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Peace begins when expectation ends.
Belief gets in the way of learning.
Process vs. plan.
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.
Freedom is the gap between earn and burn.
Value is subjective.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
The simpler the story, the bigger the market.
Work vs. Luck
Chronos, Kairos.
Movement, action.
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
When all is said and done, more is said than done.
Just because you can acquire the thing doesn't mean you can maintain the thing.
Bull, Bear, Builder.
It is really hard to make something easy.
You don't have a lack of ideas, you have a lack of deadlines
Grandma's Rule: You have to eat the carrots before you get the dessert.
Truth, Perception
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.
Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.
The source of wisdom is whatever is going to happen to us today.
Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.
We seldom speak of what we have but often of what we lack.
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
Appreciation.
Numbers obscure nuance.
The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.
Said, done.
Everyone, Someone.
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
Labor, leverage.
If you sound unique, you can become irreplaceable.
You're under no obligation to be the same person you were 5 minutes ago.
Resistance lifts.
Don't just do something, stand there.
There's a tremendous power in using the least amount of information to get a point across.
Reason for being
Distraction is dilution.
Truth, trend.
If you keep looking back, you're gonna trip going forward.
We may define therapy as a search for value.
View reading as an investment.
Each man believes only his experience.
If you want to make the wrong decision, ask everyone.
Map ≠ Territory
Focus is determined by what you ignore.
Truth.
More moves and less chat.
If it looks simple, it was hard.
We don't want the thing we're after, we want to be after the thing.
‘No matter how far ahead I get, I always feel behind in my mind.’
Hierarchy.
It is easier to change yourself than to change the world.
The future is already here – it's just not very evenly distributed.
The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long.
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.
Fashions fade, style is eternal.
80:20
More ≠ more.
