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Alan Watts
Building vs. betting.
Experience.
Bull, Bear, Builder.
Hours vs. Iterations
The iron rule of nature is: you get what you reward for. If you want ants to come, you put sugar on the floor.
Well done is better than well said.
Wealth is a ratio, not a number.
We may define therapy as a search for value.
Failure is the frame, not the picture.
The Overthinker.
Just because you can acquire the thing doesn't mean you can maintain the thing.
Thought, said, heard, understood.
The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.
Great acts are made up of small deeds.
Reason for being
The giver is the recipient.
One of the secrets to staying young is to always do things you don’t know how to do.”
Numbers obscure nuance.
zero-sum, infinite-sum
We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.
Movement, action.
If it looks simple, it was hard.
When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.
Everyone, Someone.
Generalist, specialist.
When you get the money, the only thing you wanna buy is time.
An unproblematic state is a state without creative thought. Its other name is death.
An artist is not paid for labor but for vision.
Value is subjective.
Appreciation.
Vision
If you want to make the wrong decision, ask everyone.
Code scripts machines, media scripts human beings.
Map ≠ Territory
Builder, investor, trader.
Distraction, focus.
It took me years to play like myself.
We seldom speak of what we have but often of what we lack.
It is easier to change yourself than to change the world.
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.
The shortcut is to stop looking for shortcuts.
You are here.
Observer, expert, practitioner.
If you sound unique, you can become irreplaceable.
Knowing vs. understanding.
Switching costs.
The more we know, the more we know we don't know.
Process vs. plan.
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
No one is coming to save you.
‘No matter how far ahead I get, I always feel behind in my mind.’
Hierarchy.
Distraction is dilution.
Experience is up only.
Price is what you pay; value is what you get.
What you can imagine depends on what you know.
Those who have nothing to lose are very rich.
Truth
More moves and less chat.