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We seldom speak of what we have but often of what we lack.
Belief is a skill that requires practice.
If the path before you is clear, you're probably on someone else's.
It's not about who got here first, it's about who stays.
You don't have a lack of ideas, you have a lack of deadlines
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
Price is what you pay; value is what you get.
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long.
We don't want the thing we're after, we want to be after the thing.
The source of wisdom is whatever is going to happen to us today.
It's all relative.
Life is not a problem to be solved but a reality to be experienced.
More moves and less chat.
The Overthinker.
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
When all is said and done, more is said than done.
The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.
The simpler the story, the bigger the market.
Process vs. plan.
We may define therapy as a search for value.
Failure = feedback.
Meditation and concentration are the way to a life of serenity.
Slow down.
Builder, investor, trader.
Belief gets in the way of learning.
Grandma's Rule: You have to eat the carrots before you get the dessert.
Comfort vs. pain.
There's a tremendous power in using the least amount of information to get a point across.
The iron rule of nature is: you get what you reward for. If you want ants to come, you put sugar on the floor.
Become the best in the world at what you do. Keep redefining what you do until this is true.
Knowing vs. understanding.
Fashions fade, style is eternal.
Words can be communicative only between those who share similar experiences.
‘Everything is original, nothing is original’
Whatever can happen at any time can happen today.
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.
Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.
Peace begins when expectation ends.
Freedom is the gap between earn and burn.
Resistance lifts.
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.
Distraction.
Realize.
If you want to make the wrong decision, ask everyone.
Labor, leverage.
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
It is really hard to make something easy.
Map ≠ Territory
The shortcut is to stop looking for shortcuts.
If you keep looking back, you're gonna trip going forward.
Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.
The future is already here – it's just not very evenly distributed.
Work vs. Luck
Creativity before productivity.
NFTs, explained.
Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
It is easier to change yourself than to change the world.
Movement, action.