168 originals
Failure is the frame, not the picture.
Generalist, specialist.
Each man believes only his experience.
Experience.
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
We seldom speak of what we have but often of what we lack.
Perspective.
No one is coming to save you.
You're under no obligation to be the same person you were 5 minutes ago.
Chronos, Kairos.
You are what you think you are.
The iron rule of nature is: you get what you reward for. If you want ants to come, you put sugar on the floor.
Truth
You only fear being overtaken when you're not being yourself.
Grandma's Rule: You have to eat the carrots before you get the dessert.
Realize.
The Overthinker.
Distraction is dilution.
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.
Done is better than perfect.
Work vs. Luck
Experience is up only.
The future is already here – it's just not very evenly distributed.
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
Meditation and concentration are the way to a life of serenity.
No great thing is created suddenly.
It's not about who got here first, it's about who stays.
Thought, said, heard, understood.
Building vs. betting.
When all is said and done, more is said than done.
‘Everything is original, nothing is original’
What you can imagine depends on what you know.
Creativity before productivity.
The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand exponential growth
We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us.
Hierarchy.
Truth.
Just because you can acquire the thing doesn't mean you can maintain the thing.
Observer, expert, practitioner.
The more we know, the more we know we don't know.
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
Hare & tortoise.
Expectation is the root of all heartache.
Map ≠ Territory
After all is said and done, more is said than done.
Everyone, Someone.
Distraction.
What you work on is more important than how hard you work.
The obstacle is the way.
Resistance lifts.
The shortcut is to stop looking for shortcuts.
We may define therapy as a search for value.
Learning.
Price is what you pay; value is what you get.
It is really hard to make something easy.
Bull, Bear, Builder.
Appreciation.
Most people are out of touch with reality because they confuse the world as it is, with the world as they think about it, and talk about it, and describe it.
The source of wisdom is whatever is going to happen to us today.
Reason for being
