168 originals
Distraction.
Truth, trend.
I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is.
Focus is determined by what you ignore.
Observer, expert, practitioner.
An artist is not paid for labor but for vision.
Vision
If you keep looking back, you're gonna trip going forward.
Truth, Perception
zero-sum, infinite-sum
The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.
Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.
If the path before you is clear, you're probably on someone else's.
Hare & tortoise.
Freedom is the gap between earn and burn.
The giver is the recipient.
Chronos, Kairos.
Code scripts machines, media scripts human beings.
Just because you can acquire the thing doesn't mean you can maintain the thing.
Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.
Bull, Bear, Builder.
Failure = feedback.
More moves and less chat.
The first rule of compounding is to never interrupt it unnecessarily.
Creativity before productivity.
Slow down.
The simpler the story, the bigger the market.
Wealth is a ratio, not a number.
Labor, leverage.
Truth
Equity unites, politics divides.
Peace begins when expectation ends.
Grandma's Rule: You have to eat the carrots before you get the dessert.
Numbers obscure nuance.
It is easier to change yourself than to change the world.
Never limit yourself because of others’ limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination.
Distraction, focus.
When all is said and done, more is said than done.
Nothing draws a crowd quite like a crowd.
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.
Expectation is the root of all heartache.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
Learning.
Don't just do something, stand there.
The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
It's all relative.
There are three types of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.
Take a simple idea and take it seriously.
We don't want the thing we're after, we want to be after the thing.
The shortcut is to stop looking for shortcuts.
Generalist, specialist.
The iron rule of nature is: you get what you reward for. If you want ants to come, you put sugar on the floor.
Appreciation.
The obstacle is the way.
No great thing is created suddenly.
Builder, investor, trader.
You don't have a lack of ideas, you have a lack of deadlines
Failure is the frame, not the picture.
