168 originals
Said, done.
When you get the money, the only thing you wanna buy is time.
Appreciation.
Map ≠ Territory
Freedom is the gap between earn and burn.
More ≠ more.
It's not about who got here first, it's about who stays.
Comfort vs. pain.
Builder, investor, trader.
We seldom speak of what we have but often of what we lack.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
Numbers obscure nuance.
Hierarchy.
The first rule of compounding is to never interrupt it unnecessarily.
We don't want the thing we're after, we want to be after the thing.
If the path before you is clear, you're probably on someone else's.
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.
The first step is the steepest.
Slow down.
If you sound unique, you can become irreplaceable.
The giver is the recipient.
Reason for being
Building vs. betting.
It is easier to change yourself than to change the world.
Distraction, focus.
zero-sum, infinite-sum
Perspective.
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.
The obstacle is the way.
We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.
You don't have a lack of ideas, you have a lack of deadlines
The source of wisdom is whatever is going to happen to us today.
If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there.
Hare & tortoise.
The simpler the story, the bigger the market.
‘Everything is original, nothing is original’
Fashions fade, style is eternal.
The future is already here – it's just not very evenly distributed.
After all is said and done, more is said than done.
The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
Truth
The more we know, the more we know we don't know.
Belief is a skill that requires practice.
Expectation is the root of all heartache.
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
Generalist, specialist.
The more you compare, the less you differentiate.
We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us.
More before better.
Done is better than perfect.
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
Truth.
Whatever can happen at any time can happen today.
The fool is always getting ready to live.
Equity unites, politics divides.
You are here.
Alan Watts
Those who have nothing to lose are very rich.
NFTs, explained.
