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If the path before you is clear, you're probably on someone else's.
It is really hard to make something easy.
Do less, do more.
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
Experience is up only.
Generalist, specialist.
zero-sum, infinite-sum
Expectation is the root of all heartache.
Failure = feedback.
Creativity before productivity.
More ≠ more.
You don't have a lack of ideas, you have a lack of deadlines
‘No matter how far ahead I get, I always feel behind in my mind.’
Talk is cheap.
Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.
The first step is the steepest.
If you want to make the wrong decision, ask everyone.
Work vs. Luck
Numbers obscure nuance.
One of the secrets to staying young is to always do things you don’t know how to do.”
The more you compare, the less you differentiate.
What you can imagine depends on what you know.
You're under no obligation to be the same person you were 5 minutes ago.
The source of wisdom is whatever is going to happen to us today.
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
Done is better than perfect.
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
An artist is not paid for labor but for vision.
Well done is better than well said.
When all is said and done, more is said than done.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Knowing vs. understanding.
When you get the money, the only thing you wanna buy is time.
Vision
Meditation and concentration are the way to a life of serenity.
We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us.
Belief gets in the way of learning.
Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.
You don't have to start from scratch to do something interesting.
Wealth is a ratio, not a number.
NFTs, explained.
Great acts are made up of small deeds.
Process vs. plan.
Learning.
The giver is the recipient.
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.
There are three types of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.
Map ≠ Territory
Equity unites, politics divides.
If you think too much about what they think, you'll lose what you think.
Price is what you pay; value is what you get.
Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.
Belief is a skill that requires practice.
No one is coming to save you.
The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.
Those who have knowledge, don’t predict. Those who predict, don’t have knowledge.
Mindset vs. Mind set
Alan Watts
Fashions fade, style is eternal.