168 originals
There are three types of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.
Observer, expert, practitioner.
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.
What you can imagine depends on what you know.
Builder, investor, trader.
Chronos, Kairos.
It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view.
Grandma's Rule: You have to eat the carrots before you get the dessert.
If you want to make the wrong decision, ask everyone.
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
Appreciation.
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.
Comfort vs. pain.
Talk is cheap.
Those who have nothing to lose are very rich.
An unproblematic state is a state without creative thought. Its other name is death.
Never limit yourself because of others’ limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination.
Failure is the frame, not the picture.
No, it took me my whole life.
Wealth is a ratio, not a number.
You are what you think you are.
Equity unites, politics divides.
Reason for being
Creativity before productivity.
If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there.
When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.
Fashions fade, style is eternal.
Hours vs. Iterations
We seldom speak of what we have but often of what we lack.
Truth
Banks vs. Blockchains
‘No matter how far ahead I get, I always feel behind in my mind.’
No one is coming to save you.
It is really hard to make something easy.
The shortcut is to stop looking for shortcuts.
The more you compare, the less you differentiate.
Think of many things; do one.
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long.
80:20
Price is what you pay; value is what you get.
Alan Watts
Building vs. betting.
NFTs, explained.
It took me years to play like myself.
We don't want the thing we're after, we want to be after the thing.
If you sound unique, you can become irreplaceable.
The fool is always getting ready to live.
Experience is up only.
Hare & tortoise.
Everyone, Someone.
Distraction, focus.
If you think too much about what they think, you'll lose what you think.
‘Everything is original, nothing is original’
Resistance lifts.
Focus is determined by what you ignore.
Truth, trend.
Well done is better than well said.
Freedom is the gap between earn and burn.
Those who have knowledge, don’t predict. Those who predict, don’t have knowledge.