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Reason for being
Value is subjective.
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.
Vision
Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.
You are what you think you are.
It is really hard to make something easy.
Words can be communicative only between those who share similar experiences.
The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long.
What you can imagine depends on what you know.
Said, done.
Numbers obscure nuance.
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.
Hierarchy.
No great thing is created suddenly.
Code scripts machines, media scripts human beings.
There are three types of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.
Creativity before productivity.
It took me years to play like myself.
Learning.
The iron rule of nature is: you get what you reward for. If you want ants to come, you put sugar on the floor.
The obstacle is the way.
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Wealth is a ratio, not a number.
When you get the money, the only thing you wanna buy is time.
You're under no obligation to be the same person you were 5 minutes ago.
Builder, investor, trader.
Life is not a problem to be solved but a reality to be experienced.
Failure is the frame, not the picture.
Experience is up only.
Well done is better than well said.
Switching costs.
Those who have knowledge, don’t predict. Those who predict, don’t have knowledge.
Movement, action.
You are here.
After all is said and done, more is said than done.
‘No matter how far ahead I get, I always feel behind in my mind.’
We seldom speak of what we have but often of what we lack.
We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us.
Labor, leverage.
Comfort vs. pain.
Hare & tortoise.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
Done is better than perfect.
The first rule of compounding is to never interrupt it unnecessarily.
No one is coming to save you.
Expectation is the root of all heartache.
zero-sum, infinite-sum
The more you compare, the less you differentiate.
Freedom is the gap between earn and burn.
Each man believes only his experience.
If you want to make the wrong decision, ask everyone.
Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.
More moves and less chat.
Truth
What you work on is more important than how hard you work.
Work vs. Luck
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
We don't want the thing we're after, we want to be after the thing.
Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.
