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Switching costs.
No great thing is created suddenly.
The obstacle is the way.
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.
You don't have to start from scratch to do something interesting.
Fashions fade, style is eternal.
The more we know, the more we know we don't know.
Map ≠ Territory
After all is said and done, more is said than done.
Cover, story.
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.
You only fear being overtaken when you're not being yourself.
If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there.
The first step is the steepest.
Movement, action.
If you sound unique, you can become irreplaceable.
Experience is up only.
You're under no obligation to be the same person you were 5 minutes ago.
Belief is a skill that requires practice.
The future is already here – it's just not very evenly distributed.
Equity unites, politics divides.
Distraction, focus.
Mindset vs. Mind set
Learning.
If you think too much about what they think, you'll lose what you think.
Become the best in the world at what you do. Keep redefining what you do until this is true.
Distraction.
There are three types of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.
We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us.
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.
Truth
Perspective.
Focus is determined by what you ignore.
Work vs. Luck
Don't just do something, stand there.
Building vs. betting.
Code scripts machines, media scripts human beings.
An unproblematic state is a state without creative thought. Its other name is death.
Do less, do more.
Price is what you pay; value is what you get.
Those who have nothing to lose are very rich.
View reading as an investment.
Shoot.
Ignore people playing status games. They gain status by attacking people playing wealth creation games.
Those who have knowledge, don’t predict. Those who predict, don’t have knowledge.
Truth.
The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
If the path before you is clear, you're probably on someone else's.
Vision
Grandma's Rule: You have to eat the carrots before you get the dessert.
Numbers obscure nuance.
If you want to make the wrong decision, ask everyone.
80:20
Slow down.
Well done is better than well said.
Creativity before productivity.
More before better.
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
The fool is always getting ready to live.
The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand exponential growth
