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The shortcut is to stop looking for shortcuts.
‘No matter how far ahead I get, I always feel behind in my mind.’
Learning.
Building vs. betting.
It is easier to change yourself than to change the world.
No one is coming to save you.
Vision
Code scripts machines, media scripts human beings.
The Overthinker.
Knowing vs. understanding.
Distraction is dilution.
Belief is a skill that requires practice.
The more you compare, the less you differentiate.
Hierarchy.
Everyone, Someone.
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.
Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.
We don't want the thing we're after, we want to be after the thing.
There are three types of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.
Meditation and concentration are the way to a life of serenity.
More before better.
Those who have nothing to lose are very rich.
It took me years to play like myself.
Life is not a problem to be solved but a reality to be experienced.
Price is what you pay; value is what you get.
You are what you think you are.
Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.
Value is subjective.
Banks vs. Blockchains
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
An unproblematic state is a state without creative thought. Its other name is death.
zero-sum, infinite-sum
Switching costs.
Don't just do something, stand there.
Hare & tortoise.
Observer, expert, practitioner.
The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
Talk is cheap.
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
Cover, story.
Process vs. plan.
You are here.
The simpler the story, the bigger the market.
Done is better than perfect.
Thought, Spoken, Heard
We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.
We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us.
Whatever can happen at any time can happen today.
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.
The iron rule of nature is: you get what you reward for. If you want ants to come, you put sugar on the floor.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
Work vs. Luck
Appreciation.
Reason for being
No great thing is created suddenly.
Do less, do more.
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.
Never limit yourself because of others’ limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination.
Experience is up only.
