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zero-sum, infinite-sum
Experience.
Hierarchy.
Price is what you pay; value is what you get.
When all is said and done, more is said than done.
If it looks simple, it was hard.
Numbers obscure nuance.
The future is already here – it's just not very evenly distributed.
Those who have knowledge, don’t predict. Those who predict, don’t have knowledge.
No great thing is created suddenly.
Hours vs. Iterations
You only fear being overtaken when you're not being yourself.
Creativity before productivity.
Shoot.
Labor, leverage.
Peace begins when expectation ends.
We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.
Nothing draws a crowd quite like a crowd.
You don't have to start from scratch to do something interesting.
The giver is the recipient.
The first rule of compounding is to never interrupt it unnecessarily.
More before better.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Generalist, specialist.
Failure is the frame, not the picture.
Distraction.
Hare & tortoise.
When you get the money, the only thing you wanna buy is time.
Fashions fade, style is eternal.
Knowing vs. understanding.
We don't want the thing we're after, we want to be after the thing.
Ignore people playing status games. They gain status by attacking people playing wealth creation games.
It is easier to change yourself than to change the world.
Failure = feedback.
Observer, expert, practitioner.
Work vs. Luck
Map ≠ Territory
Words can be communicative only between those who share similar experiences.
Experience is up only.
Take a simple idea and take it seriously.
You don't have a lack of ideas, you have a lack of deadlines
Distraction, focus.
‘Everything is original, nothing is original’
If you want to make the wrong decision, ask everyone.
Slow down.
Thought, said, heard, understood.
Grandma's Rule: You have to eat the carrots before you get the dessert.
More moves and less chat.
It's all relative.
Belief is a skill that requires practice.
If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there.
No, it took me my whole life.
Value is subjective.
Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
Great acts are made up of small deeds.
Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.
Just because you can acquire the thing doesn't mean you can maintain the thing.
Wealth is a ratio, not a number.
There are three types of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.
The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.
