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The first step is the steepest.
Distraction.
It is really hard to make something easy.
There's a tremendous power in using the least amount of information to get a point across.
The simpler the story, the bigger the market.
The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long.
More before better.
It's not about who got here first, it's about who stays.
We may define therapy as a search for value.
Banks vs. Blockchains
Truth, trend.
Belief gets in the way of learning.
Distraction, focus.
Reason for being
Those who have nothing to lose are very rich.
Builder, investor, trader.
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.
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.
Chronos, Kairos.
Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view.
When all is said and done, more is said than done.
What you work on is more important than how hard you work.
Hare & tortoise.
Learning.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
Value is subjective.
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
Each man believes only his experience.
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.
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.
Belief is a skill that requires practice.
Failure = feedback.
Truth.
Realize.
‘Everything is original, nothing is original’
More ≠ more.
You are here.
Process vs. plan.
No one is coming to save you.
If it looks simple, it was hard.
Perspective.
80:20
If you want to make the wrong decision, ask everyone.
An unproblematic state is a state without creative thought. Its other name is death.
Labor, leverage.
Resistance lifts.
We seldom speak of what we have but often of what we lack.
Fashions fade, style is eternal.
Grandma's Rule: You have to eat the carrots before you get the dessert.
Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.
Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.
Appreciation.
Everyone, Someone.
Just because you can acquire the thing doesn't mean you can maintain the thing.
Don't just do something, stand there.
Cover, story.
Ignore people playing status games. They gain status by attacking people playing wealth creation games.
Expectation is the root of all heartache.
