168 originals
Generalist, specialist.
Building vs. betting.
Each man believes only his experience.
Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.
Freedom is the gap between earn and burn.
Never limit yourself because of others’ limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination.
After all is said and done, more is said than done.
It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view.
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.
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.
Distraction.
The obstacle is the way.
We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us.
It's not about who got here first, it's about who stays.
The more we know, the more we know we don't know.
Said, done.
If you want to make the wrong decision, ask everyone.
Distraction, focus.
Value is subjective.
The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long.
Builder, investor, trader.
+2 vs. x2
Process vs. plan.
Slow down.
The more you compare, the less you differentiate.
The giver is the recipient.
More moves and less chat.
Fashions fade, style is eternal.
Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.
Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.
We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.
Hours vs. Iterations
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
Truth.
Thought, said, heard, understood.
The future is already here – it's just not very evenly distributed.
The simpler the story, the bigger the market.
Realize.
The one fact pertaining to all conditions is that they will change.
Switching costs.
Know yourself as Nothing. Feel yourself as Everything.
Distraction is dilution.
You don't have to start from scratch to do something interesting.
If it looks simple, it was hard.
Belief is a skill that requires practice.
The first rule of compounding is to never interrupt it unnecessarily.
When all is said and done, more is said than done.
One of the secrets to staying young is to always do things you don’t know how to do.”
Hare & tortoise.
Knowing vs. understanding.
Whatever can happen at any time can happen today.
The shortcut is to stop looking for shortcuts.
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
The first step is the steepest.
More ≠ more.
If you sound unique, you can become irreplaceable.
Appreciation.
Ignore people playing status games. They gain status by attacking people playing wealth creation games.
You don't have a lack of ideas, you have a lack of deadlines