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We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us.
Don't just do something, stand there.
Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
Work vs. Luck
Value is subjective.
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
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.
Peace begins when expectation ends.
We don't want the thing we're after, we want to be after the thing.
We seldom speak of what we have but often of what we lack.
Life is not a problem to be solved but a reality to be experienced.
It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view.
Failure = feedback.
Slow down.
Hare & tortoise.
There's a tremendous power in using the least amount of information to get a point across.
It is really hard to make something easy.
You are what you think you are.
The future is already here – it's just not very evenly distributed.
It's not about who got here first, it's about who stays.
Builder, investor, trader.
What you can imagine depends on what you know.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
Truth
The fool is always getting ready to live.
When all is said and done, more is said than done.
Distraction is dilution.
Creativity before productivity.
Expectation is the root of all heartache.
Meditation and concentration are the way to a life of serenity.
Said, done.
More ≠ more.
Numbers obscure nuance.
Well done is better than well said.
If you want to make the wrong decision, ask everyone.
Hours vs. Iterations
Appreciation.
Switching costs.
It took me years to play like myself.
The first rule of compounding is to never interrupt it unnecessarily.
It's all relative.
Vision
Belief gets in the way of learning.
Chronos, Kairos.
Become the best in the world at what you do. Keep redefining what you do until this is true.
If it looks simple, it was hard.
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.
Realize.
Focus is determined by what you ignore.
View reading as an investment.
Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.
The Overthinker.
No, it took me my whole life.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Just because you can acquire the thing doesn't mean you can maintain the thing.
+2 vs. x2
Grandma's Rule: You have to eat the carrots before you get the dessert.
If you think too much about what they think, you'll lose what you think.
Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.