Chris Guillebeau: The Art of Non-Conformity

All those good things you`ve done before are nice, but the future can be even better. Focus on that.

The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them.

George Bernard Shaw(quoted)

I don't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.

John Cage(quoted)

The most memorable times in our lives are often the most challenging.

Chapter 1

The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.

Walter Bagehot(quoted)

The absence of fear is not courage; the absence of fear is mental illness.

Po Bronson(quoted)

It is not the decision you make that is most important; it is the degree of commitment with which you make the decision.

Bo Bartlett(quoted)

Sometimes the smallest decisions can change your life forever.

Keri Russell(quoted)

Most of us have lottery fantasies from time to time. I don’t think they’re necessarily harmful; I just think there’s a better alternative. The alternative is to write your own winning lottery ticket, not by the sudden accumulation of wealth but the gradual reduction to what you decide is essential for your life. That’s my proposal: creating your own life isn’t quite like winning the lottery. It’s better.

Chapter 2