168 originals
Failure is the frame, not the picture.
You don't have to start from scratch to do something interesting.
Great acts are made up of small deeds.
Belief gets in the way of learning.
The first step is the steepest.
+2 vs. x2
When all is said and done, more is said than done.
The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long.
Those who have knowledge, don’t predict. Those who predict, don’t have knowledge.
zero-sum, infinite-sum
Know yourself as Nothing. Feel yourself as Everything.
You only fear being overtaken when you're not being yourself.
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
The one fact pertaining to all conditions is that they will change.
The simpler the story, the bigger the market.
Builder, investor, trader.
Never limit yourself because of others’ limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination.
Work vs. Luck
The first rule of compounding is to never interrupt it unnecessarily.
Learning.
Creativity before productivity.
Become the best in the world at what you do. Keep redefining what you do until this is true.
Alan Watts
The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.
Slow down.
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.
Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
Vision
Cover, story.
Everyone, Someone.
Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.
Truth, Perception
Value is subjective.
After all is said and done, more is said than done.
Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.
Chronos, Kairos.
The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand exponential growth
Code scripts machines, media scripts human beings.
Hours vs. Iterations
Fashions fade, style is eternal.
Focus is determined by what you ignore.
Just because you can acquire the thing doesn't mean you can maintain the thing.
If you think too much about what they think, you'll lose what you think.
Distraction, focus.
Don't just do something, stand there.
Ignore people playing status games. They gain status by attacking people playing wealth creation games.
Generalist, specialist.
We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Grandma's Rule: You have to eat the carrots before you get the dessert.
If you sound unique, you can become irreplaceable.
Wealth is a ratio, not a number.
Shoot.
Life is not a problem to be solved but a reality to be experienced.
Well done is better than well said.
Movement, action.
Numbers obscure nuance.
Bull, Bear, Builder.
You don't have a lack of ideas, you have a lack of deadlines
You are what you think you are.
