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out of fear

Most people wait too long to go into action

what you do that must have flow, but also how you do things.

what you do that must have flow, but also how you do things.

constantly be adapted to circumstances.

emotional flow.

develop

not let it remain the following day.

intense feelings of love, hate, or anger can be used to impel you forward on some project, but that is an illusion

greatest danger you face is your mind growing soft and your eye getting dull.

less respectful of the rules that other people have established.

initiate a new order.

terminate the relationship — no arguing, no bargaining, no compromising

“All of man’s troubles come from not knowing how to sit still, alone in a room.”

Understand: the real secret, the real formula for power in this world, lies in accepting the ugly reality that learning requires a process, and this in turn demands patience and the ability to endure drudge work.

It is unnatural to not feel fear.

process that requires challenges and tests

What separates those who go under and those who rise above adversity is the strength of their will and their hunger for power.

efensive position of overcoming fears converts to an offensive one — a fearless attitude.

Testing and proving his courage

as an individual you cannot stop the tide of fantasy and escapism sweeping a culture.

emotions give you a burst of energy that falls quickly and leaves you as low as you were high.

mind tends to drift into fantasies;

turn inward to your thoughts and desires.

If things are going well, you become complacent,

LOOK AT PEOPLE’S DEEDS, NOT WORDS — SHARPNESS

don’t pay attention to people’s good or bad intentions. They don’t matter.

All you look at are people’s maneuvers

REASSESS YOURSELF — DETACHMENT

experiencing things as they are

position of basic ignorance was what you had as a child.

imagine for a day that you do not know anything

what you believe could be completely false

When it is yours to lose - you are more motivated, more creative, more alive.

take in as much as possible with your own eyes.

You communicate with people up and down the chain of command within your organization.

expand your access to different ideas. Force yourself to go to events and places that are beyond your usual circle. If you cannot observe something firsthand, try to get reports that are more direct and less filtered, or vary the sources so that you can see things from several sides. Get a fingertip feel for everything going on in your environment — the complete terrain.

True ownership can come only from within

strength and self - reliance

When you do not get to the root of a problem, you cannot solve it in any meaningful manner. People like to look at the surfaces, get all emotional and react, doing things that make them feel better in the short term but do nothing for them in the long term.

progression towards ownership — first mentally of your independence, and then physically of your work, owning what you produce.

what you really value in life is ownership, not money.

powers of observation

rigorous reassessment of who you are and where you are headed

engage in every few weeks

you alone control the direction of your enterprise and depend on no one.

cultivate the proper sense of detachment

keep yourself free of the unnecessary entanglements and alliances.

make sure that you are clear as to what function they serve for you and how you will free yourself of them

Reversal of Perspective

real poetry and beauty in life comes from an intense relationship with reality

when people give you things or do you favours it is always with strings attached. They want something from you in return - assistance, unquestioned loyalty, and so forth.

Realism

highest point of human rationality.

keep yourself free of as many of these obligations as possible