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Price is what you pay; value is what you get.
Observer, expert, practitioner.
The future is already here – it's just not very evenly distributed.
What you can imagine depends on what you know.
The simpler the story, the bigger the market.
Value is subjective.
Generalist, specialist.
Said, done.
Expectation is the root of all heartache.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Alan Watts
If you want to make the wrong decision, ask everyone.
Appreciation.
The obstacle is the way.
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
Do less, do more.
Slow down.
The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
Peace begins when expectation ends.
Thought, Spoken, Heard
We seldom speak of what we have but often of what we lack.
Comfort vs. pain.
More ≠ more.
The giver is the recipient.
Know yourself as Nothing. Feel yourself as Everything.
Become the best in the world at what you do. Keep redefining what you do until this is true.
Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
Don't just do something, stand there.
Distraction, focus.
Chronos, Kairos.
It's all relative.
Movement, action.
If you think too much about what they think, you'll lose what you think.
Just because you can acquire the thing doesn't mean you can maintain the thing.
Each man believes only his experience.
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
If it looks simple, it was hard.
If you sound unique, you can become irreplaceable.
Resistance lifts.
Switching costs.
You are what you think you are.
You're under no obligation to be the same person you were 5 minutes ago.
Distraction is dilution.
You try to do the best with what you've got and ignore everything else. That's why horses get blinders in horse racing: You look at the horse next to you, and you lose a step.
Banks vs. Blockchains
Grandma's Rule: You have to eat the carrots before you get the dessert.
We may define therapy as a search for value.
Realize.
Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.
Well done is better than well said.
More moves and less chat.
If you keep looking back, you're gonna trip going forward.
The iron rule of nature is: you get what you reward for. If you want ants to come, you put sugar on the floor.
Belief is a skill that requires practice.
Everyone, Someone.
+2 vs. x2
The fool is always getting ready to live.
Distraction.
Failure is the frame, not the picture.
Numbers obscure nuance.
