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Those who have nothing to lose are very rich.
Expectation is the root of all heartache.
Hours vs. Iterations
The one fact pertaining to all conditions is that they will change.
Distraction, focus.
Become the best in the world at what you do. Keep redefining what you do until this is true.
An artist is not paid for labor but for vision.
Freedom is the gap between earn and burn.
The obstacle is the way.
Truth, trend.
Process vs. plan.
If you think too much about what they think, you'll lose what you think.
Done is better than perfect.
Distraction is dilution.
More moves and less chat.
The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long.
‘Everything is original, nothing is original’
Resistance lifts.
Distraction.
Everyone, Someone.
Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.
Focus is determined by what you ignore.
Knowing vs. understanding.
Truth
The giver is the recipient.
Grandma's Rule: You have to eat the carrots before you get the dessert.
Equity unites, politics divides.
The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand exponential growth
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
Each man believes only his experience.
View reading as an investment.
Truth.
You're under no obligation to be the same person you were 5 minutes ago.
No one is coming to save you.
More ≠ more.
An unproblematic state is a state without creative thought. Its other name is death.
You are here.
Nothing draws a crowd quite like a crowd.
It's not about who got here first, it's about who stays.
We don't want the thing we're after, we want to be after the thing.
You only fear being overtaken when you're not being yourself.
It is really hard to make something easy.
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.
It is easier to change yourself than to change the world.
We may define therapy as a search for value.
The more you compare, the less you differentiate.
Learning.
Banks vs. Blockchains
Labor, leverage.
‘No matter how far ahead I get, I always feel behind in my mind.’
More before better.
Wealth is a ratio, not a number.
The Overthinker.
No great thing is created suddenly.
Mindset vs. Mind set
One of the secrets to staying young is to always do things you don’t know how to do.”
Experience is up only.
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.
Creativity before productivity.
Reason for being