Impressions
A really nice book to have read just before going to uni (I'm leaving for France in a week). Reaffirmed my beliefs on making a website, taking risks, and encouraged me to do both of these things with more persuasive arguments (and flawless analogies).
How the Book Changed Me
Made me create a personal website as soon as I finished reading it.
Top 5 Quotes
"The possibility for greatness and embarrassment both exist in the same space. If you're not willing to be embarrassed, you're probably not willing to be great."
"But you have to be on the stage to win. They weren't going to give the guitar to the bystander in the front row who swore he could've done it better."
"It's difficult to remove one and not the other. When you do, you exist in the middle. Mediocrity your brand. No one saying a thing about you - good or bad. Why would they?"
"Creating Your Own Website is the #1 biggest, baddest, and boldest amplifier of all job searching, platform building, brand-bolstering efforts."
"Building your brand with a legit online presence amplifies all your existing personal branding, networking, job-searching efforts × 117."
"The outlook may be bleak, but there are some who are choosing not to wallow but to walk confidently forward - a band of people who have chosen to follow another word, forcing cynicism on a raft and shoving it out to sea. That word? Create. Complaining and creating have a direct correlation. The more you create, the less you complain. The more you complain, the less you create. It's a pretty simple formula."
"Complaining is passive and powerless. Creating is proactive and powerful. People gravitate toward Passionate Pursuers. On the other hand, people run like the plague from Complacent Complainers."
"God wants you to banter back and forth with Him, dream the next plotline - heck, even argue with Him about what should happen next because you're so passionate about the story you are writing together. I don't think God wants us to just watch our own lives with a bag of popcorn and then complain when the story isn't turning out like we thought it should. I think God wants us to help write the dang thing."
"Your 20s are this crazy unique season where complete freedom meets overwhelming opportunity."
"Don't wait for confidence before you move. Don't wait to be cast into the lead role before you start playing the part. Don't wait, act. Raise your hand. Say, 'Sure I can do that.' Then figure it out from there. You'll be surprised how quickly the act becomes a reality."
"Explorers get lost on purpose, with purpose. Explorers only find something greater if they first lose sight of the familiar."