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View reading as an investment.
We may define therapy as a search for value.
Never limit yourself because of others’ limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination.
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
The first step is the steepest.
The one fact pertaining to all conditions is that they will change.
There's a tremendous power in using the least amount of information to get a point across.
If you want to make the wrong decision, ask everyone.
Work vs. Luck
+2 vs. x2
The fool is always getting ready to live.
Freedom is the gap between earn and burn.
Each man believes only his experience.
Observer, expert, practitioner.
Those who have knowledge, don’t predict. Those who predict, don’t have knowledge.
What you can imagine depends on what you know.
An artist is not paid for labor but for vision.
The simpler the story, the bigger the market.
It's not about who got here first, it's about who stays.
More ≠ more.
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
It is easier to change yourself than to change the world.
Distraction.
Experience.
After all is said and done, more is said than done.
Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.
We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.
Don't just do something, stand there.
Focus is determined by what you ignore.
The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.
It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view.
Value is subjective.
Cover, story.
The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long.
The Overthinker.
We don't want the thing we're after, we want to be after the thing.
Belief is a skill that requires practice.
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.
You only fear being overtaken when you're not being yourself.
If it looks simple, it was hard.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
Hare & tortoise.
Everyone, Someone.
The giver is the recipient.
Nothing draws a crowd quite like a crowd.
The more we know, the more we know we don't know.
The shortcut is to stop looking for shortcuts.
If you sound unique, you can become irreplaceable.
You don't have to start from scratch to do something interesting.
When all is said and done, more is said than done.
When you get the money, the only thing you wanna buy is time.
‘Everything is original, nothing is original’
Knowing vs. understanding.
Appreciation.
Grandma's Rule: You have to eat the carrots before you get the dessert.
The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
The obstacle is the way.
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.
Distraction is dilution.
