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The greatest superpower is the ability to change yourself.
Tim Ferriss • The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness
Self-reinforcement is a superpower.
Steven Pressfield • Put Your Ass Where Your Heart Wants to Be
Similarly, Lasch’s richer conception of obligation means that power implies care for others. Just as property rights are neither absolute nor free from duties, so too political authority requires popular consent and compassion for the most vulnerable. In functioning democracies, power received from the people has to be returned to them by promoting
... See moreAdrian Pabst • Postliberal Politics: The Coming Era of Renewal
Self-power, on the other hand, is permanent, because it is based on the knowledge of the Self. And there are certain characteristics of self-power. It draws people to you, and it also draws things that you want to you. It magnetizes people, situations, and circumstances to support your desires. This is also called support from the laws of nature. I
... See moreDeepak Chopra • The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success: A Practical Guide to the Fulfillment of Your Dreams
Leaders can do anything they want to. Short-term, leaders are almost invulnerable. Momentum alone carries them along.
Jack Trout • Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind
Washington had served as commander in chief for eight and a half years, the equivalent of two presidential terms. His military triumphs had been neither frequent nor epic in scale. He had lost more battles than he had won, had botched several through strategic blunders, and had won at Yorktown only with the indispensable aid of the French Army and
... See moreRon Chernow • Washington
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie • "The Danger of a Single Story"
