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Reason for being
The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.
Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.
The obstacle is the way.
The future is already here – it's just not very evenly distributed.
Code scripts machines, media scripts human beings.
The iron rule of nature is: you get what you reward for. If you want ants to come, you put sugar on the floor.
Realize.
Work vs. Luck
Grandma's Rule: You have to eat the carrots before you get the dessert.
The fool is always getting ready to live.
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.
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
Value is subjective.
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.
Labor, leverage.
We don't want the thing we're after, we want to be after the thing.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
Distraction, focus.
Distraction is dilution.
Generalist, specialist.
Just because you can acquire the thing doesn't mean you can maintain the thing.
Become the best in the world at what you do. Keep redefining what you do until this is true.
We seldom speak of what we have but often of what we lack.
Creativity before productivity.
It is easier to change yourself than to change the world.
Thought, said, heard, understood.
When you get the money, the only thing you wanna buy is time.
We may define therapy as a search for value.
You're under no obligation to be the same person you were 5 minutes ago.
It's all relative.
Belief is a skill that requires practice.
Ignore people playing status games. They gain status by attacking people playing wealth creation games.
Do less, do more.
Those who have knowledge, don’t predict. Those who predict, don’t have knowledge.
Truth, Perception
‘No matter how far ahead I get, I always feel behind in my mind.’
The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
An artist is not paid for labor but for vision.
No great thing is created suddenly.
We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us.
When all is said and done, more is said than done.
Fashions fade, style is eternal.
‘Everything is original, nothing is original’
Perspective.
Distraction.
What you can imagine depends on what you know.
Hare & tortoise.
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
Hierarchy.
Building vs. betting.
Price is what you pay; value is what you get.
Expectation is the root of all heartache.
If you think too much about what they think, you'll lose what you think.
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
Movement, action.
Experience.
Truth
After all is said and done, more is said than done.
