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Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
We don't want the thing we're after, we want to be after the thing.
Think of many things; do one.
If you think too much about what they think, you'll lose what you think.
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
Resistance lifts.
Those who have nothing to lose are very rich.
Grandma's Rule: You have to eat the carrots before you get the dessert.
The one fact pertaining to all conditions is that they will change.
80:20
More ≠ more.
Whatever can happen at any time can happen today.
More moves and less chat.
Each man believes only his experience.
Distraction.
The iron rule of nature is: you get what you reward for. If you want ants to come, you put sugar on the floor.
We may define therapy as a search for value.
The future is already here – it's just not very evenly distributed.
Creativity before productivity.
Thought, Spoken, Heard
You only fear being overtaken when you're not being yourself.
It is easier to change yourself than to change the world.
Code scripts machines, media scripts human beings.
Labor, leverage.
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
Work vs. Luck
‘No matter how far ahead I get, I always feel behind in my mind.’
The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.
Generalist, specialist.
View reading as an investment.
Failure is the frame, not the picture.
We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.
What you can imagine depends on what you know.
Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.
Meditation and concentration are the way to a life of serenity.
An unproblematic state is a state without creative thought. Its other name is death.
Truth.
You are here.
Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.
NFTs, explained.
Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
The more you compare, the less you differentiate.
If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there.
We suffer more in imagination than reality.
Slow down.
Talk is cheap.
Alan Watts
The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand exponential growth
Hare & tortoise.
Truth, Perception
Distraction is dilution.
Become the best in the world at what you do. Keep redefining what you do until this is true.
Appreciation.
After all is said and done, more is said than done.
Comfort vs. pain.
Banks vs. Blockchains
Great acts are made up of small deeds.
Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.
