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I am disciplined. Structure is a shield and a cage. I am terrified of chaos.
if it doesn't hurt, it's not growth.
Every act of creativity is a leap. Every leap leaves a mar. Marks become information. Information connects in retrospect. Value is a function of traceable output. Act now. Assemble later.
“We cannot be more sensitive to pleasure without being more sensitive to pain.”
“A brand is no longer what we tell the consumer it is. It is what consumers tell each other it is.”
Mindset vs. Mind set
"Don't pay any attention to what they write about you. Just measure it in inches."
“After all is said and done, more is said than done.”
Appreciation.
It aint about who got here first its about who stays
Progress is deciding what not to do.
"Think of many things; do one.”
Thought, Spoken, Heard
Don't just do something stand there
“The correct lesson to learn from surprises: the world is surprising."
If it inspires one person, it's worth doing.
"Nothing draws a crowd quite like a crowd."
"Day by day, what you do is who you become."
“All things are difficult before they are easy.”
If you think too much about what they think, you'll lose what you think.
"99% of all effort is wasted."
"We don't want the thing we're after, we want to be after the thing."
“The less people know, the more stubbornly they know it.”
Time-in.
“This is your life and it's ending one minute at a time”
"They can do all because they think they can."
"If you stand at a bus stop, eventually you'll catch a bus. But if you run from bus stop to bus stop, you may never catch a bus."
"The best art divides the audience."
Confirmation vs. curiosity.
“Normal is an illusion. What is normal for the spider is chaos for the fly.”
The shortcut is to stop taking shortcuts.
Deliberation vs. decision.
“The iron rule of nature is: you get what you reward for. If you want ants to come, you put sugar on the floor.“
Failure = feedback.
“The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.”
"Opportunities multiply as they are seized."
"The biggest secret in venture capital is that the best investment in a successful fund equals or outperforms the entire rest of the fund combined."
“The one fact pertaining to all conditions is that they will change.”
"Price is what you pay; value is what you get."
Focus is determined by what you ignore.
“The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.”
"Fear is the mind-killer."
"Don't tell people your plans. Show them your results."
"Equity unites, politics divides.”
"Not only is example the best way to teach, it is the only way."
“Expectation is the root of all heartache.”
“The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.”
"You are the sky. Everything else – it’s just the weather."