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One of the secrets to staying young is to always do things you don’t know how to do.”
Code scripts machines, media scripts human beings.
Truth
Truth, Perception
Numbers obscure nuance.
It took me years to play like myself.
zero-sum, infinite-sum
The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
Hierarchy.
Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.
You're under no obligation to be the same person you were 5 minutes ago.
Work vs. Luck
Process vs. plan.
Observer, expert, practitioner.
If you sound unique, you can become irreplaceable.
You are what you think you are.
Focus is determined by what you ignore.
Great acts are made up of small deeds.
View reading as an investment.
Shoot.
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.
We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.
Those who have nothing to lose are very rich.
We seldom speak of what we have but often of what we lack.
Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.
Thought, Spoken, Heard
There are three types of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.
Realize.
After all is said and done, more is said than done.
We suffer more in imagination than reality.
Nothing draws a crowd quite like a crowd.
Distraction is dilution.
Done is better than perfect.
The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand exponential growth
Generalist, specialist.
Value is subjective.
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.
Never limit yourself because of others’ limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination.
There's a tremendous power in using the least amount of information to get a point across.
If you want to make the wrong decision, ask everyone.
The giver is the recipient.
Map ≠ Territory
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
Do less, do more.
The shortcut is to stop looking for shortcuts.
Learning.
We may define therapy as a search for value.
Appreciation.
Ignore people playing status games. They gain status by attacking people playing wealth creation games.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
Everyone, Someone.
Switching costs.
Said, done.
If the path before you is clear, you're probably on someone else's.
The source of wisdom is whatever is going to happen to us today.
The iron rule of nature is: you get what you reward for. If you want ants to come, you put sugar on the floor.
We don't want the thing we're after, we want to be after the thing.
Failure = feedback.
If you keep looking back, you're gonna trip going forward.
When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.
