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There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.
Reason for being
Code scripts machines, media scripts human beings.
No, it took me my whole life.
Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.
Slow down.
Ignore people playing status games. They gain status by attacking people playing wealth creation games.
Hare & tortoise.
Vision
Truth.
Work vs. Luck
Peace begins when expectation ends.
If you want to make the wrong decision, ask everyone.
The fool is always getting ready to live.
There are three types of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.
Experience.
We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us.
Everyone, Someone.
Life is not a problem to be solved but a reality to be experienced.
Distraction is dilution.
If you sound unique, you can become irreplaceable.
The iron rule of nature is: you get what you reward for. If you want ants to come, you put sugar on the floor.
Grandma's Rule: You have to eat the carrots before you get the dessert.
Distraction, focus.
No one is coming to save you.
Become the best in the world at what you do. Keep redefining what you do until this is true.
It's all relative.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Expectation is the root of all heartache.
Nothing draws a crowd quite like a crowd.
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
The future is already here – it's just not very evenly distributed.
Realize.
Labor, leverage.
An artist is not paid for labor but for vision.
I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is.
+2 vs. x2
We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.
The more you compare, the less you differentiate.
Building vs. betting.
It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view.
The Overthinker.
zero-sum, infinite-sum
We seldom speak of what we have but often of what we lack.
Never limit yourself because of others’ limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination.
The one fact pertaining to all conditions is that they will change.
What you work on is more important than how hard you work.
Perspective.
It is easier to change yourself than to change the world.
Resistance lifts.
Movement, action.
It's not about who got here first, it's about who stays.
You only fear being overtaken when you're not being yourself.
Belief is a skill that requires practice.
Equity unites, politics divides.
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.
Failure = feedback.
Bull, Bear, Builder.
Banks vs. Blockchains
