168 originals
Reason for being
If the path before you is clear, you're probably on someone else's.
Comfort vs. pain.
The simpler the story, the bigger the market.
Slow down.
Hierarchy.
Switching costs.
It took me years to play like myself.
Most people are out of touch with reality because they confuse the world as it is, with the world as they think about it, and talk about it, and describe it.
The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
View reading as an investment.
The future is already here – it's just not very evenly distributed.
NFTs, explained.
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
It's all relative.
When all is said and done, more is said than done.
Builder, investor, trader.
Whatever can happen at any time can happen today.
Become the best in the world at what you do. Keep redefining what you do until this is true.
It's not about who got here first, it's about who stays.
Distraction, focus.
Work vs. Luck
After all is said and done, more is said than done.
No one is coming to save you.
Creativity before productivity.
We may define therapy as a search for value.
The world will try and tell you who you are, and you have to tell yourself who you are. There's this ongoing battle, and somehow there needs to be a reconciliation between the two.
Fashions fade, style is eternal.
If you want to make the wrong decision, ask everyone.
Distraction.
You try to do the best with what you've got and ignore everything else. That's why horses get blinders in horse racing: You look at the horse next to you, and you lose a step.
Focus is determined by what you ignore.
The fool is always getting ready to live.
An unproblematic state is a state without creative thought. Its other name is death.
We seldom speak of what we have but often of what we lack.
Never limit yourself because of others’ limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination.
It is really hard to make something easy.
Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.
zero-sum, infinite-sum
Vision
80:20
Each man believes only his experience.
+2 vs. x2
Meditation and concentration are the way to a life of serenity.
Bull, Bear, Builder.
Resistance lifts.
Realize.
Said, done.
Hare & tortoise.
Learning.
Failure = feedback.
You are what you think you are.
The first rule of compounding is to never interrupt it unnecessarily.
Map ≠ Territory
Thought, Spoken, Heard
The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long.
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
Words can be communicative only between those who share similar experiences.
Ignore people playing status games. They gain status by attacking people playing wealth creation games.
