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To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Slow down.
Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.
Great acts are made up of small deeds.
Thought, Spoken, Heard
Done is better than perfect.
The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
Realize.
Generalist, specialist.
Observer, expert, practitioner.
View reading as an investment.
Take a simple idea and take it seriously.
Truth, Perception
If you keep looking back, you're gonna trip going forward.
Freedom is the gap between earn and burn.
Switching costs.
Wealth is a ratio, not a number.
You only fear being overtaken when you're not being yourself.
‘Everything is original, nothing is original’
Expectation is the root of all heartache.
Fear is the mind-killer.
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
It is easier to change yourself than to change the world.
+2 vs. x2
Banks vs. Blockchains
Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.
The source of wisdom is whatever is going to happen to us today.
If it looks simple, it was hard.
Distraction is dilution.
The one fact pertaining to all conditions is that they will change.
Bull, Bear, Builder.
Cover, story.
Builder, investor, trader.
Fashions fade, style is eternal.
The obstacle is the way.
It's not about who got here first, it's about who stays.
If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there.
If the path before you is clear, you're probably on someone else's.
Know yourself as Nothing. Feel yourself as Everything.
When all is said and done, more is said than done.
More moves and less chat.
Don't just do something, stand there.
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.
Work vs. Luck
Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.
Focus is determined by what you ignore.
The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long.
Movement, action.
Vision
Failure = feedback.
There are three types of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.
The giver is the recipient.
There's a tremendous power in using the least amount of information to get a point across.
Peace begins when expectation ends.
Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.
What you can imagine depends on what you know.
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
Appreciation.
Words can be communicative only between those who share similar experiences.
The iron rule of nature is: you get what you reward for. If you want ants to come, you put sugar on the floor.
