Justin Welsh Quotes

American solopreneur and writer

Justin Welsh is an American solopreneur, writer, and online educator based in the Catskill Mountains of New York. Over a decade in healthcare technology he helped build two companies past $1B valuations and raise over $300M in venture capital before burning out in 2019, after which he and his wife left their high-paying jobs to redesign their lives with more intention. He now runs a one-person business teaching creators how to identify, develop, and monetize skills they already have, with cohort-style courses on LinkedIn growth, content systems, and productized solo work. He writes The Saturday Solopreneur newsletter, read by 180,000+ subscribers, on work, money, and a life built on purpose, and angel-invests in and mentors healthcare entrepreneurs on the side.

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Past a certain point, money stops buying things you want and starts buying the absence of things you don't.

The average person's entire career plan is to simply react to what happens to them.

The biggest flex on earth is choosing a smaller, slower life and still getting wealthy.

The people I admire all have a moment where they did something that looked unreasonable to the average person.

Took a pay cut for a better gig. Moved somewhere totally random. Started something everyone laughed at.

Most of us think of it as bravery, but it’s really conviction.

A weird side effect of building a simple business is that people always assume you're hiding the complicated part.

Improving your life is a lot like improving your body.

It's not easy, and it's not fast. It's difficult and slow. But if you commit to it, a few years later, you'll be amazed at your progress.