168 originals
No one is coming to save you.
The shortcut is to stop looking for shortcuts.
Ignore people playing status games. They gain status by attacking people playing wealth creation games.
Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
Building vs. betting.
Belief is a skill that requires practice.
Experience.
The iron rule of nature is: you get what you reward for. If you want ants to come, you put sugar on the floor.
There are three types of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.
Thought, Spoken, Heard
Resistance lifts.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Creativity before productivity.
After all is said and done, more is said than done.
There's a tremendous power in using the least amount of information to get a point across.
Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.
80:20
Alan Watts
We seldom speak of what we have but often of what we lack.
When all is said and done, more is said than done.
Work vs. Luck
Shoot.
Talk is cheap.
More moves and less chat.
It's not about who got here first, it's about who stays.
You are what you think you are.
If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there.
More before better.
Knowing vs. understanding.
The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long.
Generalist, specialist.
The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
Comfort vs. pain.
You only fear being overtaken when you're not being yourself.
Belief gets in the way of learning.
The future is already here – it's just not very evenly distributed.
Distraction.
‘No matter how far ahead I get, I always feel behind in my mind.’
We don't want the thing we're after, we want to be after the thing.
Said, done.
The one fact pertaining to all conditions is that they will change.
Hours vs. Iterations
What you work on is more important than how hard you work.
When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.
Switching costs.
Chronos, Kairos.
Those who have nothing to lose are very rich.
Great acts are made up of small deeds.
Vision
Whatever can happen at any time can happen today.
Truth, trend.
Words can be communicative only between those who share similar experiences.
It is easier to change yourself than to change the world.
An artist is not paid for labor but for vision.
Those who have knowledge, don’t predict. Those who predict, don’t have knowledge.
Code scripts machines, media scripts human beings.
It's all relative.
Process vs. plan.
You are here.
Well done is better than well said.