The people with money were meddling in mechanical and design affairs. They were interjecting their mediocre ideas into the process and polluting it. - Robert Greene

If possible, avoid deep contact with those whose time frame is narrow, who are in continual react mode, and strive to associate with those with an expanded awareness of time.

Do not be afraid to bring out the more sensitive or ambitious sides to your character. These repressed parts of you are yearning to be let out. In the theater of life, expand the roles that you play. Don’t worry about people’s reactions to any changes in you they sense. You are not so easy to categorize, which will fascinate them and give you the power to play with their perceptions of you, altering them at will.

Your days are numbered. Will you pass them half awake and halfhearted or will you live with a sense of urgency?