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To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
We seldom speak of what we have but often of what we lack.
More ≠ more.
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
When all is said and done, more is said than done.
Truth
The future is already here – it's just not very evenly distributed.
Ignore people playing status games. They gain status by attacking people playing wealth creation games.
Labor, leverage.
The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.
The simpler the story, the bigger the market.
Perspective.
Numbers obscure nuance.
Expectation is the root of all heartache.
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
Failure = feedback.
Focus is determined by what you ignore.
You are here.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
Life is not a problem to be solved but a reality to be experienced.
Nothing draws a crowd quite like a crowd.
View reading as an investment.
Truth, Perception
Said, done.
More before better.
It is really hard to make something easy.
It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view.
The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long.
Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.
Slow down.
Process vs. plan.
Comfort vs. pain.
More moves and less chat.
The fool is always getting ready to live.
The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand exponential growth
We suffer more in imagination than reality.
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.
Freedom is the gap between earn and burn.
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
Hierarchy.
You're under no obligation to be the same person you were 5 minutes ago.
Hare & tortoise.
It is easier to change yourself than to change the world.
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.
Become the best in the world at what you do. Keep redefining what you do until this is true.
You are what you think you are.
Truth.
What you can imagine depends on what you know.
There's a tremendous power in using the least amount of information to get a point across.
It's not about who got here first, it's about who stays.
Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.
Value is subjective.
You only fear being overtaken when you're not being yourself.
Realize.
‘No matter how far ahead I get, I always feel behind in my mind.’
Just because you can acquire the thing doesn't mean you can maintain the thing.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Words can be communicative only between those who share similar experiences.
If you think too much about what they think, you'll lose what you think.
