Kevin Kelly Quotes

It is impossible to be curious and furious at the same time, so avoid furious.

Prototype your life. Try stuff instead of making grand plans.

Taking a break is not a sign of weakness but a sign of strength.

If you think someone is normal, you don’t know them very well. Normalcy is a fiction. Your job is to discover their weird genius.

Many fail to finish, but many more fail to start. The hardest work in any work is to start. You can’t finish until you start, so get good at starting.

We lack rites of passage. Create a memorable family ceremony when your child reaches legal adulthood, between eighteen and twenty-one. This moment will become a significant touchstone in their life.

If you ask to be hired mainly because you need a job, you are just another problem for the boss; if you can solve many of the problems the boss has right now, you are hired. To be hired, think like your boss.

All the greatest prizes in life in wealth, relationships, or knowledge come from the magic of compounding interest, by amplifying small steady gains. All you need for abundance is to keep adding 1% more than you subtract on a regular basis.

Being curious about another person’s view is the most powerful way to change their view.

Write your own obituary, the one you’d like to have, and then everyday work towards making it true.

Anything real begins with the fiction of what could be. Imagination is therefore the most potent force in the universe. And you can get better at it. It’s the one skill in life that benefits from ignoring what everyone else knows.

Don’t create things to make money; make money so you can create things. The reward for good work is more work.

Don’t worry how or where you begin. As long as you keep moving, your success will arrive far from where you start.

Don’t treat people as bad as they are. Treat them as good as you are.

When you have good news and bad news, give the bad news first, because we remember how things end more than how they begin. So elevate the ending with good news.