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Reason for being
We suffer more in imagination than reality.
No one is coming to save you.
Failure = feedback.
‘No matter how far ahead I get, I always feel behind in my mind.’
Realize.
An unproblematic state is a state without creative thought. Its other name is death.
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.
Banks vs. Blockchains
Observer, expert, practitioner.
Those who have nothing to lose are very rich.
The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
The shortcut is to stop looking for shortcuts.
Those who have knowledge, don’t predict. Those who predict, don’t have knowledge.
Meditation and concentration are the way to a life of serenity.
Wealth is a ratio, not a number.
Shoot.
Belief is a skill that requires practice.
Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.
Do less, do more.
The future is already here – it's just not very evenly distributed.
The more you compare, the less you differentiate.
We may define therapy as a search for value.
Take a simple idea and take it seriously.
Resistance lifts.
Said, done.
We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us.
Vision
More ≠ more.
No great thing is created suddenly.
View reading as an investment.
The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand exponential growth
Generalist, specialist.
Numbers obscure nuance.
Knowing vs. understanding.
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
If it looks simple, it was hard.
If you want to make the wrong decision, ask everyone.
An artist is not paid for labor but for vision.
You try to do the best with what you've got and ignore everything else. That's why horses get blinders in horse racing: You look at the horse next to you, and you lose a step.
Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.
The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long.
Distraction, focus.
If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there.
Slow down.
Thought, said, heard, understood.
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.
Alan Watts
Switching costs.
Think of many things; do one.
Work vs. Luck
The first rule of compounding is to never interrupt it unnecessarily.
Great acts are made up of small deeds.
It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view.
Each man believes only his experience.
Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.
+2 vs. x2
Fashions fade, style is eternal.
Just because you can acquire the thing doesn't mean you can maintain the thing.
Well done is better than well said.
