Quotes About Autonomy

Leave people alone under a good structure and they will take care of things.

Decentralization reduces large structural asymmetries.

Even more: dependence on circumstances—rather, the emotions that arise from circumstances—induces a form of slavery.

get a profession that is "scalable," that is, one in which you are not paid by the hour and thus subject to the limitations of the amount of your labor.

So I have, accordingly, except for eight years, been self-employed.

He did better emotionally with his own portfolio than with those of clients, since he was not obligated to monitor it continuously.

They are left alone to do as they please, provided of course that their results satisfy the executives.

He can work any hours he likes, travel at a whim, and engage in all manner of personal pursuits.

he is far from headquarters and has no idea of his minute-to-minute standing in the firm except through signals.

the further from headquarters an employee is located, the more autonomous his unit, the more you want him to be a slave so he does nothing strange on his own.

when done right, the job allows considerable free time.

He knew that he would either be fired or left alone. He was left alone.

Una heurística sobre si tienes el control de tu vida: ¿puedes echarte siestas?

A mind that trusts itself is light on its feet.

In the inner courtroom of my mind, mine is the only judgment that counts.

My life does not belong to others and I am not here on earth to live up to someone else's expectations.

Chances are, when you were young, you were told, in effect, Listen, kid, here is the news: life is not about you. Life is not about what you want. What you want is not important. Life is about doing what others expect of you. If you accepted this idea, later on you wondered what had happened to your fire. Where had your enthusiasm for living gone?

I accept my aloneness. That is, I accept that no one is coming to make my life right, or save me, or redeem my childhood, or rescue me from the consequences of my choices and actions.

To honor the self is to be willing to think independently, to live by our own mind, and to have the courage of our own perceptions.

If you choose not to live self-responsibly, you count on others to make up your default. No one abjures self-responsibility on a desert island.

I am responsible for my own existence and happiness.

No one is coming to save me; no one is coming to make life right for me; no one is coming to solve my problems. If I don't do something, nothing is going to get better.

No one owes me the fulfillment of my wishes.

take responsibility for finding it. It is only by grace of the second type