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Switching costs.
Life is not a problem to be solved but a reality to be experienced.
We seldom speak of what we have but often of what we lack.
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.
Shoot.
Focus is determined by what you ignore.
Numbers obscure nuance.
Cover, story.
Know yourself as Nothing. Feel yourself as Everything.
Become the best in the world at what you do. Keep redefining what you do until this is true.
Said, done.
Hierarchy.
Truth, Perception
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
Vision
No great thing is created suddenly.
You are here.
You try to do the best with what you've got and ignore everything else. That's why horses get blinders in horse racing: You look at the horse next to you, and you lose a step.
Movement, action.
Slow down.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Grandma's Rule: You have to eat the carrots before you get the dessert.
The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.
Whatever can happen at any time can happen today.
Builder, investor, trader.
Expectation is the root of all heartache.
After all is said and done, more is said than done.
The source of wisdom is whatever is going to happen to us today.
Talk is cheap.
Bull, Bear, Builder.
Experience.
The future is already here – it's just not very evenly distributed.
Words can be communicative only between those who share similar experiences.
Observer, expert, practitioner.
There's a tremendous power in using the least amount of information to get a point across.
It took me years to play like myself.
Each man believes only his experience.
Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
The first rule of compounding is to never interrupt it unnecessarily.
When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.
It's not about who got here first, it's about who stays.
Code scripts machines, media scripts human beings.
Everyone, Someone.
The iron rule of nature is: you get what you reward for. If you want ants to come, you put sugar on the floor.
Truth, trend.
The first step is the steepest.
Don't just do something, stand there.
Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.
Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.
Learning.
The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
Hare & tortoise.
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
When you get the money, the only thing you wanna buy is time.
You only fear being overtaken when you're not being yourself.
Fashions fade, style is eternal.
We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us.
Do less, do more.
Ignore people playing status games. They gain status by attacking people playing wealth creation games.
The obstacle is the way.
