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Life is not a problem to be solved but a reality to be experienced.
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
The simpler the story, the bigger the market.
The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long.
Hare & tortoise.
Chronos, Kairos.
What you can imagine depends on what you know.
If you sound unique, you can become irreplaceable.
Distraction, focus.
Think of many things; do one.
Labor, leverage.
The future is already here – it's just not very evenly distributed.
Distraction.
Price is what you pay; value is what you get.
NFTs, explained.
Map ≠ Territory
Cover, story.
Don't just do something, stand there.
It is easier to change yourself than to change the world.
Truth, Perception
Fashions fade, style is eternal.
We may define therapy as a search for value.
Said, done.
Each man believes only his experience.
If you think too much about what they think, you'll lose what you think.
We seldom speak of what we have but often of what we lack.
Banks vs. Blockchains
Appreciation.
Meditation and concentration are the way to a life of serenity.
There's a tremendous power in using the least amount of information to get a point across.
Numbers obscure nuance.
The shortcut is to stop looking for shortcuts.
Freedom is the gap between earn and burn.
Become the best in the world at what you do. Keep redefining what you do until this is true.
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
Movement, action.
Peace begins when expectation ends.
No, it took me my whole life.
Expectation is the root of all heartache.
‘Everything is original, nothing is original’
It is really hard to make something easy.
You try to do the best with what you've got and ignore everything else. That's why horses get blinders in horse racing: You look at the horse next to you, and you lose a step.
The Overthinker.
Those who have nothing to lose are very rich.
You don't have a lack of ideas, you have a lack of deadlines
There are three types of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.
More ≠ more.
Grandma's Rule: You have to eat the carrots before you get the dessert.
We don't want the thing we're after, we want to be after the thing.
Realize.
If it looks simple, it was hard.
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.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view.
View reading as an investment.
Belief gets in the way of learning.
An unproblematic state is a state without creative thought. Its other name is death.
Builder, investor, trader.
More moves and less chat.