168 originals
The simpler the story, the bigger the market.
Each man believes only his experience.
The fool is always getting ready to live.
What you can imagine depends on what you know.
It is easier to change yourself than to change the world.
‘No matter how far ahead I get, I always feel behind in my mind.’
Thought, said, heard, understood.
Value is subjective.
If it looks simple, it was hard.
Truth, trend.
Distraction.
We suffer more in imagination than reality.
Equity unites, politics divides.
The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
It's all relative.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
Appreciation.
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Slow down.
Done is better than perfect.
Mindset vs. Mind set
Great acts are made up of small deeds.
Banks vs. Blockchains
80:20
No, it took me my whole life.
Knowing vs. understanding.
zero-sum, infinite-sum
You are what you think you are.
Belief is a skill that requires practice.
There's a tremendous power in using the least amount of information to get a point across.
Well done is better than well said.
Labor, leverage.
View reading as an investment.
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
You're under no obligation to be the same person you were 5 minutes ago.
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.
Work vs. Luck
Creativity before productivity.
Belief gets in the way of learning.
We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.
We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us.
Grandma's Rule: You have to eat the carrots before you get the dessert.
Whatever can happen at any time can happen today.
Fashions fade, style is eternal.
If you sound unique, you can become irreplaceable.
Experience is up only.
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
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.
Know yourself as Nothing. Feel yourself as Everything.
Switching costs.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Words can be communicative only between those who share similar experiences.
Ignore people playing status games. They gain status by attacking people playing wealth creation games.
Meditation and concentration are the way to a life of serenity.
If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there.
When all is said and done, more is said than done.
The shortcut is to stop looking for shortcuts.
Code scripts machines, media scripts human beings.
Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.
