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Hours vs. Iterations
Belief is a skill that requires practice.
Belief gets in the way of learning.
The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
Reason for being
The Overthinker.
Value is subjective.
Truth
Distraction, focus.
The obstacle is the way.
We seldom speak of what we have but often of what we lack.
Slow down.
When you get the money, the only thing you wanna buy is time.
Comfort vs. pain.
Well done is better than well said.
Nothing draws a crowd quite like a crowd.
If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there.
Mindset vs. Mind set
No, it took me my whole life.
Equity unites, politics divides.
What you can imagine depends on what you know.
No one is coming to save you.
The more we know, the more we know we don't know.
80:20
Those who have nothing to lose are very rich.
When all is said and done, more is said than done.
Map ≠ Territory
‘No matter how far ahead I get, I always feel behind in my mind.’
We suffer more in imagination than reality.
What you work on is more important than how hard you work.
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
The more you compare, the less you differentiate.
After all is said and done, more is said than done.
The shortcut is to stop looking for shortcuts.
Fear is the mind-killer.
We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.
Labor, leverage.
Truth, trend.
Resistance lifts.
We may define therapy as a search for value.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
An unproblematic state is a state without creative thought. Its other name is death.
Never limit yourself because of others’ limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination.
Process vs. plan.
Chronos, Kairos.
More before better.
The simpler the story, the bigger the market.
The one fact pertaining to all conditions is that they will change.
Truth, Perception
You don't have a lack of ideas, you have a lack of deadlines
Peace begins when expectation ends.
Experience.
Distraction is dilution.
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.
You're under no obligation to be the same person you were 5 minutes ago.
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.
It is really hard to make something easy.
Failure is the frame, not the picture.
Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.
Expectation is the root of all heartache.