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Fear is the mind-killer.
Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.
zero-sum, infinite-sum
If the path before you is clear, you're probably on someone else's.
After all is said and done, more is said than done.
Creativity before productivity.
Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.
No great thing is created suddenly.
You only fear being overtaken when you're not being yourself.
Cover, story.
The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.
Just because you can acquire the thing doesn't mean you can maintain the thing.
Mindset vs. Mind set
Done is better than perfect.
Fashions fade, style is eternal.
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Learning.
Switching costs.
You're under no obligation to be the same person you were 5 minutes ago.
The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand exponential growth
Bull, Bear, Builder.
Don't just do something, stand there.
Those who have knowledge, don’t predict. Those who predict, don’t have knowledge.
Truth, trend.
The source of wisdom is whatever is going to happen to us today.
The first step is the steepest.
Vision
Movement, action.
Do less, do more.
Distraction.
Life is not a problem to be solved but a reality to be experienced.
We seldom speak of what we have but often of what we lack.
Hierarchy.
More before better.
An artist is not paid for labor but for vision.
Alan Watts
Everyone, Someone.
You are here.
Experience is up only.
Words can be communicative only between those who share similar experiences.
If you sound unique, you can become irreplaceable.
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.
Ignore people playing status games. They gain status by attacking people playing wealth creation games.
You are what you think you are.
It took me years to play like myself.
When all is said and done, more is said than done.
Thought, Spoken, Heard
The simpler the story, the bigger the market.
There are three types of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.
Code scripts machines, media scripts human beings.
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.
If you think too much about what they think, you'll lose what you think.
+2 vs. x2
Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there.
When you get the money, the only thing you wanna buy is time.
Truth, Perception
Focus is determined by what you ignore.
When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.