If you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is, too.

But if it's tolerable mediocrity, and you're like, 'Well, you know it could be worse. At least I'm getting paid.' Then you wind up in a job that is slowly killing your soul and you're allowing that to happen. Comfort can be a very, very dangerous thing.

To have an uncommon lifestyle, you need to develop the uncommon habit of making decisions, both for yourself and for others.

For all of the most important things, the timing always sucks. Waiting for a good time to quit your job? The stars will never align and the traffic lights of life will never all be green at the same time. The universe doesn't conspire against you, but it doesn't go out of its way to line up the pins either. Conditions are never perfect. "Someday" is a disease that will take your dreams to the grave with you. Pro and con lists are just as bad. If it's important to you and you want to do it "eventually," just do it and correct course along the way.

People will choose unhappiness over uncertainty.

The book is first and foremost something I made for myself.

The best way to counter-attack a hater is to make it blatantly obvious that their attack has had no impact on you.