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Process vs. plan.
zero-sum, infinite-sum
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
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 one fact pertaining to all conditions is that they will change.
If you think too much about what they think, you'll lose what you think.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Shoot.
Everyone, Someone.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
Failure = feedback.
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
No one is coming to save you.
Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
If you sound unique, you can become irreplaceable.
Become the best in the world at what you do. Keep redefining what you do until this is true.
Knowing vs. understanding.
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.
The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand exponential growth
Meditation and concentration are the way to a life of serenity.
We may define therapy as a search for value.
Comfort vs. pain.
If you want to make the wrong decision, ask everyone.
Truth
The shortcut is to stop looking for shortcuts.
The source of wisdom is whatever is going to happen to us today.
The first rule of compounding is to never interrupt it unnecessarily.
Hare & tortoise.
Appreciation.
We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us.
Belief gets in the way of learning.
After all is said and done, more is said than done.
Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.
The fool is always getting ready to live.
‘Everything is original, nothing is original’
You are what you think you are.
Movement, action.
Builder, investor, trader.
If the path before you is clear, you're probably on someone else's.
Those who have nothing to lose are very rich.
We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.
No, it took me my whole life.
Peace begins when expectation ends.
Fashions fade, style is eternal.
Each man believes only his experience.
You don't have to start from scratch to do something interesting.
Said, done.
Labor, leverage.
Done is better than perfect.
An artist is not paid for labor but for vision.
You are here.
Distraction.
It's not about who got here first, it's about who stays.
More before better.
When all is said and done, more is said than done.
The iron rule of nature is: you get what you reward for. If you want ants to come, you put sugar on the floor.
We don't want the thing we're after, we want to be after the thing.
Experience is up only.
Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.
It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view.
