"Half of your mastery of power comes from what you do NOT do, what you do not ALLOW yourself to get dragged into.












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"Half of your mastery of power comes from what you do NOT do, what you do not ALLOW yourself to get dragged into.
"Power rarely ends up in the hands of those who start a revolution, or even those who further it; power sticks to those who bring it to a conclusion