The Art Of Non-Conformity: Set Your Own Rules, Live The Life You Want, And Change The World Quotes
"Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with their song still in them." - Henry David Thoreau
"The purpose of this book is to transform your thinking about life and work."
"As you set out on your journey, you’ll meet a variety of people. Along the way some of them will help you, while others will stop at nothing to prevent you from succeeding."
"In the battle between hope and fear, hope usually wins out in the end."
"I don’t understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I’m frightened of the old ones." - John Cage
"The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do." - Walter Bagehot
"You must take responsibility for what happens in your future, good or bad."
"Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage." - Dale Carnegie
"Progress is a nice word, but change is its motivator. And change has its enemies." - Robert F. Kennedy
"People will always try to stop you from doing the right thing if it is unconventional." - Warren Buffett
"Gatekeepers maintain their hold on power by convincing people that their roles are necessary."
"The higher power can be God, the boss, the system, the corporation, or the general powers-that-be."
"Despite all appearances to the contrary, if you were a smart bookie, you’d set your odds in favor of the weaker opponent."
"When challenging authority, direct confrontation is not always the best way. Instead, use the underdog strategy to change the rules of the game."
"No one else will be responsible for you or care about your well-being as much as you."
"We all like to root for the underdog, but if we had to put money on it, most of us would bet on the authority to win."
"If you limit your choices only to what seems possible or reasonable, you disconnect yourself from what you truly want."
"The key principle is to go beyond the expected."
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world."
"If you don’t have clarity of purpose over how you view the role of money in your life, you’ll likely end up going along with what other people do."
"The most important part of unconventional life planning is to be clear on what you want."
"The second reason why defining a clear direction is important, regardless of how much money you have, is that we often discover that the life we want is in closer reach than we initially thought."
"Despite the likelihood that you don’t actually want the private jet and the castle in Switzerland, it’s true that life costs money."
"The amount of income someone needs to be happy is highly personal and varies by geographic area."
"Frugality for me is not about pinching pennies in every part of my budget. Instead, it’s about making conscious choices to spend on the things I value."
"The practice of deferred gratification can also serve to help people avoid making a lot of decisions about how they actually live now."
"Work toward financial independence, but never retire."
"To be able to devote most of your time to projects and activities you enjoy, you’ll need to be forceful about dropping a lot of other activities."
"If you could do anything, what would it be? One of the most frequent answers is 'I would travel more.'"
"Most people have at least one place in their minds they’d really like to go to 'one day.'"
"Creating a work or doing a deed, or by the attitude we take toward unavoidable suffering."
"Vision—how will the world be different because of the project?"
"The belief that career security can be found internally rather than through a traditional job is highly dangerous."