168 originals
Generalist, specialist.
Freedom is the gap between earn and burn.
Observer, expert, practitioner.
We seldom speak of what we have but often of what we lack.
Know yourself as Nothing. Feel yourself as Everything.
Each man believes only his experience.
+2 vs. x2
Wealth is a ratio, not a number.
Shoot.
Distraction, focus.
An artist is not paid for labor but for vision.
We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.
Said, done.
Just because you can acquire the thing doesn't mean you can maintain the thing.
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.
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.
Appreciation.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
Reason for being
Done is better than perfect.
The one fact pertaining to all conditions is that they will change.
You don't have to start from scratch to do something interesting.
You're under no obligation to be the same person you were 5 minutes ago.
Expectation is the root of all heartache.
Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.
Numbers obscure nuance.
Slow down.
There are three types of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.
Equity unites, politics divides.
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
Vision
An unproblematic state is a state without creative thought. Its other name is death.
‘Everything is original, nothing is original’
No, it took me my whole life.
Peace begins when expectation ends.
Do less, do more.
The shortcut is to stop looking for shortcuts.
Truth
We don't want the thing we're after, we want to be after the thing.
Well done is better than well said.
Chronos, Kairos.
If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there.
80:20
Movement, action.
Price is what you pay; value is what you get.
Thought, said, heard, understood.
More ≠ more.
Whatever can happen at any time can happen today.
Distraction is dilution.
We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us.
There's a tremendous power in using the least amount of information to get a point across.
The iron rule of nature is: you get what you reward for. If you want ants to come, you put sugar on the floor.
Take a simple idea and take it seriously.
Truth, trend.
Think of many things; do one.
It is really hard to make something easy.
View reading as an investment.
What you can imagine depends on what you know.
Map ≠ Territory
‘No matter how far ahead I get, I always feel behind in my mind.’
