168 originals
No one is coming to save you.
Movement, action.
Words can be communicative only between those who share similar experiences.
Creativity before productivity.
You are what you think you are.
There are three types of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.
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.
Distraction is dilution.
Learning.
Truth, Perception
Ignore people playing status games. They gain status by attacking people playing wealth creation games.
Don't just do something, stand there.
Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
Never limit yourself because of others’ limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination.
If you think too much about what they think, you'll lose what you think.
Just because you can acquire the thing doesn't mean you can maintain the thing.
Experience is up only.
Value is subjective.
80:20
Numbers obscure nuance.
The one fact pertaining to all conditions is that they will change.
If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there.
‘Everything is original, nothing is original’
You are here.
Labor, leverage.
It took me years to play like myself.
Work vs. Luck
Alan Watts
Those who have nothing to lose are very rich.
You don't have to start from scratch to do something interesting.
Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.
The shortcut is to stop looking for shortcuts.
If you sound unique, you can become irreplaceable.
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
The obstacle is the way.
The source of wisdom is whatever is going to happen to us today.
Failure is the frame, not the picture.
Building vs. betting.
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Appreciation.
The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long.
We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us.
The iron rule of nature is: you get what you reward for. If you want ants to come, you put sugar on the floor.
Mindset vs. Mind set
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.
Do less, do more.
When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.
Belief gets in the way of learning.
Vision
+2 vs. x2
Banks vs. Blockchains
Those who have knowledge, don’t predict. Those who predict, don’t have knowledge.
‘No matter how far ahead I get, I always feel behind in my mind.’
Belief is a skill that requires practice.
Nothing draws a crowd quite like a crowd.
Truth, trend.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
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.
Process vs. plan.
Knowing vs. understanding.
