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Alan Watts
Hours vs. Iterations
zero-sum, infinite-sum
Those who have knowledge, don’t predict. Those who predict, don’t have knowledge.
The first rule of compounding is to never interrupt it unnecessarily.
The first step is the steepest.
We seldom speak of what we have but often of what we lack.
The more you compare, the less you differentiate.
The future is already here – it's just not very evenly distributed.
Thought, Spoken, Heard
Code scripts machines, media scripts human beings.
The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long.
You're under no obligation to be the same person you were 5 minutes ago.
Perspective.
We suffer more in imagination than reality.
Banks vs. Blockchains
Each man believes only his experience.
Wealth is a ratio, not a number.
Process vs. plan.
When all is said and done, more is said than done.
Map ≠ Territory
More moves and less chat.
Creativity before productivity.
Whatever can happen at any time can happen today.
The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.
There's a tremendous power in using the least amount of information to get a point across.
Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.
Talk is cheap.
Shoot.
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
Truth, trend.
Belief is a skill that requires practice.
Numbers obscure nuance.
Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.
It is easier to change yourself than to change the world.
Vision
The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.
We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us.
Ignore people playing status games. They gain status by attacking people playing wealth creation games.
Life is not a problem to be solved but a reality to be experienced.
No, it took me my whole life.
Done is better than perfect.
Fashions fade, style is eternal.
Chronos, Kairos.
An artist is not paid for labor but for vision.
Price is what you pay; value is what you get.
Take a simple idea and take it seriously.
Equity unites, politics divides.
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
80:20
Hare & tortoise.
Do less, do more.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
If you sound unique, you can become irreplaceable.
Those who have nothing to lose are very rich.
Know yourself as Nothing. Feel yourself as Everything.
The fool is always getting ready to live.
Grandma's Rule: You have to eat the carrots before you get the dessert.
