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If the path before you is clear, you're probably on someone else's.
More ≠ more.
We seldom speak of what we have but often of what we lack.
zero-sum, infinite-sum
Reason for being
The shortcut is to stop looking for shortcuts.
Become the best in the world at what you do. Keep redefining what you do until this is true.
Chronos, Kairos.
Bull, Bear, Builder.
Thought, said, heard, understood.
No one is coming to save you.
The source of wisdom is whatever is going to happen to us today.
Truth
You are here.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
It's not about who got here first, it's about who stays.
Experience.
When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.
Freedom is the gap between earn and burn.
Banks vs. Blockchains
Meditation and concentration are the way to a life of serenity.
Words can be communicative only between those who share similar experiences.
80:20
Talk is cheap.
Just because you can acquire the thing doesn't mean you can maintain the thing.
Those who have nothing to lose are very rich.
What you can imagine depends on what you know.
Comfort vs. pain.
If it looks simple, it was hard.
The iron rule of nature is: you get what you reward for. If you want ants to come, you put sugar on the floor.
Know yourself as Nothing. Feel yourself as Everything.
Mindset vs. Mind set
Distraction.
Focus is determined by what you ignore.
‘No matter how far ahead I get, I always feel behind in my mind.’
Done is better than perfect.
The obstacle is the way.
Resistance lifts.
Thought, Spoken, Heard
Learning.
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.
Don't just do something, stand there.
Observer, expert, practitioner.
Failure is the frame, not the picture.
Knowing vs. understanding.
Map ≠ Territory
Truth.
Equity unites, politics divides.
Price is what you pay; value is what you get.
The giver is the recipient.
There's a tremendous power in using the least amount of information to get a point across.
View reading as an investment.
No great thing is created suddenly.
Expectation is the root of all heartache.
Fashions fade, style is eternal.
Truth, Perception
When you get the money, the only thing you wanna buy is time.
Well done is better than well said.
Hours vs. Iterations
Those who have knowledge, don’t predict. Those who predict, don’t have knowledge.
