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Belief gets in the way of learning.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
Shoot.
The future is already here – it's just not very evenly distributed.
Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.
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.
Slow down.
We seldom speak of what we have but often of what we lack.
When you get the money, the only thing you wanna buy is time.
Labor, leverage.
Grandma's Rule: You have to eat the carrots before you get the dessert.
The obstacle is the way.
Take a simple idea and take it seriously.
What you can imagine depends on what you know.
Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.
Observer, expert, practitioner.
Process vs. plan.
It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view.
No great thing is created suddenly.
Distraction.
It's not about who got here first, it's about who stays.
If you want to make the wrong decision, ask everyone.
You don't have to start from scratch to do something interesting.
Distraction, focus.
It is really hard to make something easy.
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Freedom is the gap between earn and burn.
Expectation is the root of all heartache.
The giver is the recipient.
Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.
The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
Those who have knowledge, don’t predict. Those who predict, don’t have knowledge.
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
After all is said and done, more is said than done.
Value is subjective.
Perspective.
Hours vs. Iterations
Talk is cheap.
Peace begins when expectation ends.
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
Fear is the mind-killer.
View reading as an investment.
Wealth is a ratio, not a number.
Truth, trend.
zero-sum, infinite-sum
Experience.
Each man believes only his experience.
Alan Watts
More ≠ more.
Appreciation.
We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us.
Chronos, Kairos.
The simpler the story, the bigger the market.
You don't have a lack of ideas, you have a lack of deadlines
Work vs. Luck
Comfort vs. pain.
Experience is up only.
The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long.
Great acts are made up of small deeds.
Never limit yourself because of others’ limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination.