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Reason for being
It is really hard to make something easy.
The more we know, the more we know we don't know.
The obstacle is the way.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Never limit yourself because of others’ limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination.
Process vs. plan.
The first rule of compounding is to never interrupt it unnecessarily.
Those who have knowledge, don’t predict. Those who predict, don’t have knowledge.
Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.
The future is already here – it's just not very evenly distributed.
Belief gets in the way of learning.
When all is said and done, more is said than done.
Become the best in the world at what you do. Keep redefining what you do until this is true.
The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long.
Peace begins when expectation ends.
Movement, action.
The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand exponential growth
Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
Creativity before productivity.
We seldom speak of what we have but often of what we lack.
Switching costs.
Just because you can acquire the thing doesn't mean you can maintain the thing.
Value is subjective.
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.
We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us.
You are what you think you are.
Each man believes only his experience.
Learning.
Bull, Bear, Builder.
Do less, do more.
Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
If you keep looking back, you're gonna trip going forward.
Everyone, Someone.
Don't just do something, stand there.
It took me years to play like myself.
More before better.
The simpler the story, the bigger the market.
Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.
You don't have to start from scratch to do something interesting.
zero-sum, infinite-sum
If the path before you is clear, you're probably on someone else's.
The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.
Thought, Spoken, Heard
+2 vs. x2
One of the secrets to staying young is to always do things you don’t know how to do.”
The iron rule of nature is: you get what you reward for. If you want ants to come, you put sugar on the floor.
You're under no obligation to be the same person you were 5 minutes ago.
When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.
Life is not a problem to be solved but a reality to be experienced.
Words can be communicative only between those who share similar experiences.
Hierarchy.
Comfort vs. pain.
Fashions fade, style is eternal.
Talk is cheap.
Alan Watts
Distraction is dilution.
Numbers obscure nuance.
Experience.
