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The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand exponential growth
Creativity before productivity.
Fashions fade, style is eternal.
No great thing is created suddenly.
We seldom speak of what we have but often of what we lack.
Those who have nothing to lose are very rich.
Grandma's Rule: You have to eat the carrots before you get the dessert.
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
Map ≠ Territory
We don't want the thing we're after, we want to be after the thing.
The simpler the story, the bigger the market.
Truth, trend.
An unproblematic state is a state without creative thought. Its other name is death.
Each man believes only his experience.
Become the best in the world at what you do. Keep redefining what you do until this is true.
Chronos, Kairos.
Resistance lifts.
Process vs. plan.
Perspective.
Said, done.
If it looks simple, it was hard.
Movement, action.
Cover, story.
It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view.
Slow down.
More moves and less chat.
We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.
The future is already here – it's just not very evenly distributed.
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
Distraction.
More ≠ more.
You are what you think you are.
If you keep looking back, you're gonna trip going forward.
Switching costs.
Distraction, focus.
Price is what you pay; value is what you get.
The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.
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.
Expectation is the root of all heartache.
If you want to make the wrong decision, ask everyone.
There are three types of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
Meditation and concentration are the way to a life of serenity.
The first rule of compounding is to never interrupt it unnecessarily.
Mindset vs. Mind set
Hare & tortoise.
It is really hard to make something easy.
Work vs. Luck
Nothing draws a crowd quite like a crowd.
Banks vs. Blockchains
You're under no obligation to be the same person you were 5 minutes ago.
Freedom is the gap between earn and burn.
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
‘Everything is original, nothing is original’
Experience is up only.
Thought, said, heard, understood.
Focus is determined by what you ignore.
If you think too much about what they think, you'll lose what you think.
Truth.
