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The simpler the story, the bigger the market.
The iron rule of nature is: you get what you reward for. If you want ants to come, you put sugar on the floor.
More moves and less chat.
Belief is a skill that requires practice.
The obstacle is the way.
Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
Mindset vs. Mind set
More ≠ more.
When all is said and done, more is said than done.
What you can imagine depends on what you know.
Cover, story.
Fashions fade, style is eternal.
Labor, leverage.
Ignore people playing status games. They gain status by attacking people playing wealth creation games.
Don't just do something, stand there.
There's a tremendous power in using the least amount of information to get a point across.
Switching costs.
The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long.
Distraction.
After all is said and done, more is said than done.
It is easier to change yourself than to change the world.
Numbers obscure nuance.
Knowing vs. understanding.
You don't have a lack of ideas, you have a lack of deadlines
Those who have knowledge, don’t predict. Those who predict, don’t have knowledge.
When you feel like giving up is precisely the point everybody else gives up. So it’s at that point that you must put in extra effort.
Focus is determined by what you ignore.
The shortcut is to stop looking for shortcuts.
Think of many things; do one.
Truth
Creativity before productivity.
Meditation and concentration are the way to a life of serenity.
Slow down.
We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us.
The first step is the steepest.
If the path before you is clear, you're probably on someone else's.
If you keep looking back, you're gonna trip going forward.
Price is what you pay; value is what you get.
Hierarchy.
Done is better than perfect.
Observer, expert, practitioner.
If you sound unique, you can become irreplaceable.
Everyone, Someone.
Wealth is a ratio, not a number.
Whatever can happen at any time can happen today.
Distraction is dilution.
Do less, do more.
Great acts are made up of small deeds.
The one fact pertaining to all conditions is that they will change.
Just because you can acquire the thing doesn't mean you can maintain the thing.
Building vs. betting.
Learning.
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.
Bull, Bear, Builder.
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.
The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand exponential growth
Process vs. plan.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
The future is already here – it's just not very evenly distributed.
