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Whatever can happen at any time can happen today.
We seldom speak of what we have but often of what we lack.
The source of wisdom is whatever is going to happen to us today.
Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.
The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
If it looks simple, it was hard.
When all is said and done, more is said than done.
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
Numbers obscure nuance.
Work vs. Luck
Belief gets in the way of learning.
Hierarchy.
Vision
Freedom is the gap between earn and burn.
Builder, investor, trader.
Learning.
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.
Labor, leverage.
Truth, Perception
The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.
You don't have a lack of ideas, you have a lack of deadlines
Perspective.
Belief is a skill that requires practice.
If you think too much about what they think, you'll lose what you think.
The simpler the story, the bigger the market.
Comfort vs. pain.
It is really hard to make something easy.
The Overthinker.
Distraction.
The fool is always getting ready to live.
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
Value is subjective.
You're under no obligation to be the same person you were 5 minutes ago.
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Just because you can acquire the thing doesn't mean you can maintain the thing.
There's a tremendous power in using the least amount of information to get a point across.
Distraction is dilution.
Truth.
Do less, do more.
The obstacle is the way.
Failure = feedback.
Don't just do something, stand there.
Shoot.
Distraction, focus.
What you work on is more important than how hard you work.
It took me years to play like myself.
It's not about who got here first, it's about who stays.
Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.
It is easier to change yourself than to change the world.
Expectation is the root of all heartache.
You don't have to start from scratch to do something interesting.
You are here.
The more you compare, the less you differentiate.
View reading as an investment.
Generalist, specialist.
You are what you think you are.
The iron rule of nature is: you get what you reward for. If you want ants to come, you put sugar on the floor.
Those who have nothing to lose are very rich.
Reason for being
If you keep looking back, you're gonna trip going forward.
