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Become the best in the world at what you do. Keep redefining what you do until this is true.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
No great thing is created suddenly.
The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.
Take a simple idea and take it seriously.
Generalist, specialist.
It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view.
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
The first step is the steepest.
Those who have nothing to lose are very rich.
Price is what you pay; value is what you get.
Talk is cheap.
Never limit yourself because of others’ limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination.
The first rule of compounding is to never interrupt it unnecessarily.
Hours vs. Iterations
The more we know, the more we know we don't know.
Great acts are made up of small deeds.
Do less, do more.
Code scripts machines, media scripts human beings.
Map ≠ Territory
Reason for being
It took me years to play like myself.
‘Everything is original, nothing is original’
More ≠ more.
If you sound unique, you can become irreplaceable.
If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there.
The future is already here – it's just not very evenly distributed.
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.
The one fact pertaining to all conditions is that they will change.
Focus is determined by what you ignore.
Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.
An artist is not paid for labor but for vision.
If you want to make the wrong decision, ask everyone.
The fool is always getting ready to live.
Numbers obscure nuance.
zero-sum, infinite-sum
Resistance lifts.
Thought, said, heard, understood.
The shortcut is to stop looking for shortcuts.
You don't have a lack of ideas, you have a lack of deadlines
Work vs. Luck
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.
Each man believes only his experience.
Life is not a problem to be solved but a reality to be experienced.
We seldom speak of what we have but often of what we lack.
Peace begins when expectation ends.
Knowing vs. understanding.
We don't want the thing we're after, we want to be after the thing.
Slow down.
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Realize.
Experience.
Thought, Spoken, Heard
80:20
Ignore people playing status games. They gain status by attacking people playing wealth creation games.
More moves and less chat.
Equity unites, politics divides.
Distraction, focus.
What you can imagine depends on what you know.
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