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We don't want the thing we're after, we want to be after the thing.
If you think too much about what they think, you'll lose what you think.
Value is subjective.
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.
Hierarchy.
Process vs. plan.
Everyone, Someone.
Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.
The future is already here – it's just not very evenly distributed.
When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.
When you get the money, the only thing you wanna buy is time.
Labor, leverage.
Those who have knowledge, don’t predict. Those who predict, don’t have knowledge.
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.
Words can be communicative only between those who share similar experiences.
Movement, action.
Whatever can happen at any time can happen today.
The one fact pertaining to all conditions is that they will change.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view.
Truth, Perception
The source of wisdom is whatever is going to happen to us today.
Distraction, focus.
Thought, said, heard, understood.
Distraction is dilution.
Never limit yourself because of others’ limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination.
Said, done.
Ignore people playing status games. They gain status by attacking people playing wealth creation games.
The fool is always getting ready to live.
The obstacle is the way.
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
Appreciation.
Focus is determined by what you ignore.
Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.
Generalist, specialist.
No, it took me my whole life.
We seldom speak of what we have but often of what we lack.
You are here.
One of the secrets to staying young is to always do things you don’t know how to do.”
You don't have to start from scratch to do something interesting.
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
It took me years to play like myself.
Work vs. Luck
Expectation is the root of all heartache.
It is really hard to make something easy.
‘No matter how far ahead I get, I always feel behind in my mind.’
If you sound unique, you can become irreplaceable.
If you keep looking back, you're gonna trip going forward.
An unproblematic state is a state without creative thought. Its other name is death.
The giver is the recipient.
You don't have a lack of ideas, you have a lack of deadlines
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
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.
There's a tremendous power in using the least amount of information to get a point across.
Belief is a skill that requires practice.
Bull, Bear, Builder.
Do less, do more.
Take a simple idea and take it seriously.
