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“Species go extinct because there are historical contraints built into a given body or a given design.”

“Technology is all the accumulated usefulness that our minds invent.”

“The Golden Rule will never fail you. It is the foundation of all other virtues.”

“The more you are interested in others, the more interesting they find you. To be interesting, be interested.”

“The purpose of a habit is to remove that action from self-negotiation. You no longer expend energy deciding whether to do it. You just do it. Good habits can range from telling the truth, to flossing.”

“The universe is conspiring behind your back to make you a success. This will be much easier to do if you embrace this pronoia.”

“The very long tail of the future is already here.”

“The way that organizations and organisms anticipate the future is by taking signals from the past, most the time.”

“The way to build a complex system that works is to build it from very simple systems that work.”

“There is no limit on better. Talent is distributed unfairly, but there is no limit on how much we can improve what we start with.”

“This is true: It’s hard to cheat an honest man.”

“To make mistakes is human. To own your mistakes is divine. Nothing elevates a person higher than quickly admitting and taking personal responsibility for the mistakes you make and then fixing them fairly. If you mess up, fess up. It’s astounding how powerful this ownership is.”

“To make something good, just do it. To make something great, just re-do it, re-do it, re-do it. The secret to making fine things is in remaking them.”

“Treating a person to a meal never fails, and is so easy to do. It’s powerful with old friends and a great way to make new friends.”

“Trust me: There is no “them”.”

“We are infected by our own misunderstanding of how our own minds work.”

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“What technology is really about is better ways to evolve. That is what we call an infinite game. A finite game is played to win, and an infinite game is played to keep playing.”

“When an object is lost, 95% of the time it is hiding within arm’s reach of where it was last seen. Search in all possible locations in that radius and you’ll find it.”

“When crisis and disaster strike, don’t waste them. No problems, no progress.”

“When someone is nasty, rude, hateful, or mean with you, pretend they have a disease. That makes it easier to have empathy toward them which can soften the conflict.”

“When you are young spend at least 6 months to one year living as poor as you can, owning as little as you possibly can, eating beans and rice in a tiny room or tent, to experience what your “worst” lifestyle might be. That way any time you have to risk something in the future you won’t be afraid of the worst case scenario.”

“When you die you take absolutely nothing with you except your reputation.”

“When you get an invitation to do something in the future, ask yourself: would you accept this if it was scheduled for tomorrow? Not too many promises will pass that immediacy filter.”

“Willingness to learn is important, but willingness to act on what you learn is critical.”

“You are what you do. Not what you say, not what you believe, not how you vote, but what you spend your time on.”

“You can obsess about serving your customers/audience/clients, or you can obsess about beating the competition. Both work, but of the two, obsessing about your customers will take you further.”

“You really don’t want to be famous. Read the biography of any famous person.”

“Your greatest job is shedding what you don't have to do.”

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“There is nothing more mysterious than a TV set left on in an empty room. It is even stranger than a man talking to himself or a woman standing dreaming at her stove. It is as if another planet is communicating with you.

Suddenly the TV reveals itself for what it really is; a video of another world, ultimately addressed to no one at all, delivering its own message.”


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