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Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.
Belief is a skill that requires practice.
Bull, Bear, Builder.
+2 vs. x2
Done is better than perfect.
If you sound unique, you can become irreplaceable.
The obstacle is the way.
Switching costs.
Map ≠ Territory
Reason for being
Whatever can happen at any time can happen today.
Words can be communicative only between those who share similar experiences.
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
More before better.
Meditation and concentration are the way to a life of serenity.
Great acts are made up of small deeds.
Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.
Thought, Spoken, Heard
Thought, said, heard, understood.
After all is said and done, more is said than done.
Vision
Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.
Hours vs. Iterations
The first rule of compounding is to never interrupt it unnecessarily.
Those who have knowledge, don’t predict. Those who predict, don’t have knowledge.
Cover, story.
Hare & tortoise.
Code scripts machines, media scripts human beings.
The shortcut is to stop looking for shortcuts.
Do less, do more.
Banks vs. Blockchains
The source of wisdom is whatever is going to happen to us today.
Everyone, Someone.
Realize.
Experience.
The simpler the story, the bigger the market.
It's not about who got here first, it's about who stays.
The more you compare, the less you differentiate.
Distraction is dilution.
Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.
The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long.
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.
The first step is the steepest.
‘No matter how far ahead I get, I always feel behind in my mind.’
Wealth is a ratio, not a number.
You don't have to start from scratch to do something interesting.
No great thing is created suddenly.
Process vs. plan.
‘Everything is original, nothing is original’
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.
An artist is not paid for labor but for vision.
If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there.
Numbers obscure nuance.
The iron rule of nature is: you get what you reward for. If you want ants to come, you put sugar on the floor.
The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand exponential growth
One of the secrets to staying young is to always do things you don’t know how to do.”
Slow down.
No, it took me my whole life.
We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us.
