Your Next Big Thing Quotes

“Adults play in many of the same ways that kids do: by using our minds' eyes to see ourselves in new and different ways, by considering who we are, and imagining who and what we can be.”
― Ben Michaelis, Your Next Big Thing: 10 Small Steps to Get Moving and Get Happy

“If we value play and imagination in the early years because they promote healthy minds and contribute to a strong sense of self, why are they not an essential part of adulthood?”
― Ben Michaelis, Your Next Big Thing: 10 Small Steps to Get Moving and Get Happy

“It is not uncommon that when someone has been deeply scarred, the walls that they put up to defend themselves from further pain can feel almost impossible to scale.”
― Ben Michaelis, Your Next Big Thing: 10 Small Steps to Get Moving and Get Happy

“Yet many times—too many times—we get into situations or routines based on convenience rather than inspiration. We do what is easy instead of what is right for who we are and who we want to be. Instead of feeling charmed and excited by what lies ahead for us, we become experts at doing enough to get by. More and more of our time is spent putting Band-Aids on the things that just aren’t working instead of re-examining, reimagining, and reshaping our lives based on what brings us meaning and joy. When we stop moving forward with a fresh vision for the future infused with passion and purpose, something fundamental inside of us dies. We become detached—absent from our own lives—and just a shadow remains. We’d rather be doing something else, even if we don’t know what that something else is.”
― Ben Michaelis, Your Next Big Thing: Ten Small Steps to Get Moving and Get Happy

“Neither faster nor slower than usual. As slowly as if you were doing your taxes (no offense to the”
― Ben Michaelis, Your Next Big Thing: Ten Small Steps to Get Moving and Get Happy

“Absolutely. If you didn’t have to work or shower, you could do this practically 24–7. Maybe. You do enjoy it but if you didn’t have to do it, you might not. They couldn’t pay”
― Ben Michaelis, Your Next Big Thing: Ten Small Steps to Get Moving and Get Happy