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The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.
It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view.
Failure = feedback.
Freedom is the gap between earn and burn.
There are three types of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.
Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
Each man believes only his experience.
Ignore people playing status games. They gain status by attacking people playing wealth creation games.
The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.
Switching costs.
Creativity before productivity.
You're under no obligation to be the same person you were 5 minutes ago.
If the path before you is clear, you're probably on someone else's.
Distraction is dilution.
Truth, trend.
Just because you can acquire the thing doesn't mean you can maintain the thing.
Builder, investor, trader.
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.
Said, done.
The simpler the story, the bigger the market.
Hare & tortoise.
Mindset vs. Mind set
Process vs. plan.
It is really hard to make something easy.
‘No matter how far ahead I get, I always feel behind in my mind.’
The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long.
If you think too much about what they think, you'll lose what you think.
Perspective.
There's a tremendous power in using the least amount of information to get a point across.
If you want to make the wrong decision, ask everyone.
Fashions fade, style is eternal.
Value is subjective.
When all is said and done, more is said than done.
The shortcut is to stop looking for shortcuts.
No, it took me my whole life.
Reason for being
Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.
You don't have a lack of ideas, you have a lack of deadlines
More ≠ more.
Truth.
Learning.
Map ≠ Territory
We suffer more in imagination than reality.
80:20
You are here.
Numbers obscure nuance.
Peace begins when expectation ends.
If you sound unique, you can become irreplaceable.
Distraction, focus.
Chronos, Kairos.
Belief gets in the way of learning.
Slow down.
Appreciation.
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.
Whatever can happen at any time can happen today.
Price is what you pay; value is what you get.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
The fool is always getting ready to live.
