168 originals
Experience is up only.
Work vs. Luck
After all is said and done, more is said than done.
Price is what you pay; value is what you get.
We may define therapy as a search for value.
Truth.
If it looks simple, it was hard.
No, it took me my whole life.
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
An unproblematic state is a state without creative thought. Its other name is death.
Thought, said, heard, understood.
Failure = feedback.
Think of many things; do one.
Mindset vs. Mind set
Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
Comfort vs. pain.
Map ≠ Territory
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.
Hare & tortoise.
Builder, investor, trader.
The more we know, the more we know we don't know.
Distraction, focus.
Everyone, Someone.
Learning.
We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.
The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
‘No matter how far ahead I get, I always feel behind in my mind.’
Freedom is the gap between earn and burn.
Focus is determined by what you ignore.
Fashions fade, style is eternal.
Life is not a problem to be solved but a reality to be experienced.
Wealth is a ratio, not a number.
Cover, story.
Ignore people playing status games. They gain status by attacking people playing wealth creation games.
Generalist, specialist.
More before better.
Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.
There are three types of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.
You are here.
If you sound unique, you can become irreplaceable.
Do less, do more.
If you want to make the wrong decision, ask everyone.
We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us.
Shoot.
The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long.
Great acts are made up of small deeds.
Truth, Perception
More moves and less chat.
Fear is the mind-killer.
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.
The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand exponential growth
Movement, action.
zero-sum, infinite-sum
Chronos, Kairos.
The obstacle is the way.
Words can be communicative only between those who share similar experiences.
Knowing vs. understanding.
You're under no obligation to be the same person you were 5 minutes ago.
Banks vs. Blockchains