168 originals
Hare & tortoise.
Equity unites, politics divides.
Great acts are made up of small deeds.
Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.
zero-sum, infinite-sum
Think of many things; do one.
The one fact pertaining to all conditions is that they will change.
Reason for being
Experience.
Those who have knowledge, don’t predict. Those who predict, don’t have knowledge.
No one is coming to save you.
We suffer more in imagination than reality.
The more you compare, the less you differentiate.
We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us.
80:20
‘Everything is original, nothing is original’
Observer, expert, practitioner.
The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
Vision
Well done is better than well said.
You only fear being overtaken when you're not being yourself.
When you get the money, the only thing you wanna buy is time.
Map ≠ Territory
The source of wisdom is whatever is going to happen to us today.
+2 vs. x2
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.
Peace begins when expectation ends.
Switching costs.
You are what you think you are.
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
We may define therapy as a search for value.
Numbers obscure nuance.
Never limit yourself because of others’ limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination.
We don't want the thing we're after, we want to be after the thing.
Code scripts machines, media scripts human beings.
Value is subjective.
Work vs. Luck
It is really hard to make something easy.
Resistance lifts.
The Overthinker.
More moves and less chat.
Distraction is dilution.
Truth
Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.
Grandma's Rule: You have to eat the carrots before you get the dessert.
Truth, Perception
The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand exponential growth
The iron rule of nature is: you get what you reward for. If you want ants to come, you put sugar on the floor.
Everyone, Someone.
Distraction, focus.
Whatever can happen at any time can happen today.
If you sound unique, you can become irreplaceable.
Freedom is the gap between earn and burn.
Mindset vs. Mind set
If you want to make the wrong decision, ask everyone.
Failure is the frame, not the picture.
If the path before you is clear, you're probably on someone else's.
Belief gets in the way of learning.
The simpler the story, the bigger the market.