot separate this aggressiveness from the way we attack problems, alter the environment to make our lives easier, fight injustice, or create anything on a large scale. "
48 " Daily Law: Look for signs of your own aggressive impulses in past actions—how they led to friction or success. "
49 " The Laws of Human Nature, 16: See the Hostility Behind the Friendly Façade—The Law of Aggression "
50 " You do not hold on to past ways of doing things, because that will ensure you will fall behind and suffer for it. You are flexible and always looking to adapt. "
51 " Lost in Trivia "
52 " What you need is a mental filtering system based on a scale of priorities and your long-term goals. "
53 " Knowing what you want to accomplish in the end will help you weed out the essential from the nonessential. "
54 " Like Roach, you don’t want to abandon the skills and experience you have gained, but to find a new way to apply them. "
55 " You do not have to know all the details. Sometimes you need to delegate—let your subordinates handle the information gathering. "
56 " Your eye is on the future, not the past. Often such creative readjustments lead to a superior path for us—we are shaken out of our complacency and forced to reassess where we are headed. "
57 " Daily Law: Remember that greater control over events will come from realistic assessments of the situation, precisely what is made most difficult by a brain submerged in trivia. The Laws of Human Nature, 6: Elevate Your Perspective—The Law of Shortsightedness "
58 " Daily Law: Adapt your inclinations. Avoid having rigid goals and dreams. Change is the law. Mastery, I: Discover Your Calling—The Life’s Task "
59 " Daily Law: Mastery is a process and discovering your calling is the starting point. Mastery, I: Discover Your Calling—The Life’s Task "
60 " Reconnect with Your Childhood Obsession "