168 originals
Distraction.
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.
Don't just do something, stand there.
The shortcut is to stop looking for shortcuts.
Price is what you pay; value is what you get.
View reading as an investment.
Hare & tortoise.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
Appreciation.
The iron rule of nature is: you get what you reward for. If you want ants to come, you put sugar on the floor.
Vision
Banks vs. Blockchains
Just because you can acquire the thing doesn't mean you can maintain the thing.
We don't want the thing we're after, we want to be after the thing.
The more you compare, the less you differentiate.
Words can be communicative only between those who share similar experiences.
Each man believes only his experience.
There's a tremendous power in using the least amount of information to get a point across.
‘No matter how far ahead I get, I always feel behind in my mind.’
Everyone, Someone.
More moves and less chat.
Comfort vs. pain.
Belief gets in the way of learning.
Truth, trend.
If you keep looking back, you're gonna trip going forward.
Cover, story.
Perspective.
Resistance lifts.
Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.
The future is already here – it's just not very evenly distributed.
Work vs. Luck
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.
It took me years to play like myself.
zero-sum, infinite-sum
Value is subjective.
You're under no obligation to be the same person you were 5 minutes ago.
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
The source of wisdom is whatever is going to happen to us today.
Whatever can happen at any time can happen today.
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.
80:20
Thought, Spoken, Heard
If you sound unique, you can become irreplaceable.
Truth
We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.
Mindset vs. Mind set
Peace begins when expectation ends.
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
The giver is the recipient.
Hierarchy.
The fool is always getting ready to live.
The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.
If you think too much about what they think, you'll lose what you think.
You are here.
Truth.
If it looks simple, it was hard.
Wealth is a ratio, not a number.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Hours vs. Iterations
Do less, do more.
