Excellent Advice for Living Quotes

“Don’t treat people as bad as they are. Treat them as good as you are.”
― Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier

“Trust is earned in drops and lost in buckets. Unwavering honesty will help seal in trust.”
― Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier

“It’s possible that a not-so-smart person who can communicate well can do much better than a super-smart person who can’t communicate well.That is good news because it is much easier to improve your communication skills than your intelligence.”
― Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier

“Instead of asking your child what they learned today, ask them who they helped today.”
― Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier

“The more you are interested in others
the more interesting they’ll find you. To be interesting, be interested.”
― Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier

“Habit is far more dependable
than inspiration. Make progress by making habits. Don’t focus on getting into shape. Focus on becoming the kind of person
who never misses a workout.”
― Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier

“Listening well is a superpower. While listening to someone you love
keep asking them
“Is there more?”
until there is no more.”
― Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier

“Anger is not the proper response to anger. When you see someone angry
you are seeing their pain. Compassion
is the proper response to anger.”
― Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier

“Learn how to learn
from those you disagree with
or even offend you. See if you can find
the truth in what they believe.”
― Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier

“Separate the processes of creating
from improving. You can’t write and edit
or sculpt and polish
or make and analyze at the same time. If you do, the editor stops the creator. While you invent, don’t select. While you sketch, don’t inspect. While you write the first draft, don’t reflect. At the start, the creator mind must be
unleashed from judgment.”
― Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier

“Don’t be the best. Be the only.”
― Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier

“You can’t reason
someone out of a notion
that they didn’t reason themselves into.”
― Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier

“You can reduce the annoyance of someone’s stupid belief by increasing your understanding of why they believe it.”
― Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier

“The purpose of listening is not to reply, but to hear what is not being said.”
― Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier

“Your ideal partner is not someone you never disagree with but someone you are glad to disagree with.”
― Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier

“See that old person taking forever in line? That is the future you. Have patience.”
― Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier

“A proper apology consists of conveying the 3 Rs:
regret (genuine empathy with the other)responsibility (not blaming someone else)and remedy (your willingness to fix it).”
― Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier

“The end is almost always the beginning of something better.”
― Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier

“A great way to understand yourself is to seriously reflect on everything you find irritating in others.”
― Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier

“Looking ahead, focus on direction rather than destinations.Maintain the right direction and you’ll arrive at where you want to go.”
― Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier

“Before you are old
attend as many funerals as you can bear
and listen. Nobody talks
about the departed’s achievements. The only thing people will remember
is what kind of person you were
while you were achieving.”
― Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier

“The real test of your character is not how much you deal with adversity — although that will teach you much. The real test is how you deal with power. The only cure for power is humility and the admission that your power comes from luck. The small person believes they are superior; the superior person knows they are lucky.”
― Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier

“Shorten your to-do list by asking yourself “What is the worst that will happen if this does not get done?” Eliminate all but the disasters.”
― Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier

“Pros make as many mistakes as amateurs; they’ve just learned how to gracefully recover from their mistakes.”
― Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier

“You should demand
extraordinary evidence
in order to believe extraordinary claims.”
― Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier

“Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.”
― Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier

“If you are the smartest person
in the room, you are in the wrong room. Hang out with, and learn from
people smarter than yourself. Even better, find smart people
who will disagree with you.”
― Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier

“Generally, say less than necessary.”
― Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier

“Compliment people behind their back. It’ll come back to you.”
― Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier

“The very best thing you can do for your kids is to love your spouse.”
― Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier