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We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.
The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
Take a simple idea and take it seriously.
Hours vs. Iterations
Builder, investor, trader.
Experience is up only.
‘No matter how far ahead I get, I always feel behind in my mind.’
The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long.
Well done is better than well said.
The Overthinker.
Price is what you pay; value is what you get.
More ≠ more.
The more you compare, the less you differentiate.
The shortcut is to stop looking for shortcuts.
Belief is a skill that requires practice.
Knowing vs. understanding.
Think of many things; do one.
If it looks simple, it was hard.
When all is said and done, more is said than done.
Everyone, Someone.
An unproblematic state is a state without creative thought. Its other name is death.
The simpler the story, the bigger the market.
Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
Failure is the frame, not the picture.
Appreciation.
Become the best in the world at what you do. Keep redefining what you do until this is true.
Peace begins when expectation ends.
Creativity before productivity.
Observer, expert, practitioner.
The iron rule of nature is: you get what you reward for. If you want ants to come, you put sugar on the floor.
Talk is cheap.
Belief gets in the way of learning.
It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view.
We don't want the thing we're after, we want to be after the thing.
Realize.
Just because you can acquire the thing doesn't mean you can maintain the thing.
We may define therapy as a search for value.
Freedom is the gap between earn and burn.
Don't just do something, stand there.
Map ≠ Territory
You only fear being overtaken when you're not being yourself.
Fear is the mind-killer.
The giver is the recipient.
Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.
Great acts are made up of small deeds.
Grandma's Rule: You have to eat the carrots before you get the dessert.
Vision
Thought, said, heard, understood.
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.
Whatever can happen at any time can happen today.
The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.
Ignore people playing status games. They gain status by attacking people playing wealth creation games.
Generalist, specialist.
No, it took me my whole life.
It is easier to change yourself than to change the world.
Know yourself as Nothing. Feel yourself as Everything.
Hierarchy.
We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us.
Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.
