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Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
The iron rule of nature is: you get what you reward for. If you want ants to come, you put sugar on the floor.
We don't want the thing we're after, we want to be after the thing.
The future is already here – it's just not very evenly distributed.
The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
It's not about who got here first, it's about who stays.
Price is what you pay; value is what you get.
Comfort vs. pain.
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long.
When all is said and done, more is said than done.
Fashions fade, style is eternal.
Slow down.
Distraction, focus.
Process vs. plan.
Work vs. Luck
Think of many things; do one.
zero-sum, infinite-sum
Thought, Spoken, Heard
The fool is always getting ready to live.
Expectation is the root of all heartache.
Learning.
Failure = feedback.
Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.
Each man believes only his experience.
You don't have a lack of ideas, you have a lack of deadlines
The Overthinker.
Belief is a skill that requires practice.
Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.
If it looks simple, it was hard.
Words can be communicative only between those who share similar experiences.
We seldom speak of what we have but often of what we lack.
Failure is the frame, not the picture.
Distraction is dilution.
‘No matter how far ahead I get, I always feel behind in my mind.’
Banks vs. Blockchains
The more we know, the more we know we don't know.
The first step is the steepest.
Realize.
One of the secrets to staying young is to always do things you don’t know how to do.”
Appreciation.
You don't have to start from scratch to do something interesting.
Reason for being
Wealth is a ratio, not a number.
More before better.
Building vs. betting.
You are here.
What you work on is more important than how hard you work.
Peace begins when expectation ends.
Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.
If you want to make the wrong decision, ask everyone.
Take a simple idea and take it seriously.
The more you compare, the less you differentiate.
Hierarchy.
An artist is not paid for labor but for vision.
It is easier to change yourself than to change the world.
When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.
Do less, do more.
Grandma's Rule: You have to eat the carrots before you get the dessert.
