Tolerate fools, understand fools, and exploit fools.
Gia, opportunities abound everywhere, but you can only see them when you seek for them. Only when you have a strong desire in your heart will you go in search of opportunities. And when you imagine, the strong desire arises.
你必须设想自己已经拥有了这些东西，这样你的一个小愿望才会变成一种强烈的渴望。 你想象得越多，你的愿望就越强烈，你就越渴望，那么你就会开始寻找机会来实现自己的梦想,不去寻找机会的人，最多不过是在走运的时候捡到天上掉下来的馅饼。 ...
如果你只是带着试试看的心态，那么你最后只会以失败而告终，你会一事无成。尝试纯粹是一种借口，你还没有做，就已经给自己想好了退路。不能试验，你只有两个选择——做或者不做。太多的人做事犹豫不决，就是因为他们觉得没有完全弄懂一样东西。而真正付诸实施要比纯粹的思考要聪明多了 ...
所谓“光环效应”，就是指人们总是喜欢根据某起单一事件或某个单一特质来积极地看待某个人、某个地点或某个事物。
The author presents an argument, supports it with numerous examples, and then uses their own perspective to explain various phenomena in the world. Once I feel like I’ve understood this argument, I stop reading further. There are so many such books; I call them pseudo-science bestsellers. +++
I believe that one of the key points to making money is reputation and credibility. In other words, people need to know you and trust you so that they can transact through you. I mentioned earlier about divers as an example. Because your diving skills are excellent and you have high visibility, treasure hunters will come to you on their own initiative and share some treasures with you in exchange for your skills. +++ ...
If you keep counting down the time until success truly arrives, your patience will be worn thin. 成功需要时间。即使万事俱备 即使所有条件都已具备，成功也需要时间。在你等待的过程中，耐心会逐渐耗尽。 小本本 记录下这些时刻，无论多么微小的进展都是值得庆祝的。 ...
Your boss will always pay you just good enough.
对一件事情的欲望越小，顾虑就越少，执念就越少，反而越会顺其自然，遵循内心。你会以自己擅长的方式，始终不渝地做下去，工作质量也会因此提高。
Work as hard as you can. Even though who you work with and what you work on are more important than how hard you work.
There are no get-rich-quick schemes. Those are just someone else getting rich off you.
Money is how we transfer wealth. Money is social credits. It is the ability to have credits and debits of other people’s time.
Wealth is what you desire. Wealth is assets that generate income while you sleep. Wealth is the factory, the robots, producing items continuously. Wealth is the computer program that runs at night, serving other customers. Wealth is also money in the bank that is reinvested into other assets and businesses.
No matter how hard you try, you can only achieve average profit levels. +++
Avoid negative-sum games, play fewer zero-sum games, and engage in more positive-sum games. +++
当新的需求乍现，而你恰好又是唯一具备相关技能组合的人时，大显身手的时刻就到了。这期间，你可以通过免费提供产品或服务在推特、 YouTube （视频网站）上建立自己的品牌。在这个过程中，你可能会承担一定的风险和损失，但是你为自己打造了个人品牌，赢得了声誉。当机会到来时，你就能最大限度地利用杠杆效应，扩大自己提供的产品或服务的规模。 ...
第一种是劳动力杠杆，也就是让别人给你打工。劳动力杠杆是一种最古老的杠杆，但在现代社会，这种杠杆的效果并不是最好的。 [1] 我甚至认为这是一种最落后的杠杆。因为管理他人是一件非常复杂、极具挑战的工作，需要高超的领导技巧，弄不好管理者会落个众叛亲离、被手下生吞活剥的下场。 ...
而编程、写书、录播客、发推特、拍视频这些事情不需要经过任何人的许可。由此可见，新杠杆就像一个均衡器，极大地缩小了人与人之间的差距，让社会变得更平等。 [78] 比如，每个出色的软件开发者现在都有一大群机器人在为其工作。写好代码后，这些机器人就开始工作，在开发者睡觉的时候也在为其赚钱。 [78] 靠出租自己的时间是永远无法致富的。 ...
无论处于人生的哪个阶段，努力的目标都是不断提高自己的独立性，而不是升职加薪。拥有独立性，为自己独特的产出成果负责（而不是像打工一样为投入的时间负责），这才是最理想的状态。 ...
On the contrary, my effort is directed at eliminating methods that do not work one by one. I believe success lies in avoiding mistakes rather than making correct judgments. [4]