Quotes About Independence

If your agenda is set by someone else and it doesn't lead you where you want to go, why is it your agenda?

You will never become a category of one if you run with the pack.

The fact is, a bigger badge isn't going to help at all. People aren't going to follow you because you order them to.

Fear of living without a map is the main reason people are so insistent that we tell them what to do.

Pick me, pick me" acknowledges the power of the system and passes responsibility to someone else to initiate. Even better, "pick me, pick me" moves the blame from you to them. If you don't get picked, it's their fault, not yours. If you do get picked, well, they said you were good, right? Not your fault anymore. Reject the tyranny of picked. Pick yourself.

we give up our freedoms and responsibilities in exchange for the certainty that comes from being told what to do

If the game is designed for you to lose, don't play that game. Play a different one. Hiring

The Bhagavad-Gita says, "It is better to follow your own path, however imperfectly, than to follow someone else's perfectly.

Bloggers around the world are discovering that it's cheaper and faster and more effective to build their own media channels than it is to waste time arguing with the old ones.

They don't understand that Excellence isn't about working extra hard to do what you're told. It's about taking the initiative to do work you decide is worth doing.

Some artists think they need a boss. Someone who will not only pay them, but also tell them what to do. The moment this happens, the artist is no longer an artist.

Your art is what you do when no one can tell you exactly how to do it. Your art is the act of taking personal responsibility, challenging the status quo, and changing people.

The secret, Reagan's secret, is to listen, to value what you hear, and then to make a decision even if it contradicts the very people you are listening to. Reagan impressed his advisers, his adversaries, and his voters by actively listening. People want to be sure you heard what they said—they're less focused on whether or not you do what they said.

The Bhagavad-Gita says, "It is better to follow your own path, however imperfectly, than to follow someone else's perfectly." Consider the people who have found their voice and made a real impact: their paths always differ, but their practices overlap in many ways.

Whistling as you walk through the woods is a form of art, but you're not doing it hoping a squirrel will applaud.

Try not to get caught up in the echo chamber. That is probably the toughest thing when you are trying to break out and do something original.

Like scared civilians eager to do whatever a despot tells them, we give up our freedoms and responsibilities in exchange for the certainty that comes from being told what to do.

It's okay to have someone you work for, someone who watches over you, someone who pays you. But the moment you treat that person like a boss, like someone in charge of your movements and your output, you are a cog, not an artist.

Becoming unattached doesn't eliminate our foundation. It gives us one.

There are no longer any great jobs where someone else tells you precisely what to do

This desire for external approval and authority directly undermines your ability to trust yourself, because you've handed this trust over to an institution instead. Now, more and more of us are seeing that it's a fraud. The institutions have no magical powers, as they're regularly proved wrong in their ability to select, to mold, and to amplify human beings who care enough to make change happen.

Si encarga a alguien en su organización que cree una nueva Vaca Púrpura, ¡déjelo tranquilo! No use críticas internas ni pruebas de funcionalidad para comprobar si el nuevo producto es tan bueno como el que ya tiene. En lugar de eso, elija al inconformista adecuado y apártese del camino.

It can be difficult sometimes for our families to accept us as people separate from who they are. As separate souls. When we're young, we're taught

to behave as our parents do—to cherish what they cherish and believe what they believe. And for a while, that's as it should be. But as adults, sometimes we have our own desires, our own hopes, that are at odds with how our parents view the world.