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If it looks simple, it was hard.
We don't want the thing we're after, we want to be after the thing.
Map ≠ Territory
The iron rule of nature is: you get what you reward for. If you want ants to come, you put sugar on the floor.
It is really hard to make something easy.
More moves and less chat.
Those who have knowledge, don’t predict. Those who predict, don’t have knowledge.
Appreciation.
You are here.
Knowing vs. understanding.
Distraction, focus.
Wealth is a ratio, not a number.
The one fact pertaining to all conditions is that they will change.
Alan Watts
The giver is the recipient.
Focus is determined by what you ignore.
Take a simple idea and take it seriously.
Comfort vs. pain.
The fool is always getting ready to live.
When all is said and done, more is said than done.
The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long.
More before better.
‘No matter how far ahead I get, I always feel behind in my mind.’
What you work on is more important than how hard you work.
Talk is cheap.
The obstacle is the way.
80:20
If you sound unique, you can become irreplaceable.
When you get the money, the only thing you wanna buy is time.
One of the secrets to staying young is to always do things you don’t know how to do.”
+2 vs. x2
Hours vs. Iterations
The shortcut is to stop looking for shortcuts.
Become the best in the world at what you do. Keep redefining what you do until this is true.
Experience.
The first rule of compounding is to never interrupt it unnecessarily.
It's all relative.
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.
Never limit yourself because of others’ limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination.
Value is subjective.
Truth.
We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us.
The first step is the steepest.
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.
Numbers obscure nuance.
The more you compare, the less you differentiate.
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.
We suffer more in imagination than reality.
Switching costs.
Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.
Fashions fade, style is eternal.
Equity unites, politics divides.
If the path before you is clear, you're probably on someone else's.
Building vs. betting.
Hare & tortoise.
Observer, expert, practitioner.
No one is coming to save you.
Words can be communicative only between those who share similar experiences.
Meditation and concentration are the way to a life of serenity.
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