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Done is better than perfect.
The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long.
You only fear being overtaken when you're not being yourself.
Distraction.
Appreciation.
When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.
Become the best in the world at what you do. Keep redefining what you do until this is true.
When all is said and done, more is said than done.
Switching costs.
There's a tremendous power in using the least amount of information to get a point across.
Code scripts machines, media scripts human beings.
Talk is cheap.
Creativity before productivity.
Fashions fade, style is eternal.
We don't want the thing we're after, we want to be after the thing.
An artist is not paid for labor but for vision.
Perspective.
Equity unites, politics divides.
The iron rule of nature is: you get what you reward for. If you want ants to come, you put sugar on the floor.
The simpler the story, the bigger the market.
Slow down.
The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
Reason for being
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.
The world will try and tell you who you are, and you have to tell yourself who you are. There's this ongoing battle, and somehow there needs to be a reconciliation between the two.
More moves and less chat.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
Just because you can acquire the thing doesn't mean you can maintain the thing.
Banks vs. Blockchains
Distraction, focus.
Learning.
The more we know, the more we know we don't know.
It's not about who got here first, it's about who stays.
The future is already here – it's just not very evenly distributed.
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
What you work on is more important than how hard you work.
If you sound unique, you can become irreplaceable.
Truth, trend.
Labor, leverage.
You are what you think you are.
‘No matter how far ahead I get, I always feel behind in my mind.’
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
Everyone, Someone.
The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand exponential growth
Freedom is the gap between earn and burn.
We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us.
Failure is the frame, not the picture.
What you can imagine depends on what you know.
Knowing vs. understanding.
More ≠ more.
No great thing is created suddenly.
It is really hard to make something easy.
Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.
The source of wisdom is whatever is going to happen to us today.
View reading as an investment.
Take a simple idea and take it seriously.
Don't just do something, stand there.
Process vs. plan.
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
