168 originals
More before better.
Each man believes only his experience.
The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.
Creativity before productivity.
We don't want the thing we're after, we want to be after the thing.
Cover, story.
There's a tremendous power in using the least amount of information to get a point across.
Vision
If you think too much about what they think, you'll lose what you think.
Fashions fade, style is eternal.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Ignore people playing status games. They gain status by attacking people playing wealth creation games.
If the path before you is clear, you're probably on someone else's.
When all is said and done, more is said than done.
Appreciation.
Slow down.
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.
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.
Belief gets in the way of learning.
If you want to make the wrong decision, ask everyone.
Distraction, focus.
The simpler the story, the bigger the market.
Labor, leverage.
Reason for being
We suffer more in imagination than reality.
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
Peace begins when expectation ends.
What you work on is more important than how hard you work.
Said, done.
It is really hard to make something easy.
Grandma's Rule: You have to eat the carrots before you get the dessert.
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view.
We seldom speak of what we have but often of what we lack.
Meditation and concentration are the way to a life of serenity.
Become the best in the world at what you do. Keep redefining what you do until this is true.
Building vs. betting.
Chronos, Kairos.
Hare & tortoise.
Banks vs. Blockchains
Value is subjective.
‘No matter how far ahead I get, I always feel behind in my mind.’
You're under no obligation to be the same person you were 5 minutes ago.
Switching costs.
Comfort vs. pain.
Movement, action.
Know yourself as Nothing. Feel yourself as Everything.
The obstacle is the way.
Bull, Bear, Builder.
Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.
Distraction is dilution.
If you sound unique, you can become irreplaceable.
Alan Watts
You are here.
Distraction.
It took me years to play like myself.
No one is coming to save you.
Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
There are three types of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.