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Freedom is the gap between earn and burn.
Just because you can acquire the thing doesn't mean you can maintain the thing.
Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.
The future is already here – it's just not very evenly distributed.
It is really hard to make something easy.
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.
Process vs. plan.
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Failure is the frame, not the picture.
Labor, leverage.
Building vs. betting.
Belief is a skill that requires practice.
What you work on is more important than how hard you work.
If you sound unique, you can become irreplaceable.
Grandma's Rule: You have to eat the carrots before you get the dessert.
The first step is the steepest.
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
More moves and less chat.
Creativity before productivity.
You don't have to start from scratch to do something interesting.
Those who have knowledge, don’t predict. Those who predict, don’t have knowledge.
Thought, said, heard, understood.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Experience.
Realize.
The more you compare, the less you differentiate.
Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.
More before better.
If the path before you is clear, you're probably on someone else's.
We suffer more in imagination than reality.
Knowing vs. understanding.
You are what you think you are.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.
If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there.
Shoot.
Become the best in the world at what you do. Keep redefining what you do until this is true.
An artist is not paid for labor but for vision.
The obstacle is the way.
Alan Watts
Said, done.
Value is subjective.
You only fear being overtaken when you're not being yourself.
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
Never limit yourself because of others’ limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination.
Slow down.
Work vs. Luck
Do less, do more.
It's all relative.
Hours vs. Iterations
Thought, Spoken, Heard
Fashions fade, style is eternal.
The iron rule of nature is: you get what you reward for. If you want ants to come, you put sugar on the floor.
Builder, investor, trader.
Mindset vs. Mind set
Don't just do something, stand there.
Expectation is the root of all heartache.
Price is what you pay; value is what you get.
It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view.
