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To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
You only fear being overtaken when you're not being yourself.
One of the secrets to staying young is to always do things you don’t know how to do.”
The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
Creativity before productivity.
Just because you can acquire the thing doesn't mean you can maintain the thing.
The obstacle is the way.
If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there.
Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.
It is easier to change yourself than to change the world.
Fear is the mind-killer.
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.
Bull, Bear, Builder.
zero-sum, infinite-sum
Those who have nothing to lose are very rich.
You are what you think you are.
Great acts are made up of small deeds.
Belief is a skill that requires practice.
Experience is up only.
Alan Watts
Banks vs. Blockchains
‘Everything is original, nothing is original’
Everyone, Someone.
Movement, action.
It took me years to play like myself.
You don't have to start from scratch to do something interesting.
Vision
Reason for being
The first step is the steepest.
You are here.
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.
You're under no obligation to be the same person you were 5 minutes ago.
Those who have knowledge, don’t predict. Those who predict, don’t have knowledge.
No one is coming to save you.
Map ≠ Territory
Nothing draws a crowd quite like a crowd.
Take a simple idea and take it seriously.
Resistance lifts.
Belief gets in the way of learning.
When you get the money, the only thing you wanna buy is time.
Think of many things; do one.
The future is already here – it's just not very evenly distributed.
Truth, Perception
Experience.
Hierarchy.
Know yourself as Nothing. Feel yourself as Everything.
Talk is cheap.
Fashions fade, style is eternal.
Ignore people playing status games. They gain status by attacking people playing wealth creation games.
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
No great thing is created suddenly.
The shortcut is to stop looking for shortcuts.
If you want to make the wrong decision, ask everyone.
Truth, trend.
It is really hard to make something easy.
Do less, do more.
Knowing vs. understanding.
The one fact pertaining to all conditions is that they will change.
If you think too much about what they think, you'll lose what you think.
The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.
