168 originals
We seldom speak of what we have but often of what we lack.
Everyone, Someone.
Realize.
Just because you can acquire the thing doesn't mean you can maintain the thing.
‘Everything is original, nothing is original’
You only fear being overtaken when you're not being yourself.
Freedom is the gap between earn and burn.
Failure is the frame, not the picture.
Code scripts machines, media scripts human beings.
If you sound unique, you can become irreplaceable.
Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.
Chronos, Kairos.
More moves and less chat.
Distraction, focus.
Labor, leverage.
Builder, investor, trader.
Value is subjective.
You are what you think you are.
Said, done.
Truth, trend.
Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
It's all relative.
If you want to make the wrong decision, ask everyone.
80:20
Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.
Comfort vs. pain.
Work vs. Luck
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.
The more we know, the more we know we don't know.
Life is not a problem to be solved but a reality to be experienced.
You try to do the best with what you've got and ignore everything else. That's why horses get blinders in horse racing: You look at the horse next to you, and you lose a step.
Creativity before productivity.
Experience.
Don't just do something, stand there.
The shortcut is to stop looking for shortcuts.
The source of wisdom is whatever is going to happen to us today.
Belief is a skill that requires practice.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
Thought, Spoken, Heard
The future is already here – it's just not very evenly distributed.
Resistance lifts.
Become the best in the world at what you do. Keep redefining what you do until this is true.
Hare & tortoise.
Done is better than perfect.
NFTs, explained.
You're under no obligation to be the same person you were 5 minutes ago.
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.
Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.
Meditation and concentration are the way to a life of serenity.
Grandma's Rule: You have to eat the carrots before you get the dessert.
There are three types of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.
Hours vs. Iterations
Switching costs.
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.
More ≠ more.
The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
Do less, do more.
Know yourself as Nothing. Feel yourself as Everything.
