LAW 47: Do not go past the mark you aimed for; in victory, learn when to stop.
@RobertGreene warns that arrogance and overconfidence in victory can push you to create more enemies than you defeat.
The perilous dynamic of complacency can inflict untold damage and bring you down.
@RobertGreene warns that arrogance and overconfidence in victory can push you to create more enemies than you defeat.
The perilous dynamic of complacency can inflict untold damage and bring you down.
1. How one treats those who can't help him or hurt him is a window into character.
Watch out for people who maltreat those without power over them. It always reveals a dangerous streak - of malice or ignorance.
Your authentic character and principles are best revealed when you have nothing to gain from them.
Use your authenticity to gain allies and forward momentum: you will more easily behave in public how you behave in private.
Use your authenticity to gain allies and forward momentum: you will more easily behave in public how you behave in private.
2. Understand that you succeed along the path of grit and application, not in the final moment of victory.
Success is in how you carry yourself forward, not in any one thing you do or accomplish.
Success is in how you carry yourself forward, not in any one thing you do or accomplish.
The lo-awarenes mass don't get that deliberate action every day is how you win.
That's why they are always complaining and subject to conditions.
That's why they become losers for life sooner rather than later and embrace victimhood.
That's why they are always complaining and subject to conditions.
That's why they become losers for life sooner rather than later and embrace victimhood.
3. Cockiness and lack of perspective is the second-worst mistake of every youth.
If you're young, carve this deep into your brain.
The moment of achievement is when you pause to consolidate your gains and look for new skills to the develop.
It's not a time to squander what you have earned with grit and sweat.
The moment of achievement is when you pause to consolidate your gains and look for new skills to the develop.
It's not a time to squander what you have earned with grit and sweat.
Life has a way of teaching the arrogance of youth the most savage lessons.
4. You court disaster if you let temporary luck distract you from making your own.
5. When you get too emotional or build attachment to the outcome of success, you make yourself blind, weak and reactive.
Understand that tomorrow is always another day, and run towards it with a smile and a laugh.
Understand that tomorrow is always another day, and run towards it with a smile and a laugh.
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