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Banks vs. Blockchains
Focus is determined by what you ignore.
Work vs. Luck
You only fear being overtaken when you're not being yourself.
Everyone, Someone.
If you want to make the wrong decision, ask everyone.
Truth, Perception
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
Grandma's Rule: You have to eat the carrots before you get the dessert.
Said, done.
Creativity before productivity.
Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
Map ≠ Territory
The fool is always getting ready to live.
Experience.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
When you get the money, the only thing you wanna buy is time.
When all is said and done, more is said than done.
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
Price is what you pay; value is what you get.
We seldom speak of what we have but often of what we lack.
It's not about who got here first, it's about who stays.
Freedom is the gap between earn and burn.
Truth.
The more we know, the more we know we don't know.
Never limit yourself because of others’ limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination.
If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there.
Fashions fade, style is eternal.
80:20
Hare & tortoise.
Generalist, specialist.
An artist is not paid for labor but for vision.
What you work on is more important than how hard you work.
Learning.
Numbers obscure nuance.
Slow down.
Appreciation.
If it looks simple, it was hard.
Hierarchy.
If you keep looking back, you're gonna trip going forward.
If you think too much about what they think, you'll lose what you think.
Expectation is the root of all heartache.
Belief gets in the way of learning.
The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.
‘Everything is original, nothing is original’
Peace begins when expectation ends.
Labor, leverage.
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
Chronos, Kairos.
Belief is a skill that requires practice.
The more you compare, the less you differentiate.
Realize.
Wealth is a ratio, not a number.
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.
Life is not a problem to be solved but a reality to be experienced.
Bull, Bear, Builder.
Building vs. betting.
Do less, do more.
Each man believes only his experience.
Value is subjective.
