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It took me years to play like myself.
Distraction, focus.
You only fear being overtaken when you're not being yourself.
The future is already here – it's just not very evenly distributed.
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.
Banks vs. Blockchains
Hare & tortoise.
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.
If you want to make the wrong decision, ask everyone.
More before better.
Perspective.
Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
What you work on is more important than how hard you work.
Done is better than perfect.
We don't want the thing we're after, we want to be after the thing.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Bull, Bear, Builder.
The one fact pertaining to all conditions is that they will change.
Know yourself as Nothing. Feel yourself as Everything.
Failure = feedback.
More ≠ more.
Grandma's Rule: You have to eat the carrots before you get the dessert.
Those who have nothing to lose are very rich.
Meditation and concentration are the way to a life of serenity.
Nothing draws a crowd quite like a crowd.
Appreciation.
Great acts are made up of small deeds.
Reason for being
When you get the money, the only thing you wanna buy is time.
Realize.
‘No matter how far ahead I get, I always feel behind in my mind.’
The source of wisdom is whatever is going to happen to us today.
Comfort vs. pain.
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Wealth is a ratio, not a number.
Distraction.
Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.
After all is said and done, more is said than done.
It is really hard to make something easy.
The first rule of compounding is to never interrupt it unnecessarily.
When you feel like giving up is precisely the point everybody else gives up. So it’s at that point that you must put in extra effort.
View reading as an investment.
The more we know, the more we know we don't know.
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
Don't just do something, stand there.
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.
Work vs. Luck
Ignore people playing status games. They gain status by attacking people playing wealth creation games.
Labor, leverage.
Generalist, specialist.
Focus is determined by what you ignore.
Price is what you pay; value is what you get.
The fool is always getting ready to live.
Fashions fade, style is eternal.
There's a tremendous power in using the least amount of information to get a point across.
If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there.
Builder, investor, trader.
We may define therapy as a search for value.
Building vs. betting.
