But I question myself all the time!
I got that quote from Kanye West’s book titled “Thank You and You’re Welcome“. You can find it at the very top of his blog.
I’ve started using that in my daily life. Anyone who asks me a question, I ask them at least one back. It makes job interviews more fun. It also gets you interested in people and let’s people know that you’re interested in them.
I talked to a guy who gets free front row seats at MMA fights because he takes pictures of the fights and the fighters. I found out how he got to that point and realized it was basically an accident and the benefit of putting yourself out there, being willing to fail, and being at the right place at the right time.
But back to the book, it’s full of euphemisms which Kanye says he uses in his actual life. It’s not a long book but it’s very interesting.
Some of the quotes are able to stand on their own and he doesn’t provide any explanation for it. But others, he gives experiences from his past that explain why he subscribes to that proverb.
The design is also interesting. The quote (or sometimes, the most important piece of the quote) will usually be given huge letters while the explanation is given in normal text. I think that was done to make sure the important part sticks in your mind while you absorb the reasons the way you’d absorb anything you read.
It’s 52 pages and one of my favorite books of the year. If you’re in my area, I’ll let you borrow my copy or you can buy it at Kanye’s blog for about $10.
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I have that book. Mine was free. They were handing them out after his concert that I went to in May. I should have grabbed a handful but I didn’t want to be greedy….
But I did enjoy some of the quotes he used.
Yeah! He gave them out at every concert he did. I didn’t have the pleasure of attending one.