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Experience is up only.
The Overthinker.
Think of many things; do one.
Failure = feedback.
The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long.
Experience.
We seldom speak of what we have but often of what we lack.
One of the secrets to staying young is to always do things you don’t know how to do.”
Reason for being
What you work on is more important than how hard you work.
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Chronos, Kairos.
If it looks simple, it was hard.
Become the best in the world at what you do. Keep redefining what you do until this is true.
Those who have nothing to lose are very rich.
If you sound unique, you can become irreplaceable.
When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.
The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
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.
Work vs. Luck
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
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.
Distraction, focus.
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.
You are here.
The first rule of compounding is to never interrupt it unnecessarily.
Map ≠ Territory
We may define therapy as a search for value.
Whatever can happen at any time can happen today.
Do less, do more.
Banks vs. Blockchains
Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.
Generalist, specialist.
Learning.
If the path before you is clear, you're probably on someone else's.
Resistance lifts.
Process vs. plan.
Grandma's Rule: You have to eat the carrots before you get the dessert.
Alan Watts
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.
Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.
You are what you think you are.
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
Done is better than perfect.
It took me years to play like myself.
Well done is better than well said.
Expectation is the root of all heartache.
Code scripts machines, media scripts human beings.
Appreciation.
Value is subjective.
Failure is the frame, not the picture.
Distraction is dilution.
Truth
Price is what you pay; value is what you get.
An unproblematic state is a state without creative thought. Its other name is death.
Equity unites, politics divides.
Ignore people playing status games. They gain status by attacking people playing wealth creation games.
It is easier to change yourself than to change the world.
After all is said and done, more is said than done.
Belief is a skill that requires practice.
