Sarah Addison Allen Quotes

Change never bothers me, not really.

There is no normal. What my job was a few years ago was completely different than what it is today. As soon as I have it dialed in, the company changes and the team changes and my role changes as a result. What the company needs is always evolving, and I don't get to choose what I want to do as much as I thought I would be now - which is OK. It keeps me in this position of learning new things and keeping me humble. There is always something I don't know, and I'm comfortable with that.

Become very comfortable being uncomfortable.

When you go from one place to another, you go with experience, you don't go with prescriptions.

I would be a fool to put my feet down in a position where I can't accommodate metamorphoses.

I have had a pretty hardcore crash course on living out of a suitcase. Some people take consistency in their lives for granted. When you have little to none, you discover it's kind of a nice thing.

LIfe has got all those twists and turns. You've got to hold on tight and off you go.

For some reason, I like to put myself in situations where I don't even know how I ended up there. I never want to be complacent or comfortable in a role.

For the timid, change is frightening; for the comfortable, change is threatening; but for the confident, change is opportunity.

I love when me and my friends don't know how to make something - there's that risk of failure, which should be there. If it's guaranteed not to fail, it's something you already know how to do.

As soon as you know what you're doing, you're doing it wrong.

Every time you're given a job, you're given a gift, and if you're flexible, you never know what's going to happen.

I learned two basic lessons on Everest. First, just because something has worked in the past does not mean it will work today. Second, different challenges require different mindsets.

I'm not afraid of change, let's put it that way.

Become a student of change. It is the only thing that will remain constant.

Change is not threatening.

Without disruptions in life, where would we be?

If we decline to become set in our ways, that's good. But it doesn't always feel good. It can be very challenging.

Everything doesn't have to be perfect, I've realised. You can learn as you go.

You must welcome change as the rule but not as your ruler.

It's been important for me to realize that, in every experience, I feel like I can learn something, grow and get stronger.

I am comfortable with being uncomfortable.

You have to move forward. It's constantly changing. Everything changes and everything falls apart. You have to be nimble and on your toes and accessible to it all. Not everyone is on board with this.

Nothing is written stone, child. Even if it were, the stones can be shattered

A little uncertainty is good for everyone.