168 originals
Cover, story.
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.
The one fact pertaining to all conditions is that they will change.
The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.
You are here.
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.
Everyone, Someone.
Work vs. Luck
We seldom speak of what we have but often of what we lack.
Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.
When you get the money, the only thing you wanna buy is time.
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
Learning.
The source of wisdom is whatever is going to happen to us today.
Creativity before productivity.
Generalist, specialist.
Hours vs. Iterations
Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
Take a simple idea and take it seriously.
Wealth is a ratio, not a number.
Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.
Chronos, Kairos.
Experience.
You don't have to start from scratch to do something interesting.
Ignore people playing status games. They gain status by attacking people playing wealth creation games.
When all is said and done, more is said than done.
The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
Hierarchy.
Perspective.
The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand exponential growth
Bull, Bear, Builder.
Fashions fade, style is eternal.
It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view.
Just because you can acquire the thing doesn't mean you can maintain the thing.
Numbers obscure nuance.
Switching costs.
The future is already here – it's just not very evenly distributed.
Focus is determined by what you ignore.
Vision
Belief gets in the way of learning.
The fool is always getting ready to live.
If you sound unique, you can become irreplaceable.
Hare & tortoise.
There are three types of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.
Don't just do something, stand there.
It took me years to play like myself.
Great acts are made up of small deeds.
Code scripts machines, media scripts human beings.
An artist is not paid for labor but for vision.
Know yourself as Nothing. Feel yourself as Everything.
You are what you think you are.
More before better.
Whatever can happen at any time can happen today.
Builder, investor, trader.
View reading as an investment.
Truth, Perception
Distraction, focus.
Well done is better than well said.
You're under no obligation to be the same person you were 5 minutes ago.
Words can be communicative only between those who share similar experiences.
