"For an honest man, freedom requires having no friends; and, one step above, sainthood requires having no family." - @nntaleb

"I woke with this conclusion from Skin in the Game: 1) Things work thanks to a handful of people; the rest operates by situational imitation, narrow mimicry, and semi-conscious role-playing." - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

"Men are not made from easy victories but based on great defeats." - Ernest Shackleton

Someone with the same goal is working harder than you.

God isolates the chosen ones.

“Be guided by beauty. I really mean that. Pretty much everything I’ve done has had an aesthetic component, at least to me. Now you might think ‘well, building a company that’s trading bonds, what’s so aesthetic about that?’ But, what’s aesthetic about it is doing it right.

5 years old - Mom, I love you. 12 years old - Mom, I can't stand you. 16 years old - My mother is very annoying. 18 years old - I'm leaving this house. 25 years old - Mom, you were right. 30 years old - I want to go to my mom's house. 50 years old - I don't want to lose my

ADHD CEO. Autistic CTO. Sociopath CFO. Don’t mess with the formula. It works.

"...the pursuit of knowledge is an egalitarian enterprise—no one’s ideas enjoyed privilege over another’s for any reason other than that they contained superior arguments." ~Conjecture Institute Fellow @arjunkhemani & President @ChipkinLogan

The numbers from 0-100 in alphabetical order: 8, 18, 80, 88, 85, 84, 89, 81, 87, 86, 83, 82, 11, 15, 50, 58, 55, 54, 59, 51, 57, 56, 53, 52, 5, 40, 48, 45, 44, 49, 41, 47, 46, 43, 42, 4, 14, 9, 19, 90, 98, 95, 94, 99, 91, 97, 96, 93, 92, 1, 100, 7, 17, 70, 78, 75, 74, 79, 71, 77,

But there was no need to be ashamed of tears, for tears bore witness that a man had the greatest of courage, the courage to suffer.

The attempt to develop a sense of humor and to see things in a humorous light is some kind of a trick learned while mastering the art of living.

The fastest way to attract what’s meant for you is to express yourself so honestly that everything misaligned falls away on its own

TRUE WEALTH (3rd Ed) Worriless sleeping Clear conscience Reciprocal gratitude Genuine sense you did your duty toward the Palestinians & other victims Absence of envy Foamy coffee Crusty bread Trustworthy friends & inexperienced enemies Frequent smiles No meals alone Nice clothes

“Being unique is better than being second-rate” — Palantir CEO Dr. Alex Karp

Surviving investors and speculators are skilled in their own different ways; blown up ones are all alike. Leon Tolstoy

Forces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation.

Never admit defeat.

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