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We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us.
It took me years to play like myself.
The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.
‘Everything is original, nothing is original’
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.
Labor, leverage.
The future is already here – it's just not very evenly distributed.
Comfort vs. pain.
Freedom is the gap between earn and burn.
Realize.
Distraction, focus.
The Overthinker.
If you want to make the wrong decision, ask everyone.
Nothing draws a crowd quite like a crowd.
‘No matter how far ahead I get, I always feel behind in my mind.’
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.
The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand exponential growth
The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long.
Said, done.
Knowing vs. understanding.
When all is said and done, more is said than done.
Each man believes only his experience.
An unproblematic state is a state without creative thought. Its other name is death.
What you work on is more important than how hard you work.
80:20
There's a tremendous power in using the least amount of information to get a point across.
It is easier to change yourself than to change the world.
Peace begins when expectation ends.
Grandma's Rule: You have to eat the carrots before you get the dessert.
Building vs. betting.
Truth, Perception
Failure = feedback.
+2 vs. x2
Focus is determined by what you ignore.
Become the best in the world at what you do. Keep redefining what you do until this is true.
Those who have nothing to lose are very rich.
The obstacle is the way.
More before better.
Chronos, Kairos.
Switching costs.
The simpler the story, the bigger the market.
Vision
zero-sum, infinite-sum
Work vs. Luck
Know yourself as Nothing. Feel yourself as Everything.
It's all relative.
We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.
Failure is the frame, not the picture.
More moves and less chat.
Words can be communicative only between those who share similar experiences.
You only fear being overtaken when you're not being yourself.
The iron rule of nature is: you get what you reward for. If you want ants to come, you put sugar on the floor.
Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
Truth
Distraction.
The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
The more you compare, the less you differentiate.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
Mindset vs. Mind set
