168 originals
The first rule of compounding is to never interrupt it unnecessarily.
Chronos, Kairos.
Value is subjective.
We may define therapy as a search for value.
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
When you feel like giving up is precisely the point everybody else gives up. So it’s at that point that you must put in extra effort.
More ≠ more.
It's not about who got here first, it's about who stays.
Work vs. Luck
View reading as an investment.
‘Everything is original, nothing is original’
Reason for being
Slow down.
The simpler the story, the bigger the market.
Knowing vs. understanding.
Mindset vs. Mind set
Distraction, focus.
There's a tremendous power in using the least amount of information to get a point across.
No one is coming to save you.
Experience is up only.
Freedom is the gap between earn and burn.
Think of many things; do one.
NFTs, explained.
The more you compare, the less you differentiate.
When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.
If it looks simple, it was hard.
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.
Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.
Take a simple idea and take it seriously.
Resistance lifts.
Become the best in the world at what you do. Keep redefining what you do until this is true.
Building vs. betting.
‘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.
We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.
After all is said and done, more is said than done.
Everyone, Someone.
Great acts are made up of small deeds.
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
What you can imagine depends on what you know.
It is really hard to make something easy.
An artist is not paid for labor but for vision.
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.
Labor, leverage.
When all is said and done, more is said than done.
No great thing is created suddenly.
Said, done.
More moves and less chat.
Know yourself as Nothing. Feel yourself as Everything.
It is easier to change yourself than to change the world.
If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there.
80:20
If you sound unique, you can become irreplaceable.
Observer, expert, practitioner.
You don't have to start from scratch to do something interesting.
Each man believes only his experience.
The Overthinker.
Banks vs. Blockchains
The obstacle is the way.
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.