168 originals
It took me years to play like myself.
Each man believes only his experience.
Observer, expert, practitioner.
The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.
Generalist, specialist.
Bull, Bear, Builder.
Meditation and concentration are the way to a life of serenity.
Belief is a skill that requires practice.
An artist is not paid for labor but for vision.
You are here.
The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long.
Done is better than perfect.
Experience is up only.
‘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.
If the path before you is clear, you're probably on someone else's.
Talk is cheap.
Value is subjective.
Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.
There are three types of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.
What you work on is more important than how hard you work.
We don't want the thing we're after, we want to be after the thing.
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Take a simple idea and take it seriously.
Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.
View reading as an investment.
Failure is the frame, not the picture.
Truth, Perception
Whatever can happen at any time can happen today.
Vision
Truth
More before better.
We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.
Cover, story.
The world will try and tell you who you are, and you have to tell yourself who you are. There's this ongoing battle, and somehow there needs to be a reconciliation between the two.
Never limit yourself because of others’ limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination.
Do less, do more.
Comfort vs. pain.
Ignore people playing status games. They gain status by attacking people playing wealth creation games.
Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.
Words can be communicative only between those who share similar experiences.
Those who have nothing to lose are very rich.
Everyone, Someone.
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.
If you keep looking back, you're gonna trip going forward.
Become the best in the world at what you do. Keep redefining what you do until this is true.
Don't just do something, stand there.
Numbers obscure nuance.
80:20
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.
Builder, investor, trader.
If you sound unique, you can become irreplaceable.
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
Appreciation.
If you want to make the wrong decision, ask everyone.
Reason for being
Well done is better than well said.
Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.
Fashions fade, style is eternal.
Work vs. Luck
