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If the path before you is clear, you're probably on someone else's.
zero-sum, infinite-sum
Labor, leverage.
Freedom is the gap between earn and burn.
What you can imagine depends on what you know.
Done is better than perfect.
Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.
An artist is not paid for labor but for vision.
Know yourself as Nothing. Feel yourself as Everything.
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Become the best in the world at what you do. Keep redefining what you do until this is true.
It is really hard to make something easy.
The simpler the story, the bigger the market.
Slow down.
What you work on is more important than how hard you work.
Generalist, specialist.
Mindset vs. Mind set
Distraction.
We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us.
We don't want the thing we're after, we want to be after the thing.
Realize.
You only fear being overtaken when you're not being yourself.
Distraction, focus.
It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view.
Appreciation.
When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.
More moves and less chat.
Banks vs. Blockchains
The world will try and tell you who you are, and you have to tell yourself who you are. There's this ongoing battle, and somehow there needs to be a reconciliation between the two.
Well done is better than well said.
Great acts are made up of small deeds.
Do less, do more.
NFTs, explained.
Never limit yourself because of others’ limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination.
When all is said and done, more is said than done.
No great thing is created suddenly.
It's all relative.
Meditation and concentration are the way to a life of serenity.
Work vs. Luck
The shortcut is to stop looking for shortcuts.
Think of many things; do one.
The more you compare, the less you differentiate.
Nothing draws a crowd quite like a crowd.
Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
Just because you can acquire the thing doesn't mean you can maintain the thing.
Reason for being
Alan Watts
Learning.
You don't have to start from scratch to do something interesting.
If you think too much about what they think, you'll lose what you think.
Those who have knowledge, don’t predict. Those who predict, don’t have knowledge.
Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.
Resistance lifts.
Hours vs. Iterations
Wealth is a ratio, not a number.
The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.
Belief gets in the way of learning.
Chronos, Kairos.
