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Wealth is a ratio, not a number.
Done is better than perfect.
Well done is better than well said.
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.
Truth
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
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.
Reason for being
Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.
When all is said and done, more is said than done.
Creativity before productivity.
Knowing vs. understanding.
Freedom is the gap between earn and burn.
No one is coming to save you.
More before better.
Those who have nothing to lose are very rich.
Slow down.
Builder, investor, trader.
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
We seldom speak of what we have but often of what we lack.
Grandma's Rule: You have to eat the carrots before you get the dessert.
Failure is the frame, not the picture.
Just because you can acquire the thing doesn't mean you can maintain the thing.
Never limit yourself because of others’ limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination.
The first step is the steepest.
Comfort vs. pain.
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 Overthinker.
Peace begins when expectation ends.
Generalist, specialist.
Distraction is dilution.
Said, done.
The more you compare, the less you differentiate.
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
Value is subjective.
It's not about who got here first, it's about who stays.
Those who have knowledge, don’t predict. Those who predict, don’t have knowledge.
When you get the money, the only thing you wanna buy is time.
We may define therapy as a search for value.
Experience is up only.
‘Everything is original, nothing is original’
Work vs. Luck
+2 vs. x2
Hours vs. Iterations
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
Chronos, Kairos.
Nothing draws a crowd quite like a crowd.
No great thing is created suddenly.
Experience.
Perspective.
Truth, Perception
It took me years to play like myself.
We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us.
Focus is determined by what you ignore.
If the path before you is clear, you're probably on someone else's.
Belief is a skill that requires practice.
Cover, story.
You don't have to start from scratch to do something interesting.
Equity unites, politics divides.
