Kyle Steinike

“Don’t work for people you don’t want to become.”

– Shane A. Parrish

“If you’re 37... Instead of regretting that you can’t wake up age 18 again, pretend to yourself that you’re 90 and you’ve woken up age 37 again, and that you get to magically, wonderfully have the next 50 years again.”

Mandatory work earns you a living. Voluntary work earns you a future.

The work you do during regular hours earns you a paycheck, but it’s what you do (or don’t do) outside of those hours that earns you opportunity.

I’ve seen many people fight this insight, and almost none of them win.

Rules are an effective way of creating an artificial environment. Think about it, you’ve been taught your whole life to follow the rules. Follow the speed limit. Don’t run in the hallway. Do what you’re told. Everywhere you look there are rules, rules, rules. No one taught us how to use rules to our advantage. Since rules are very powerful at... See more

When you fall in love with the process rather than the outcome, you don’t have to wait to be happy.

The quicker you want something, the easier you are to manipulate.