168 originals
Map ≠ Territory
The simpler the story, the bigger the market.
zero-sum, infinite-sum
More ≠ more.
Done is better than perfect.
Alan Watts
When you get the money, the only thing you wanna buy is time.
You only fear being overtaken when you're not being yourself.
The obstacle is the way.
The first step is the steepest.
Distraction, focus.
Freedom is the gap between earn and burn.
Fear is the mind-killer.
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long.
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.
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.
Grandma's Rule: You have to eat the carrots before you get the dessert.
After all is said and done, more is said than done.
Experience.
Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.
The one fact pertaining to all conditions is that they will change.
The first rule of compounding is to never interrupt it unnecessarily.
Work vs. Luck
When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.
Never limit yourself because of others’ limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination.
Shoot.
The giver is the recipient.
Well done is better than well said.
The future is already here – it's just not very evenly distributed.
Process vs. plan.
+2 vs. x2
Know yourself as Nothing. Feel yourself as Everything.
The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
You don't have to start from scratch to do something interesting.
Labor, leverage.
Great acts are made up of small deeds.
Wealth is a ratio, not a number.
Said, done.
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.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there.
Those who have knowledge, don’t predict. Those who predict, don’t have knowledge.
Distraction.
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.
Experience is up only.
Belief gets in the way of learning.
Thought, Spoken, Heard
View reading as an investment.
Perspective.
If you want to make the wrong decision, ask everyone.
Value is subjective.
It is really hard to make something easy.
Truth, trend.
Builder, investor, trader.
One of the secrets to staying young is to always do things you don’t know how to do.”
An artist is not paid for labor but for vision.
