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Distraction.
Value is subjective.
Generalist, specialist.
zero-sum, infinite-sum
What you work on is more important than how hard you work.
You only fear being overtaken when you're not being yourself.
Everyone, Someone.
Alan Watts
The future is already here – it's just not very evenly distributed.
Builder, investor, trader.
When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.
Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.
Thought, Spoken, Heard
The Overthinker.
Price is what you pay; value is what you get.
Truth, Perception
If you think too much about what they think, you'll lose what you think.
Numbers obscure nuance.
No, it took me my whole life.
Belief is a skill that requires practice.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
We suffer more in imagination than reality.
Learning.
Become the best in the world at what you do. Keep redefining what you do until this is true.
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
If you sound unique, you can become irreplaceable.
Banks vs. Blockchains
Truth.
Each man believes only his experience.
View reading as an investment.
Well done is better than well said.
The fool is always getting ready to live.
It is easier to change yourself than to change the world.
Think of many things; do one.
We don't want the thing we're after, we want to be after the thing.
Work vs. Luck
Ignore people playing status games. They gain status by attacking people playing wealth creation games.
Belief gets in the way of learning.
We may define therapy as a search for value.
More ≠ more.
NFTs, explained.
Focus is determined by what you ignore.
One of the secrets to staying young is to always do things you don’t know how to do.”
Hierarchy.
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.
More before better.
We seldom speak of what we have but often of what we lack.
Experience.
Truth, trend.
Words can be communicative only between those who share similar experiences.
When all is said and done, more is said than done.
Grandma's Rule: You have to eat the carrots before you get the dessert.
Life is not a problem to be solved but a reality to be experienced.
We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.
‘No matter how far ahead I get, I always feel behind in my mind.’
Realize.
Those who have knowledge, don’t predict. Those who predict, don’t have knowledge.
After all is said and done, more is said than done.
The simpler the story, the bigger the market.
