168 originals
Hierarchy.
The more we know, the more we know we don't know.
When all is said and done, more is said than done.
Perspective.
Well done is better than well said.
Experience is up only.
The first rule of compounding is to never interrupt it unnecessarily.
The future is already here – it's just not very evenly distributed.
Alan Watts
You don't have a lack of ideas, you have a lack of deadlines
Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.
The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long.
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Shoot.
What you can imagine depends on what you know.
No great thing is created suddenly.
Observer, expert, practitioner.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
The first step is the steepest.
The simpler the story, the bigger the market.
Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.
Hours vs. Iterations
We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us.
More ≠ more.
Experience.
The one fact pertaining to all conditions is that they will change.
Said, done.
Talk is cheap.
Work vs. Luck
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.
Process vs. plan.
The fool is always getting ready to live.
You only fear being overtaken when you're not being yourself.
Become the best in the world at what you do. Keep redefining what you do until this is true.
If it looks simple, it was hard.
Thought, said, heard, understood.
The Overthinker.
Vision
Ignore people playing status games. They gain status by attacking people playing wealth creation games.
The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.
The iron rule of nature is: you get what you reward for. If you want ants to come, you put sugar on the floor.
Bull, Bear, Builder.
One of the secrets to staying young is to always do things you don’t know how to do.”
You are what you think you are.
Life is not a problem to be solved but a reality to be experienced.
Belief is a skill that requires practice.
Building vs. betting.
If you think too much about what they think, you'll lose what you think.
Cover, story.
Truth
Builder, investor, trader.
I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is.
If you sound unique, you can become irreplaceable.
Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.
The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
No, it took me my whole life.
There are three types of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.
Failure is the frame, not the picture.
