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Experience is up only.
More ≠ more.
It is easier to change yourself than to change the world.
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
Work vs. Luck
Slow down.
If you sound unique, you can become irreplaceable.
Distraction.
Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.
It's not about who got here first, it's about who stays.
Everyone, Someone.
Hare & tortoise.
Process vs. plan.
Ignore people playing status games. They gain status by attacking people playing wealth creation games.
Hierarchy.
We seldom speak of what we have but often of what we lack.
Appreciation.
Said, done.
Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
Become the best in the world at what you do. Keep redefining what you do until this is true.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand exponential growth
The fool is always getting ready to live.
If you think too much about what they think, you'll lose what you think.
There's a tremendous power in using the least amount of information to get a point across.
More before better.
Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.
If you want to make the wrong decision, ask everyone.
You are here.
The future is already here – it's just not very evenly distributed.
Code scripts machines, media scripts human beings.
The iron rule of nature is: you get what you reward for. If you want ants to come, you put sugar on the floor.
Words can be communicative only between those who share similar experiences.
Perspective.
The source of wisdom is whatever is going to happen to us today.
You don't have a lack of ideas, you have a lack of deadlines
If the path before you is clear, you're probably on someone else's.
Fashions fade, style is eternal.
Truth, Perception
The giver is the recipient.
Creativity before productivity.
Observer, expert, practitioner.
Cover, story.
Builder, investor, trader.
Experience.
Alan Watts
Don't just do something, stand there.
Wealth is a ratio, not a number.
If you keep looking back, you're gonna trip going forward.
Most people are out of touch with reality because they confuse the world as it is, with the world as they think about it, and talk about it, and describe it.
Distraction, focus.
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.
Labor, leverage.
Thought, said, heard, understood.
Grandma's Rule: You have to eat the carrots before you get the dessert.
zero-sum, infinite-sum
Those who have knowledge, don’t predict. Those who predict, don’t have knowledge.
Value is subjective.
Failure = feedback.
It is really hard to make something easy.
