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No, it took me my whole life.
We seldom speak of what we have but often of what we lack.
Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
More ≠ more.
Shoot.
When all is said and done, more is said than done.
We don't want the thing we're after, we want to be after the thing.
Mindset vs. Mind set
Distraction is dilution.
You are here.
Said, done.
Chronos, Kairos.
The first rule of compounding is to never interrupt it unnecessarily.
Perspective.
What you work on is more important than how hard you work.
If the path before you is clear, you're probably on someone else's.
Experience is up only.
Reason for being
The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view.
Focus is determined by what you ignore.
Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.
No one is coming to save you.
The first step is the steepest.
You don't have a lack of ideas, you have a lack of deadlines
Value is subjective.
Building vs. betting.
Truth
Expectation is the root of all heartache.
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
It took me years to play like myself.
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.
What you can imagine depends on what you know.
Belief gets in the way of learning.
Observer, expert, practitioner.
Peace begins when expectation ends.
More before better.
Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.
The simpler the story, the bigger the market.
The Overthinker.
zero-sum, infinite-sum
An artist is not paid for labor but for vision.
We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.
Builder, investor, trader.
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
After all is said and done, more is said than done.
Hierarchy.
Failure is the frame, not the picture.
The more you compare, the less you differentiate.
80:20
Become the best in the world at what you do. Keep redefining what you do until this is true.
Wealth is a ratio, not a number.
Truth.
More moves and less chat.
Comfort vs. pain.
You're under no obligation to be the same person you were 5 minutes ago.
The more we know, the more we know we don't know.
Work vs. Luck
Words can be communicative only between those who share similar experiences.