Kyle Steinike

“The beginner chases the right answers.

The master chases the right questions.”

“I can’t tell you how much time is spent worrying about decisions that don’t matter. To just be able to make a decision and see what happens is tremendously empowering, but that means you have to set up the situation such that when something does go wrong, you can fix it. When something does go wrong, it doesn’t cost you or your customer an... See more

“Don’t rush, but don’t wait.

Act with urgency, but release yourself from the need to achieve it on a particular timeline. When you think longer term than most, you can think bigger than most.

If it takes years, start now.”

You get to pick a new career based on one factor: Your job is to do the activity that most frequently puts you into a flow state.

Flow state = you feel fully immersed in your work, you’re in “the zone,” time flies by without you realizing it, etc.

What do you choose?

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.