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Movement, action.
The obstacle is the way.
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
The future is already here – it's just not very evenly distributed.
Appreciation.
What you work on is more important than how hard you work.
Grandma's Rule: You have to eat the carrots before you get the dessert.
The iron rule of nature is: you get what you reward for. If you want ants to come, you put sugar on the floor.
Creativity before productivity.
Work vs. Luck
You are what you think you are.
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.
The source of wisdom is whatever is going to happen to us today.
Said, done.
Process vs. plan.
If it looks simple, it was hard.
Become the best in the world at what you do. Keep redefining what you do until this is true.
We don't want the thing we're after, we want to be after the thing.
Fashions fade, style is eternal.
Chronos, Kairos.
If you sound unique, you can become irreplaceable.
Thought, said, heard, understood.
Those who have nothing to lose are very rich.
Cover, story.
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.
Think of many things; do one.
No great thing is created suddenly.
Hierarchy.
Slow down.
You're under no obligation to be the same person you were 5 minutes ago.
Bull, Bear, Builder.
Distraction, focus.
Truth.
Each man believes only his experience.
The shortcut is to stop looking for shortcuts.
We seldom speak of what we have but often of what we lack.
Building vs. betting.
When all is said and done, more is said than done.
Everyone, Someone.
Words can be communicative only between those who share similar experiences.
Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.
We suffer more in imagination than reality.
Reason for being
After all is said and done, more is said than done.
No one is coming to save you.
No, it took me my whole life.
Map ≠ Territory
Mindset vs. Mind set
Just because you can acquire the thing doesn't mean you can maintain the thing.
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.
Hare & tortoise.
Price is what you pay; value is what you get.
When you get the money, the only thing you wanna buy is time.
Code scripts machines, media scripts human beings.
Observer, expert, practitioner.
Switching costs.
Realize.
Thought, Spoken, Heard
The more you compare, the less you differentiate.
It is really hard to make something easy.
