168 originals
We seldom speak of what we have but often of what we lack.
No one is coming to save you.
Become the best in the world at what you do. Keep redefining what you do until this is true.
Comfort vs. pain.
The shortcut is to stop looking for shortcuts.
Mindset vs. Mind set
Value is subjective.
You don't have a lack of ideas, you have a lack of deadlines
When all is said and done, more is said than done.
Words can be communicative only between those who share similar experiences.
More moves and less chat.
It is really hard to make something easy.
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
Work vs. Luck
Perspective.
Creativity before productivity.
Appreciation.
Belief is a skill that requires practice.
The iron rule of nature is: you get what you reward for. If you want ants to come, you put sugar on the floor.
Equity unites, politics divides.
Each man believes only his experience.
Peace begins when expectation ends.
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.
We suffer more in imagination than reality.
Truth.
Don't just do something, stand there.
Switching costs.
View reading as an investment.
If you think too much about what they think, you'll lose what you think.
Expectation is the root of all heartache.
Grandma's Rule: You have to eat the carrots before you get the dessert.
What you work on is more important than how hard you work.
It's not about who got here first, it's about who stays.
Thought, said, heard, understood.
Distraction.
Price is what you pay; value is what you get.
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
Resistance lifts.
Slow down.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
Builder, investor, trader.
Distraction is dilution.
80:20
Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
Fashions fade, style is eternal.
Cover, story.
The simpler the story, the bigger the market.
Freedom is the gap between earn and burn.
The future is already here – it's just not very evenly distributed.
The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long.
‘Everything is original, nothing is original’
Failure = feedback.
Chronos, Kairos.
Code scripts machines, media scripts human beings.
It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view.
You're under no obligation to be the same person you were 5 minutes ago.
Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.
NFTs, explained.
Focus is determined by what you ignore.