Kevin Kelly Quotes

Don’t measure your life with someone else’s ruler.

If you are looking for something in your house and you finally find it, when you’re done with it, don’t put it back where you found it. Put it back where you first looked for it.

You will complete your mission in life when you figure out what your mission in life is. Your purpose is to discover your purpose. This is not a paradox. This is the way.

Never hesitate to invest in yourself—to pay for a class, a course, a new skill. These modest expenditures pay outsized dividends.

The advantage of a ridiculously ambitious goal is that it sets the bar very high so even if your effort falls short, it may exceed an ordinary success.

The biggest lie we tell ourselves is “I don’t need to write this down because I will remember it.”

Make one to throw away. The only way to write a great book is to first write an awful book. Ditto for a movie, song, piece of furniture, or anything.

What others want from you is mostly to be seen. Let others know you see them.

Nothing elevates a person higher than taking responsibility for their mistakes. If you mess up, fess up. It’s astounding how powerful this ownership is.

That thing that made you weird as a kid could make you great as an adult—if you don’t lose it.

Everyone’s time is finite and shrinking. The highest leverage you can get with your money is to buy someone else’s time. Hire and outsource when you can.

Admitting that “I don’t know” at least once a day will make you a better person.

You don’t have to attend every argument you are invited to.

To cultivate a habit switch your language from “I can or can’t do” to “I do or don’t do.”You shift the weight from a wavering choice to an unwavering identity.

When introduced to someone, make eye contact and count to four or say to yourself, “I see you.” You’ll both remember each other.