168 originals
Map ≠ Territory
Movement, action.
zero-sum, infinite-sum
Building vs. betting.
Truth
You only fear being overtaken when you're not being yourself.
You don't have a lack of ideas, you have a lack of deadlines
Ignore people playing status games. They gain status by attacking people playing wealth creation games.
Grandma's Rule: You have to eat the carrots before you get the dessert.
Words can be communicative only between those who share similar experiences.
The one fact pertaining to all conditions is that they will change.
Truth, trend.
No great thing is created suddenly.
Work vs. Luck
Realize.
The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
The more you compare, the less you differentiate.
It is really hard to make something easy.
It's all relative.
Alan Watts
The iron rule of nature is: you get what you reward for. If you want ants to come, you put sugar on the floor.
It's not about who got here first, it's about who stays.
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.
Peace begins when expectation ends.
What you can imagine depends on what you know.
The obstacle is the way.
Fashions fade, style is eternal.
Freedom is the gap between earn and burn.
NFTs, explained.
Meditation and concentration are the way to a life of serenity.
We don't want the thing we're after, we want to be after the thing.
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 shortcut is to stop looking for shortcuts.
If you keep looking back, you're gonna trip going forward.
‘Everything is original, nothing is original’
The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long.
Nothing draws a crowd quite like a crowd.
Resistance lifts.
Numbers obscure nuance.
Belief is a skill that requires practice.
Truth.
Just because you can acquire the thing doesn't mean you can maintain the thing.
Price is what you pay; value is what you get.
We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.
Bull, Bear, Builder.
Hierarchy.
Cover, story.
Thought, said, heard, understood.
If the path before you is clear, you're probably on someone else's.
Code scripts machines, media scripts human beings.
Those who have nothing to lose are very rich.
We suffer more in imagination than reality.
Don't just do something, stand there.
You are what you think you are.
The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.
What you work on is more important than how hard you work.
More moves and less chat.
You're under no obligation to be the same person you were 5 minutes ago.
There are three types of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.