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Value is subjective.
Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.
Vision
Creativity before productivity.
Numbers obscure nuance.
You are what you think you are.
Bull, Bear, Builder.
There are three types of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.
If you sound unique, you can become irreplaceable.
Everyone, Someone.
Labor, leverage.
It's not about who got here first, it's about who stays.
View reading as an investment.
Freedom is the gap between earn and burn.
Switching costs.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Experience.
If the path before you is clear, you're probably on someone else's.
The fool is always getting ready to live.
Focus is determined by what you ignore.
Distraction, focus.
Words can be communicative only between those who share similar experiences.
What you can imagine depends on what you know.
Grandma's Rule: You have to eat the carrots before you get the dessert.
When all is said and done, more is said than done.
Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.
The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand exponential growth
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
If you think too much about what they think, you'll lose what you think.
Process vs. plan.
Said, done.
After all is said and done, more is said than done.
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
The iron rule of nature is: you get what you reward for. If you want ants to come, you put sugar on the floor.
Just because you can acquire the thing doesn't mean you can maintain the thing.
Don't just do something, stand there.
The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.
Distraction is dilution.
The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long.
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.
Generalist, specialist.
Each man believes only his experience.
You're under no obligation to be the same person you were 5 minutes ago.
If you keep looking back, you're gonna trip going forward.
When you get the money, the only thing you wanna buy is time.
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 source of wisdom is whatever is going to happen to us today.
It took me years to play like myself.
One of the secrets to staying young is to always do things you don’t know how to do.”
Appreciation.
Hierarchy.
Truth, Perception
Hare & tortoise.
Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
Great acts are made up of small deeds.
No great thing is created suddenly.
Done is better than perfect.
Fashions fade, style is eternal.
Perspective.