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The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
Freedom is the gap between earn and burn.
The obstacle is the way.
Hierarchy.
Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.
You are here.
Thought, said, heard, understood.
Each man believes only his experience.
Observer, expert, practitioner.
Hare & tortoise.
Chronos, Kairos.
Ignore people playing status games. They gain status by attacking people playing wealth creation games.
Creativity before productivity.
Focus is determined by what you ignore.
The first step is the steepest.
Everyone, Someone.
More ≠ more.
Talk is cheap.
The simpler the story, the bigger the market.
The future is already here – it's just not very evenly distributed.
Truth, Perception
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.
Code scripts machines, media scripts human beings.
It took me years to play like myself.
Become the best in the world at what you do. Keep redefining what you do until this is true.
We don't want the thing we're after, we want to be after the thing.
More before better.
Take a simple idea and take it seriously.
Alan Watts
If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there.
The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.
+2 vs. x2
Expectation is the root of all heartache.
Switching costs.
Great acts are made up of small deeds.
It's all relative.
The more you compare, the less you differentiate.
Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.
We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us.
When you feel like giving up is precisely the point everybody else gives up. So it’s at that point that you must put in extra effort.
Bull, Bear, Builder.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
Nothing draws a crowd quite like a crowd.
Those who have knowledge, don’t predict. Those who predict, don’t have knowledge.
Life is not a problem to be solved but a reality to be experienced.
Don't just do something, stand there.
Meditation and concentration are the way to a life of serenity.
‘Everything is original, nothing is original’
Fashions fade, style is eternal.
Map ≠ Territory
Distraction.
Movement, action.
Words can be communicative only between those who share similar experiences.
Done is better than perfect.
Hours vs. Iterations
If you think too much about what they think, you'll lose what you think.
If the path before you is clear, you're probably on someone else's.
You're under no obligation to be the same person you were 5 minutes ago.
We seldom speak of what we have but often of what we lack.
