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The simpler the story, the bigger the market.
The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand exponential growth
I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is.
No, it took me my whole life.
Labor, leverage.
If you want to make the wrong decision, ask everyone.
It's not about who got here first, it's about who stays.
There's a tremendous power in using the least amount of information to get a point across.
Chronos, Kairos.
Process vs. plan.
Reason for being
We seldom speak of what we have but often of what we lack.
More ≠ more.
The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long.
Truth
Distraction.
Distraction is dilution.
Appreciation.
Peace begins when expectation ends.
Price is what you pay; value is what you get.
One of the secrets to staying young is to always do things you don’t know how to do.”
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
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.
Value is subjective.
Work vs. Luck
Builder, investor, trader.
Wealth is a ratio, not a number.
You only fear being overtaken when you're not being yourself.
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.
We don't want the thing we're after, we want to be after the thing.
Building vs. betting.
Bull, Bear, Builder.
Expectation is the root of all heartache.
Those who have knowledge, don’t predict. Those who predict, don’t have knowledge.
Whatever can happen at any time can happen today.
An unproblematic state is a state without creative thought. Its other name is death.
The Overthinker.
Know yourself as Nothing. Feel yourself as Everything.
Perspective.
Creativity before productivity.
Experience.
The giver is the recipient.
The source of wisdom is whatever is going to happen to us today.
The fool is always getting ready to live.
No great thing is created suddenly.
Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.
Belief gets in the way of learning.
Hierarchy.
Never limit yourself because of others’ limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination.
Truth.
Shoot.
After all is said and done, more is said than done.
You are here.
Freedom is the gap between earn and burn.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Learning.
Just because you can acquire the thing doesn't mean you can maintain the thing.
Don't just do something, stand there.
No one is coming to save you.
Meditation and concentration are the way to a life of serenity.
