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The more you compare, the less you differentiate.
It is really hard to make something easy.
It's not about who got here first, it's about who stays.
Distraction, focus.
The fool is always getting ready to live.
Chronos, Kairos.
Done is better than perfect.
Grandma's Rule: You have to eat the carrots before you get the dessert.
Observer, expert, practitioner.
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.
Expectation is the root of all heartache.
The future is already here – it's just not very evenly distributed.
More before better.
The source of wisdom is whatever is going to happen to us today.
The one fact pertaining to all conditions is that they will change.
Ignore people playing status games. They gain status by attacking people playing wealth creation games.
Hierarchy.
The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
Fashions fade, style is eternal.
We seldom speak of what we have but often of what we lack.
Everyone, Someone.
You're under no obligation to be the same person you were 5 minutes ago.
The giver is the recipient.
If you sound unique, you can become irreplaceable.
Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
Never limit yourself because of others’ limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination.
Slow down.
Focus is determined by what you ignore.
Distraction.
The more we know, the more we know we don't know.
If you think too much about what they think, you'll lose what you think.
NFTs, explained.
Resistance lifts.
We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.
Map ≠ Territory
Cover, story.
No one is coming to save you.
Realize.
Bull, Bear, Builder.
You don't have to start from scratch to do something interesting.
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.
Those who have knowledge, don’t predict. Those who predict, don’t have knowledge.
If you want to make the wrong decision, ask everyone.
If the path before you is clear, you're probably on someone else's.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
zero-sum, infinite-sum
Nothing draws a crowd quite like a crowd.
We suffer more in imagination than reality.
It is easier to change yourself than to change the world.
Vision
Reason for being
An artist is not paid for labor but for vision.
Generalist, specialist.
Work vs. Luck
Comfort vs. pain.
The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.
Wealth is a ratio, not a number.
Shoot.
Said, done.