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Mindset vs. Mind set
Alan Watts
Belief gets in the way of learning.
80:20
Those who have nothing to lose are very rich.
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.
Each man believes only his experience.
You only fear being overtaken when you're not being yourself.
Expectation is the root of all heartache.
Learning.
The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand exponential growth
Talk is cheap.
What you can imagine depends on what you know.
Know yourself as Nothing. Feel yourself as Everything.
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.
Belief is a skill that requires practice.
Labor, leverage.
Truth, Perception
Truth
Distraction.
Distraction is dilution.
Shoot.
Become the best in the world at what you do. Keep redefining what you do until this is true.
Bull, Bear, Builder.
Chronos, Kairos.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
Appreciation.
Hours vs. Iterations
Thought, said, heard, understood.
Builder, investor, trader.
Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.
More moves and less chat.
Nothing draws a crowd quite like a crowd.
Said, done.
Observer, expert, practitioner.
Truth, trend.
Fashions fade, style is eternal.
Price is what you pay; value is what you get.
Generalist, specialist.
‘Everything is original, nothing is original’
Creativity before productivity.
Map ≠ Territory
Life is not a problem to be solved but a reality to be experienced.
Done is better than perfect.
An artist is not paid for labor but for vision.
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.
Perspective.
Value is subjective.
After all is said and done, more is said than done.
The first rule of compounding is to never interrupt it unnecessarily.
There's a tremendous power in using the least amount of information to get a point across.
Work vs. Luck
Banks vs. Blockchains
Words can be communicative only between those who share similar experiences.
Grandma's Rule: You have to eat the carrots before you get the dessert.
The fool is always getting ready to live.
If you keep looking back, you're gonna trip going forward.
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.
Freedom is the gap between earn and burn.
If you think too much about what they think, you'll lose what you think.
