168 originals
Hierarchy.
The first rule of compounding is to never interrupt it unnecessarily.
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
Each man believes only his experience.
What you can imagine depends on what you know.
Truth
When you feel like giving up is precisely the point everybody else gives up. So it’s at that point that you must put in extra effort.
Words can be communicative only between those who share similar experiences.
Thought, said, heard, understood.
No, it took me my whole life.
It's not about who got here first, it's about who stays.
Freedom is the gap between earn and burn.
The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.
The future is already here – it's just not very evenly distributed.
Appreciation.
Chronos, Kairos.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
Failure = feedback.
Ignore people playing status games. They gain status by attacking people playing wealth creation games.
‘No matter how far ahead I get, I always feel behind in my mind.’
We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.
Belief gets in the way of learning.
Everyone, Someone.
You don't have a lack of ideas, you have a lack of deadlines
You are here.
Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.
80:20
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.
Life is not a problem to be solved but a reality to be experienced.
It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view.
Comfort vs. pain.
The simpler the story, the bigger the market.
When all is said and done, more is said than done.
Builder, investor, trader.
Peace begins when expectation ends.
Equity unites, politics divides.
Truth, trend.
Those who have nothing to lose are very rich.
If it looks simple, it was hard.
There are three types of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.
Hare & tortoise.
The shortcut is to stop looking for shortcuts.
Numbers obscure nuance.
If you sound unique, you can become irreplaceable.
There's a tremendous power in using the least amount of information to get a point across.
Perspective.
It is really hard to make something easy.
Price is what you pay; value is what you get.
Truth, Perception
Value is subjective.
More ≠ more.
Work vs. Luck
Process vs. plan.
Whatever can happen at any time can happen today.
The fool is always getting ready to live.
Grandma's Rule: You have to eat the carrots before you get the dessert.
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
Expectation is the root of all heartache.
Banks vs. Blockchains
Fashions fade, style is eternal.
