168 originals
‘Everything is original, nothing is original’
Value is subjective.
The fool is always getting ready to live.
Perspective.
More ≠ more.
Said, done.
Belief gets in the way of learning.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
Work vs. Luck
Creativity before productivity.
Appreciation.
Learning.
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
If you keep looking back, you're gonna trip going forward.
Distraction.
We seldom speak of what we have but often of what we lack.
Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.
Don't just do something, stand there.
Process vs. plan.
There are three types of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.
Hierarchy.
Each man believes only his experience.
Focus is determined by what you ignore.
Truth, Perception
You're under no obligation to be the same person you were 5 minutes ago.
More before better.
Failure = feedback.
There's a tremendous power in using the least amount of information to get a point across.
If the path before you is clear, you're probably on someone else's.
Map ≠ Territory
We suffer more in imagination than reality.
The future is already here – it's just not very evenly distributed.
Cover, story.
It's not about who got here first, it's about who stays.
Comfort vs. pain.
Grandma's Rule: You have to eat the carrots before you get the dessert.
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
The source of wisdom is whatever is going to happen to us today.
When all is said and done, more is said than done.
The simpler the story, the bigger the market.
Switching costs.
Distraction, focus.
It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view.
The more you compare, the less you differentiate.
The shortcut is to stop looking for shortcuts.
It is really hard to make something easy.
Vision
If you think too much about what they think, you'll lose what you think.
Belief is a skill that requires practice.
Truth, trend.
Builder, investor, trader.
View reading as an investment.
Freedom is the gap between earn and burn.
Slow down.
Whatever can happen at any time can happen today.
Labor, leverage.
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.
What you can imagine depends on what you know.
Movement, action.
Expectation is the root of all heartache.
