168 originals
Truth, trend.
80:20
Truth, Perception
Fashions fade, style is eternal.
Work vs. Luck
You are what you think you are.
Those who have nothing to lose are very rich.
If the path before you is clear, you're probably on someone else's.
‘No matter how far ahead I get, I always feel behind in my mind.’
Map ≠ Territory
The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand exponential growth
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long.
You don't have a lack of ideas, you have a lack of deadlines
Expectation is the root of all heartache.
Said, done.
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
Alan Watts
Creativity before productivity.
Cover, story.
The fool is always getting ready to live.
Hare & tortoise.
Life is not a problem to be solved but a reality to be experienced.
Numbers obscure nuance.
Hierarchy.
Freedom is the gap between earn and burn.
What you can imagine depends on what you know.
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.
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.
Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.
It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view.
Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.
Everyone, Someone.
Grandma's Rule: You have to eat the carrots before you get the dessert.
Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.
Belief gets in the way of 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 simpler the story, the bigger the market.
Chronos, Kairos.
The future is already here – it's just not very evenly distributed.
Builder, investor, trader.
There's a tremendous power in using the least amount of information to get a point across.
The source of wisdom is whatever is going to happen to us today.
Distraction, focus.
When all is said and done, more is said than done.
Appreciation.
Bull, Bear, Builder.
View reading as an investment.
If you sound unique, you can become irreplaceable.
Process vs. plan.
If you think too much about what they think, you'll lose what you think.
Value is subjective.
It is really hard to make something easy.
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.
Each man believes only his experience.
You're under no obligation to be the same person you were 5 minutes ago.
No one is coming to save you.
Thought, said, heard, understood.
Labor, leverage.
